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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "lucasuiii-modeling-workbench--start-contest-project-from-official-files",
 "repo": "Lucasuiii/modeling-workbench",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/Lucasuiii/modeling-workbench",
 "repo_slug": "lucasuiii-modeling-workbench",
 "title": "Start a contest project from official problem files",
 "page_title": "How to start a contest project from official problem files with Modeling Workbench",
 "summary": "Copy the official problem files into a new project folder with fixed file identities.",
 "who": "A modeling team that has just received a contest problem and its attachments and needs a clean project to work in.",
 "problem": "Working directly in the original problem folder risks losing track of which files were official and what changed.",
 "outcome": "A new project folder with the official files copied in and recorded, while the original folder stays unchanged.",
 "steps": [
  "Create a new output folder that does not exist yet, separate from the tool and material folders.",
  "Place the official problem files, attachments and any format files in one material folder.",
  "In a new chat, send the project start prompt from the README Quick Start and replace the three paths.",
  "When asked, confirm the contest, year, paper language and submission rules.",
  "Review the problem facts and the sub-question capabilities the agent writes before starting model design. (inferred, check the README)"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Use the Modeling Workbench repo in <tool folder> to start a new contest project. Use <official material folder> as the official material and <new project folder> as the output folder. Confirm the contest name, year and paper language, then report the copied file list and the stage that comes next.",
 "agents": [
  "codex",
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "2 hours",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Contest-specific template and submission rules still need to be checked against the official documents by hand.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python 3.10 or newer with the Python dependencies the README lists",
  "A MATLAB or Python calculation backend",
  "XeLaTeX and a PDF rendering tool, needed before the paper stage",
  "Official contest problem files, attachments and submission rules in one folder",
  "Codex or Claude Code with access to the local tool folder"
 ],
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