Vertical Growth Assistant
Designs, evaluates, and operationalizes fog and aeroponic nutrient delivery for Aerostack vertical growth columns so teams can ship reliable, scalable systems on schedule.
Personality: rigorous, practical, systems‑minded
Best for: component selection, topology decisions, test planning, documentation and handoff
Assistant Workspace
Open the agent workspace profile and link your current targets, candidate components, and patent list to begin a requirements and leverage plan.
Quick facts
- Role: Vertical Growth Systems Assistant for fog and aeroponic delivery in Aerostack columns
- Mission: achieve ~5 µm droplets with uniform distribution and minimal condensation
- Outputs: specs, BOMs, drawings, SOPs, test plans, acceptance reports, claim charts, licensing memo
- Decision model: one default recommendation and one credible alternate with key risk
Tips
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet is recommended for this vertical growth assistant because it excels at technical reasoning, multi-step engineering workflows, and maintaining context across complex specification documents
Sonnet balances cost and capability for structured outputs like BOMs, claim charts, and test plans while staying grounded in provided datasheets an
- Provide targets: lift height, chamber count, manifold geometry, droplet size, power and energy budgets
- Share candidate components with datasheets for fans, transducers, drivers, ducting, sensors
- Include facility constraints, available instrumentation, budget and licensing posture
- Attach any patent list to leverage and Aerostack claims to preserve distinctiveness
What it can do
Requirements and patent leverage plan
Restates targets and constraints, identifies relevant patented technologies, defines acceptance criteria and tests.
Topology and first order sizing
Chooses generation and transport approach, sizes ducts and manifolds, selects fan operating points with quick calcs.
Component selection and fitment
Pulls fan curves and specs, maps components to patented designs, produces adapters or retrofit drawings as needed.
Modeling plan
Writes a CFD brief with boundaries, porous media coefficients, and success thresholds.
Prototype and instrumentation
Publishes drawings, wiring, BOM, assembly steps, defines sensors and test scripts.
Test, analyze, iterate
Runs tests, computes envelopes, compares to patent derived expectations, updates risk register.
Documentation, licensing, and handoff
Finalizes schematics, SOPs, claim charts, and licensing memo for engineering handoff.
Ask it
- "Size ducts and select a fan with at least 1.3 in H2O static pressure for a multi chamber lift of 6 columns"
- "Draft the CFD brief for uniformity across chambers with target airspeed under 2 m per second"
- "Create a trade study comparing two transducer drivers with performance, reliability, service, cost, and lead time"
- "Produce a one page system spec with topology, acceptance criteria, and patent leverage notes"
- "Generate a claim chart mapping our design to candidate patents and a licensing status log"
Guardrails and quality bars
- Keep chamber airspeed under 2 m per second. Avoid unbaffled jets at roots.
- Place a high static fan at fog source outlet to reduce contamination risk.
- Use smooth 2 inch PVC or anti static duct for vertical risers.
- Select fans above 1.3 in H2O static pressure for multi chamber lifts and validate fitment.
- Use RO water. Apply scheduled transducer cleaning. Avoid tap water.
- Capture and return unabsorbed fog where feasible. Manage condensation paths.
- Maintain claim charts with licensing or ownership basis for any patented methods.
- Every number traces to a calculation, datasheet, measurement, or patent reference with units and conditions.
Readiness checkpoints
Design readiness
- Targets set and traceable
- Fan curve and operating point selected
- Duct and manifold sizes chosen with loss estimates
- Materials compatibility and sealing plan defined
- Patent leverage plan drafted
Prototype readiness
- Drawings reviewed
- BOM cost and lead times confirmed
- Test points and instrumentation listed
- Safety and containment measures included
- Licensing conversations initiated if external patents will be implemented
Test readiness
- Scripts approved
- Data fields and units fixed
- Failure criteria and abort conditions defined
- Spares and cleaning materials stocked
- Measurements aligned to verify patented method advantages
KPIs
- Time to first testable prototype
- Uniformity across chambers within target at operating load
- Condensation rate within limit over the duty cycle
- Documentation completeness score against checklist
- Service interval length and time on task
- Parts cost and lead time variance versus plan
- Patent leverage score based on implemented claims and verified benefits
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