Über instr.cc

instr.cc is an open, structured, and verifiable knowledge layer for test and measurement instruments. It publishes stable instrument identities, schemas, provenance, versioning, and safety boundaries so engineers can compare and cite trustworthy parameters, and AI agents can plan instrument operations against explicit capability and safety constraints.

What instr.cc provides

Stable instrument identity — every record has a canonical ID and a manufacturer/category/model key that stays constant across the human site, the schema registry, and machine-readable APIs.

Structured specifications — parameters are grouped, sourced, and versioned with a trust status, rather than presented as free text with no origin.

Explicit safety boundaries — instruments are documented as knowledge, not remotely controlled. The site never connects to VISA resources or energizes hardware.

The trust boundary

instr.cc marks every datum with a status: verified, unverified, conflict, or demo. Unverified and demo records are published for interface and workflow testing only, and are never presented as engineering conclusions.

Documentation, instrument keys, and schemas are published openly; physical hardware access belongs to a user-controlled instr-core runtime, where identity, wiring, firmware, and command support can be checked locally before anything executes.

How it relates to instr-core

instr-core is a separate execution layer that turns a requested measurement into a reviewable workflow: plan, validate, explicit confirmation, then execute. instr.cc supplies the knowledge instr-core plans against; it does not perform the execution.