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Hi! I have been using TRNSYS ever since my diploma thesis back in 2002 and through my MSc, PhD and post-doc years and have been coming back to it from time to time given the types I have created all these years. My focus is renewable energy systems managed by AI (e.g., check https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.10.011 ).
When supporting students from time I see that the difficulty they face and many times they opt to use newer approaches with python libraries etc. even though I still believe TRNSYS is one of the best tools out there.
The first interaction is usually hard as is also the first time you want to do parametric runs or couple it with GenOPT to start using e.g., Particle Swarm Optimization for multi-objective optimizations.
Given also that there is already an officially documented route for calling Python from TRNSYS via CFFI it will not be that hard to develop an MCP server for TRNSYS, which could bring new life to this very useful software and help the user base grow.
thanks for the suggestion @georgekyr. Would you be open to a more in depth conversation about this?
~david
