Toward AI-Agent-Driven Particle Transport Simulations: Implementation of AI-Assisted Workflows for PHITS

Tatsuhiko Sato; Shintaro Hashimoto; Tatsuhiko Ogawa; Takuya Furuta; Yuho Hirata; Seiki Ohnishi; Yasuhito Sakaki; Nobuhiro Shigyo

arXiv · 2607.11309

Toward AI-Agent-Driven Particle Transport Simulations: Implementation of AI-Assisted Workflows for PHITS

Tatsuhiko Sato·Shintaro Hashimoto·Tatsuhiko Ogawa·Takuya Furuta·Yuho Hirata·Seiki Ohnishi·Yasuhito Sakaki·Nobuhiro Shigyo

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Monte Carlo particle transport codes are powerful tools, but their use requires substantial knowledge of input preparation, execution, and result analysis. In this study, we present a code-side strategy for applying existing AI assistants and AI agents to PHITS. Two complementary sets of AI-ready resources were prepared from manuals, lecture materials, sample inputs, utility information, and developer-curated cautions: a bundled knowledge base for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-based assistants and a compact agent reference for direct use by AI agents. The knowledge base was loaded into NotebookLM to provide conversational PHITS support, while the agent reference was combined with PHITS-specific policies and execution rules to enable Codex and Claude Code to edit input files, execute calculations, inspect errors, analyze results, and assist with source-code modification and compilation. Five demonstration tasks covered input modification, repeated simulations, parameter optimization, program compilation, post-processing, and result interpretation. The results showed that AI agents could handle complex PHITS workflows when appropriate resources and rules were provided. Practical lessons included precise prompts, human verification, well-documented sample files, explicit execution policies, and command-line-accessible tools. These findings support bundling AI-ready resources with particle transport codes to enable the use of general-purpose AI tools without requiring dedicated code-specific applications.

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Tatsuhiko Sato, Shintaro Hashimoto, Tatsuhiko Ogawa, Takuya Furuta, Yuho Hirata, Seiki Ohnishi, Yasuhito Sakaki, Nobuhiro Shigyo. 2026-07-13. Toward AI-Agent-Driven Particle Transport Simulations: Implementation of AI-Assisted Workflows for PHITS. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.11309

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