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The main aim of the present approach is to show how to use these atomistic simulations to study intercalation materials used as electrodes in alkali-ion batteries under galvanostatic conditions. The framework can be applied to related areas. To accomplish this, we explain the electrochemical background, linking the continuum scale with the microscopic events of discrete simulations. A comprehensive theoretical approach developed in a previous work is used as a reference for this aim. The galvanostatic kMC algorithm proposed is explained in detail and is subject to validation tests. 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