What problem does it solve?
This Skill removes the friction of working with genomic file formats by giving you a Pythonic way to read, write, query, and transform sequencing data without hand-coding low-level file handling.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Alignment handling: Open and inspect SAM, BAM, and CRAM files, fetch reads by region, calculate coverage, and run pileup-based analysis.
- Variant processing: Read and write VCF and BCF files, inspect genotypes and INFO/FORMAT fields, and filter variants by quality or support.
- Sequence access and workflows: Query indexed FASTA files, process FASTQ reads sequentially, and combine BAM, VCF, BED, and reference data in bioinformatics pipelines.
- Use case: A researcher can trace low-coverage regions, validate variant calls against read support, and extract sequence context around candidate mutations in one workflow.
Quick Start
Ask the assistant to analyze your BAM, VCF, FASTA, or FASTQ files and return the exact reads, variants, sequences, or coverage summaries you need for your bioinformatics task.