Assists with symbolic computations and analytical solutions in MATLAB code.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/matlab-symbolic-math && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/19542" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/matlab-symbolic-math && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/matlab-symbolic-math
Activation
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Generate correct MATLAB code using the Symbolic Math Toolbox. Use when the user asks for symbolic computations, analytical solutions, symbolic differentiation/integration, equation solving, or converting symbolic results to numeric MATLAB functions. Also use when converting differential equations to transfer functions or state-space form.Key capabilities
- →Perform symbolic differentiation and integration
- →Solve symbolic equations and differential equations
- →Convert symbolic results to numeric MATLAB functions
- →Manage symbolic assumptions and variable precision arithmetic
- →Derive transfer functions from differential equations
How it works
The skill provides syntax patterns for the Symbolic Math Toolbox, emphasizing the use of syms for variables and avoiding deprecated string-based inputs.
Inputs & outputs
When to use matlab-symbolic-math
- →Perform symbolic differentiation or integration
- →Solve symbolic equations in MATLAB
- →Derive transfer functions from differential equations
- →Compute symbolic limits or summations
About this skill
matlab-symbolic-math has moved
This skill has graduated to the official MATLAB Agentic Toolkit as matlab-use-symbolic-math.
The official skill covers everything this one did, with revised guidance and new references for symmatrix, symunit, PDE coefficient extraction, symbolic-to-C code generation, and rewriting expressions.
Install the official skill
Install the MATLAB Agentic Toolkit and select the Math and Optimization skill group. See the toolkit's installation instructions, or Adding Skills Only if you already have the MATLAB MCP Server.
Copyright 2026 The MathWorks, Inc.
When not to use it
- →Passing strings or character vectors to symbolic functions
- →Using sym() to wrap numeric literals when symbolic variables are present
Prerequisites
Limitations
- →Assumptions persist in the symbolic engine even after clear
- →subs does not modify expressions in-place
How it compares
It enforces strict syntax rules like using == for equations, preventing the common errors associated with string-based symbolic inputs.
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