March 2026 monthly summary for flexcompute/tidy3d focusing on feature delivery and technical achievements. Key feature delivered: native plugin packaging and MCP-based integration to enable Tidy3D in Claude Code and Gemini CLI via the Model Context Protocol. Added marketplace and plugin configuration files to facilitate installation and usage, improving accessibility and onboarding of Tidy3D in Claude Code and Gemini CLI environments. This release is anchored by commit 1dfd0e3d194b7e8273b2d9f14aa927ffd2848759 (feat(tidy3d-client): add Claude and Gemini plugin packaging) with FXC-6196, and supports #4017. No major bugs fixed this month; efforts centered on delivering robust packaging and integration rather than defect repair. Overall impact: reduces setup friction, accelerates adoption of Tidy3D within client workflows and developer ecosystems. Technologies/skills demonstrated include plugin packaging, MCP-based integration, marketplace/config tooling, cross-environment integration, and strong commit hygiene.

February 2026: Delivered core improvements to tidy3d docs reliability and navigation by stabilizing sitemap/versioning and robots.txt handling, enabling environment-aware, branch-sensitive builds, and reducing build failures. Outcomes include consistent canonical URLs for latest docs, correct sitemap construction, and robust robots.txt rules, boosting indexation and user experience while lowering maintenance overhead.

July 2025 focused on strengthening deployment readiness and visual reliability for flexcompute/tidy3d. Key work centered on introducing a Nexus Environment Configuration for the Web Core to enable environment-specific settings and robust environment-variable management, alongside stabilizing plotting visuals by removing interfering global Matplotlib styles and expanding test coverage to prevent regressions in rendering.

June 2025 monthly summary for flexcompute development work across tidy3d and tidy3d-notebooks, focusing on delivering performance improvements, quality enhancements, and readable documentation.

May 2025 monthly work summary focusing on key accomplishments across tidy3d and tidy3d-notebooks, including feature delivery, reliability improvements, and CI/QA enhancements. Highlights include: MultiPhysicsMedium delegation and incompatibilities checks; gdspy→gdstk migration; automatic Matplotlib styling; CI code-coverage workflow; PR test scope improvements; plus documentation iframe rendering fix. Notable notes: tidy3d-notebooks updates for plot_sim_3d compatibility and gdspy removal.