solve-physics-problem

name	solve-physics-problem
description	Solve a physics problem (text + optional figure) using the SciReasoner caption→reason→critic pipeline. Trigger when the user asks to solve, verify, or critique a physics problem that has a diagram, plot, circuit, or other figure.

Solve Physics Problem with SciReasoner

You have access to the SciReasoner pipeline via three MCP tools:

• scireasoner_solve — end-to-end (caption → reason → critic). Use this for normal solve requests.
• scireasoner_caption — caption stage only (figure → structured text). Use when the user wants the figure described, not solved.
• scireasoner_reason — reason stage only. Use when the user already provides a caption and only wants the derivation.

When to use

Trigger this skill when the user:

• Provides a physics problem, especially one with a figure (image attached, file path mentioned, or screenshot pasted).
• Asks to "solve", "verify", "explain", "find the answer", or "critique" a physics problem.
• Posts an image of a physics question and asks for the answer.

How to drive the tools

Standard flow

For a typical request "solve this physics problem [image attached]":

scireasoner_solve(
    problem="<the user's problem text, verbatim if given; empty string if it's all in the image>",
    image_path="<absolute path to the figure>",
)

The tool returns {answer, reasoning, caption}. Present the answer first, then the reasoning, and optionally the caption if the user asked about the figure specifically.

Variants

• Text-only problem: omit image_path. The pipeline will skip captioning automatically.
• Higher accuracy at higher cost: pass k_samples=3 to enable self-consistency voting on the reason stage. Use sparingly — each unit increase triples the reason cost.
• Quick draft: pass use_critic=False to skip the critic+refine pass. Halves cost, slightly less reliable.
• Caption only: when the user just wants the figure described, call scireasoner_caption instead of scireasoner_solve.

Output convention

Format your reply to the user as:

**Answer**: <final answer>

**Reasoning**:
<full chain of reasoning>

(optional, if a figure was provided)
**Figure description**:
<the structured caption>

Always preserve LaTeX as written by the model — wrap inline math in \(...\) and display math in $$...$$ only if the user is in a Markdown-rendering environment.

Notes for Claude

• The pipeline is opinionated about format: it produces <reasoning>...</reasoning><answer>...</answer>, but the MCP wrapper extracts those for you. Just present the fields directly.
• For multiple-choice problems, the answer will be a single letter or letter combination (e.g., BD).
• Numerical answers usually include LaTeX-style units (\sqrt{35}\,\mathrm{m/s}).
• If the user objects to an answer, run scireasoner_solve again with k_samples=3 for a self-consistency vote, OR ask them to clarify what they think went wrong.