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Versions and Supported Features
This manual describes the published CulsmaOS 0.2.0 simulator preview, released November 9, 2026.
Version baseline
| Item | 0.2.0 baseline |
|---|---|
| Release | CulsmaOS 0.2.0 |
| OS source revision | d24a487c5f2cb2d20c5f9a4cfb54e2296ee3587e |
| Language | Published Culsma 1.0.10 wheel, unchanged |
| Mac App | Apple Silicon, macOS 15 or later; runtime and native desktop included |
| Python wheel | Python 3.11–3.12; separate from the Mac App |
| Default device backend | Official Opentrons simulator |
| MCP | Bundled isolated local stdio bridge; 51 tools in installed-product verification |
Available workflows
| Task | Available route |
|---|---|
| Browse, edit and import programs | AI tools and Files/editor |
| Check requirements and preview loading | AI tools and run review, using the shared execution checks |
| Run and inspect simulations | AI tools and Run simulation |
| Review loading, positions and supplies | AI tools and experiment preparation |
| Confirm physical loading | Reserved for an operator; no MCP attestation tool |
| Manage configurations and labware | Driver-supported AI and interface routes, with explicit application |
| Choose an installed workstation | AI selection for the next App start; restart and reconnect when requested |
| Save instrument method Profiles | AI tools, when advertised by the driver; explicit per-step binding for supported paths |
| Enable workflow simulation | AI setting or System Settings; limited synthetic model support |
| Open a desktop page or locate an object | AI presentation tools and direct interface interaction |
The 0.2.0 desktop's Run on hardware action is disabled. A loading-confirmation API or a successful simulation does not establish a complete physical execution path.
Device support and evidence
OS reads installed driver capabilities through Device Manager. A rack layout alone is not the instrument inventory. Missing drivers, absent configured device instances, disconnected devices and unsupported operations require different responses; see Experiment and Device Problems.
The default package is validated with official Opentrons simulation. Hamilton is an external driver. One adapted whole-blood branch completed accelerated remote VENUS simulation during development; that result applies to the reviewed program and equipment path, not arbitrary protocols or physical experiments.
Device validation and workflow simulation have different evidence. Workflow simulation is off by default and only covers explicitly supported model operations. It does not fill every missing instrument capability.
The release does not provide general parallel device execution, general scientific readout, shared physical reagent inventory or automatic recovery from uncertain effects. Container, dose or experimental-condition substitutions require review before changing the program.
Release validation
The clean installed simulator regression recorded 1,763 passing checks and 103 optional-environment skips, with no failures; an additional optional Hamilton fault module was unavailable during collection. Separate checks passed for Python 3.12, selected Hamilton integration, and the final relocated DMG's MCP, official simulator and native result page. See the release notes for the exact scope.
Earlier release
The 0.1.1 CLI Manual preserves the older package's commands and limits. It is not the installation guide for the current Mac App.