Reagent Expiry Alert

Usage

# Log a new reagent
python scripts/main.py --scan "REAGENT-001" --name "Tris Buffer" --expiry 2025-12-31 --location "Shelf A"

# Check for upcoming expirations
python scripts/main.py --check-alerts --alert-days 30

# Check with custom alert window
python scripts/main.py --check-alerts --alert-days 60

Parameters

Alert Levels

• 🔴 Expired — reagent past expiry date
• 🟠 Critical — expiring within 30 days
• 🟡 Warning — expiring within 60 days
• 🟢 OK — expiring beyond 60 days

Output

• Expiration alert report with alert level per reagent
• Inventory summary
• Reorder recommendations for critical/expired items

Stress-Case Rules

For complex multi-constraint requests, always include these explicit blocks:

1. Assumptions
2. Reagents Checked
3. Alert Report
4. Reorder Recommendations
5. Risks and Manual Checks

Error Handling

• If required inputs are missing, state exactly which fields are missing and request only the minimum additional information.
• If the task goes outside the documented scope, stop instead of guessing or silently widening the assignment.
• If scripts/main.py fails, report the failure point, summarize what still can be completed safely, and provide a manual fallback.
• Do not fabricate expiry dates, inventory counts, or reorder thresholds.

Input Validation

This skill accepts: reagent barcode/ID and expiry date for logging, or a check-alerts request for inventory review.

If the request does not involve reagent expiry tracking — for example, asking for chemical hazard assessment, waste disposal guidance, or controlled substance management — do not proceed with the workflow. Instead respond:

"reagent-expiry-alert is designed to log reagent expiry dates and generate alerts before expiration. Your request appears to be outside this scope. Please provide a reagent ID and expiry date, or use a more appropriate tool."

Response Template

Use the following fixed structure for non-trivial requests:

1. Objective
2. Inputs Received
3. Assumptions
4. Workflow
5. Deliverable
6. Risks and Limits
7. Next Checks

If the request is simple, you may compress the structure, but still keep assumptions and limits explicit when they affect correctness.