Instruments, devices and consumables for use in a workflow of a smart molecular analysis system

A smart consumable for performing a molecular analysis workflow, the smart consumable comprising at least one of:

• a reaction holder comprising multiple reaction sites and comprising a reaction holder RFID tag, wherein the reaction holder RFID tag sends and receives and/or stores information regarding a workflow for the molecular analysis, wherein one or more reaction sites include a first reagent, and wherein the reaction holder RFID tag includes information identifying which of the multiple reaction sites include the first reagent;
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• a reagent container comprising a reagent container RFID tag, wherein the reagent container RFID tag sends and receives and/or stores information regarding the workflow for the molecular analysis, wherein the reagent container RFID tag includes transfer instructions for applying a particular volume of a second reagent to the one or more reaction sites identified as having the first reagent.