iowarp/clio-agent-marketplace/additive-manufacturing

Name the process family precisely — powder bed fusion (laser or electron beam), directed energy deposition, binder jetting, material extrusion, sheet lamination — before reasoning about outcomes. Defect mechanisms, achievable tolerances, and applicable materials are process-family-specific and do not transfer across families.

State what is generic to all AM processes versus what is family-specific: layer-wise build-up (generic) versus the specific energy source, feedstock form, and consolidation mechanism (family-specific). Anisotropy from the build direction and a dependency of final properties on process parameters are near-universal across AM; the specific mechanism producing them is not.

For a powder-bed-fusion study, use pbf_lb for the process-specific parameters and defect mechanisms rather than reasoning generically here.

Return the process family identified, what about the outcome is generic to AM versus family-specific, and hand off to the family-specific skill for parameter-level reasoning.