diff --git a/slic/core/device/auto.py b/slic/core/device/auto.py
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+from ..adjustable import Adjustable
+from .device import Device
+from .simpledevice import SimpleDevice
+
+
+def auto(globals_dict, ID, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Return a new SimpleDevice with the Adjustables/Devices extracted from globals_dict
+    globals_dict is expected to be the result of globals() from within ipython
+    Thus, the intended usage is:
+        overview = auto(globals(), "Overview")
+    """
+    res = {}
+    for k, v in globals_dict.items():
+        if k.startswith("_"):
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(v, (Adjustable, Device)):
+            continue
+        res[k] = v
+    return SimpleDevice(ID, **kwargs, **res)
+
+
+