“Draw caffeine and show its functional groups”
Resolve the molecule, plot the structure, and highlight the groups that matter.
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AILC Chemistry
Free Agent skill · Hermes Agent Desktop · MIT licensed
AILC Chemistry
AI Learning Companion.
An agent skill for interactive chemistry tutoring grounded in the Wolfram Knowledgebase via Wolfram MCP — molecule plots, functional groups, isomers, curated properties, and sticky explanations. Optimized for Hermes Agent Desktop, just like our other AI Learning Companions.
Gallery
Examples from a session.
What it does
Chemistry that clicks — without inventing the structure.
Open-ended questions about molecules, functional groups, elements, and properties become structure plots, curated facts, isomer and class comparisons, and notable reactions — not property JSON dumps, and not hallucinated structure image URLs.
- 2D & 3D molecule plots — aromatic 2D by default; ball-and-stick when you want the atoms.
- Functional groups — named patterns or SMARTS, highlighted on the structure.
- Curated properties — formula, mass, melting point, and the few facts that matter.
- Isomers & chemical classes — compare relatives without drowning in lists.
- Real substance photos — when physical appearance helps; AI images labeled as reconstructions.
- Honest about gaps — missing data, plot timeouts, and dual-use safety limits.
Usage
Ask like a curious learner.
Trigger when exploring chemistry — or use /ailc-chemistry.
“3D structure of aspirin”
Ball-and-stick from Wolfram — never invent a structure image URL.
“What are the isomers of C₄H₁₀?”
Compare isomers with structures and plain-language differences.
Typical turn: parallel Wolfram lookups first → high-level framing in plain language → one strong structure visual, a notable beat with a substance photo when available, and a next hook.
Wolfram input types
Compute over guess.
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
ChemicalName |
caffeine, D-ribose |
SMILES |
CCO |
InChI |
InChI string |
| PubChem / ChEMBL IDs | External identifiers |
| Peptide / DNA / RNA | Short sequences as molecules |
Names are resolved with free-form interpreters — never hand-written canonical entity IDs.
Requirements
What you need to run it.
Wolfram MCP handles chemicals, elements, Molecule / MoleculePlot / MoleculePlot3D, properties, and isomers. If Wolfram is unavailable, the skill falls back to careful prose and does not invent structure image URLs.
Built for Hermes Agent Desktop (same host pattern as the other
AI Learning Companions). The host needs
skill_view for worker briefs and recipes.
Install
Clone into your agent’s skills path.
git clone https://github.com/warmersun/ailc-chemistry-skill.git
# then link or copy into your skills directory
# (name as required by your host, e.g. ailc-chemistry)
Ensure the host can load SKILL.md and has
Wolfram MCP configured (WolframContext,
WolframAlpha,
WolframLanguageEvaluator or equivalent).
Why we built it
Learning chemistry should be a fun experience.
Structures you can trust, groups that light up, and explanations that stick — not property dumps and invented URLs. AILC Chemistry is free and open source, from the people behind Warmer Sun.