# earth2studio-create-datasource

End-to-end skill for building and validating Earth2Studio remote data source wrappers. Connects cloud storage or HTTP datasets to Earth2Studio async fetching.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 581 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: NVIDIA Earth-2 Team
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource

## What it does

This skill guides agents through building `DataSource`, `ForecastSource`, `DataFrameSource`, or `ForecastFrameSource` classes for Earth2Studio. It inspects storage backends such as S3, GCS, Azure, HTTP, or HuggingFace, then maps remote variable names to `E2STUDIO_VOCAB`. The workflow prefers `fsspec` filesystems (`s3fs`, `gcsfs`, `adlfs`) over direct vendor SDKs.

Writing tests in `test/data/` is treated as a mandatory deliverable alongside the implementation file. Before finishing, the workflow checks code via `uv run pytest`, `make format`, and `make lint`. You need Python 3.10+, `uv`, and git configured with `origin` and `upstream` remotes.

Do not run this skill for inferencing models or querying existing data sources. It handles only scaffolding, dependency updates, and validation for new data connectors.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill earth2studio-create-datasource -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill earth2studio-create-datasource -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill earth2studio-create-datasource -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills earth2studio-create-datasource
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill earth2studio-create-datasource -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/earth2studio-create-datasource
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill earth2studio-create-datasource -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/earth2studio-create-datasource/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- connect remote cloud stores (S3, GCS, Azure) to Earth2Studio
- map remote store variable keys to the E2STUDIO_VOCAB lexicon
- scaffold async data source wrappers with corresponding pytest suites
- select the correct protocol between DataArray and DataFrame sources

## Example prompts
- Create a DataSource wrapper for remote S3 store s3://climate-eval/era5
- Implement a ForecastSource connecting to an HTTP weather prediction endpoint
- Build a HuggingFace DataFrameSource wrapper for sparse station measurements

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: earth2studio-create-datasource
version: 0.16.0
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: NVIDIA Earth-2 Team <agent-skills@nvidia.com>
  tags:
    - earth2studio
    - earth2
    - python
    - data-source
    - forecast-source
    - integration
description: >
  Create and validate Earth2Studio data source wrappers (DataSource,
  ForecastSource, DataFrameSource, ForecastFrameSource) from remote stores.
  Do NOT use for fetching data with existing sources, model inference, or
  installation tasks.
argument-hint: URL or description of remote data store (optional)
---

# Create and Validate Data Source

## Purpose

End-to-end workflow for implementing a new Earth2Studio data source wrapper
that connects a remote data store (S3, GCS, Azure, HTTP, HuggingFace) to
Earth2Studio's async data fetching infrastructure — from analysis through
implementation, testing, validation, and PR submission.

## Prerequisites

- Earth2Studio dev environment with `uv` (`uv run python` must work)
- Git configured with fork (`origin`) and upstream (`upstream`) remotes
- Access to the target remote data store (credentials if private)
- Python 3.10+

## Workspace

Use the directory containing `pyproject.toml`. For Harbor evals, write to
`/workspace/output/` preserving paths. Never read `evals/targets/`.

## Instructions

> **Python Environment:** Always use `uv run python` or the local `.venv`.
> Never use the system Python directly.

Follow every step in order.

> **[CONFIRM] gates:** Only Step 1 (Source Type) and Step 12 (Sanity-Check
> Plots) require explicit user approval. All other `[CONFIRM]` markers are
> advisory — present decisions inline and proceed without blocking.
>
> **Deliverables first:** Write the source file and test file (Steps 6–7)
> before extended exploration, documentation, registration, CHANGELOG, or PR
> work. Skip Steps 8–14 when the user asks for implementation only.
>
> **Before you finish:** Run verification commands in the repo root so results
> appear in the session log:
>
> ```bash
> uv run pytest test/data/test_<source>.py -x
> make format && make lint
> ```
>
> **Be concise:** Avoid long architecture reports; summarize decisions in a
> few sentences and move on to file writes.
>
> **Hangs or User Feedback** If agent becomes stuck or user provides a
> correction during this skills use, conservatively review relevant part of
> the skill and improve. Be concise.
>
> **One source type per invocation.** Invoke again for companion types.

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