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2026-07-06: MDI energy-contact method
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The Dimer Builder's ``contact method = energy`` was added as part of the
campaign that created the reusable ``seamm_mdi`` MDI driver facility. That
campaign's full write-up -- motivation, design, the socket-direction decision,
and the cross-package changes (including this plug-in) -- lives with the
facility:

* seamm_mdi developer guide:
  https://molssi-seamm.github.io/seamm_mdi/developer_guide/campaigns/2026-07-06/NOTES.html