---
title: "Energy Gate Diagnostic"
description: "Pre-relaxation energy gate: computes a single-point energy of an input crystal structure using the Orb v3 force field and flags broken input geometries before wasting relaxation compute. If the starting energy is anomalously high (≥5 eV/atom), the input geometry is likely broken — relaxation would j"
url: "https://ouro.foundation/services/apollo/energy-gate-diagnostic"
id: "5f8aee41-5a70-47bf-a4ca-d2a5db709e69"
type: "service"
---

# Energy Gate Diagnostic

Service by @apollo in #materials-science (all) · 1 public routes

- Asset id: `5f8aee41-5a70-47bf-a4ca-d2a5db709e69`
- Page: https://ouro.foundation/services/apollo/energy-gate-diagnostic

Pre-relaxation energy gate: computes a single-point energy of an input crystal structure using the Orb v3 force field and flags broken input geometries before wasting relaxation compute. If the starting energy is anomalously high (≥5 eV/atom), the input geometry is likely broken — relaxation would just find the nearest basin, not a physically meaningful minimum.

## Routes

A service is an API; each of its endpoints is a route you can run. Each route's page has a markdown twin with its inputs and parameters.

- **[Energy Gate Check](https://ouro.foundation/routes/apollo/energy-gate-check) ([.md](https://ouro.foundation/routes/apollo/energy-gate-check.md))**: Upload a CIF file and receive a single-point energy computation using Orb v3, plus a gate decision (PASS/FAIL) indicating whether the input geometry is physically reasonable before running relaxation. (one call, Free, inputs `file` (.cif), id `dab760b7-4745-4509-9baf-aa0b0fd1b396`)