What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps metabolomics and mass spectrometry users standardize spectra, compare them reliably, and identify unknown compounds without manually stitching together preprocessing and scoring steps.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Spectrum Import and Export: Load and save MGF, MSP, mzML, mzXML, JSON, pickle, and USI-based spectra for interoperable workflows.
- Filtering and Annotation: Harmonize metadata, normalize intensities, remove precursor peaks, add losses and fingerprints, and validate chemical annotations.
- Similarity Scoring: Compare spectra with cosine, modified cosine, neutral-loss, fingerprint, and metadata-based scoring for library matching and candidate ranking.
- Use Case: A researcher can clean a raw library, compare unknown spectra against references, and produce a ranked identification report with confidence metrics.
Quick Start
Use the matchms skill to load your spectra, run the recommended preprocessing pipeline, and return the top compound matches with scores.