Finding Simulink Examples

Use this skill to find examples and models in the MathWorks Examples database.

Use the invokeModelFinder helper script to search the database of shipped MathWorks example models, then report matching examples.

invokeModelFinder searches a database of every example MathWorks ships across all products. It is a database search, not a scan of the local disk: a hit means the example exists in the MathWorks database and comes with the command to open it, regardless of what is currently open or saved locally. Opening a match requires the owning product to be installed; the returned open_command (e.g. openExample(...)) handles that.

invokeModelFinder is a helper script that ships with this skill in its scripts/ folder. It exists because the customer-facing modelfinder function is interactive — it opens a Selection: menu in the terminal and blocks, so it cannot be driven programmatically. invokeModelFinder is a thin, non-interactive wrapper that returns results directly. Call it with evaluate_matlab_code, setting project_path to the skill's scripts/ folder so MATLAB can resolve the function (never use addpath):

invokeModelFinder('<query>', '<filters_json>', '<max_results>', '<view>')

• query — free-text search. Examples: 'motor control', 'PID', 'battery'; '*' lists everything.
• filters_json — JSON object of optional filters. Fields: match, product, location, block, reference. Use '{}' for no filters. Example: '{"product": "Simscape Electrical", "block": "PID Controller"}'.
• max_results — max results to return, as a string. Default '20', clamped to 100.
• view — result layout. 'Categorized' (default) groups examples with their supporting models and surfaces the example-level openExample(...) command — best when the user wants an example to open. 'Models' lists the underlying model files individually — use it when the user wants a specific model file rather than the example that contains it. Omit it to get 'Categorized'.