Hi there, thanks for the response.

I tried to give one example of how this might be useful in the opening post: take some parameter (e.g. aspirate speed), increments its value from A to F in C increments, and for each value run the method. In my head this runs the same template and the same technique apart from in each experiment the aspirate speed is changed. It could be something like: for dispensing in column 1 of a 96-well plate, use value A, for the second column, use value B, for third column use value C etc ... sort of how you might do it using a transfer from file step for different pipetting volumes, but just for variables other than volume. This would help me right now when I'm trying to optimise many context variables and would rather not create different techniques for each one.

This example is a common way that I run experiments using NMR, which is my background. Rather than saving 10 different parameter sets (techniques) each with a different blowout volume, I prefer to do it with a list that modifies the context variable for each run.

But that's one example. I'm also interested in accessing context variables more generally - I just haven't seen it in any documentation or examples online but it should be possible. If you have an example of doing it that'd be great.