# earth2studio-create-prognostic

Guides an agent through building an Earth2Studio wrapper for a weather model that forecasts future states over successive time steps.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 574 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-prognostic/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/earth2studio-create-prognostic

## What it does

This skill walks an agent through a Python wrapper for a prognostic weather model. Provide a URL or local path to an inference script; the agent inspects its packages, architecture, input and output shapes, time step, and resolution, then asks you to approve the proposed dependencies.

The workflow covers the model class, coordinate handling, forward pass, model loading, tests, and project documentation. It includes mock tests and a test that loads real weights, and directs Python commands through `uv run`. Its scope is prognostic models; it does not cover diagnostic models, data sources, or installation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill earth2studio-create-prognostic -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-prognostic/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- wrap a third-party weather forecasting model for Earth2Studio
- inspect a model's dependencies and input and output shapes
- test a forward pass, iterator, and invalid coordinate handling
- add a model's optional dependencies and documentation

## Example prompts
- Build an Earth2Studio wrapper from the inference script at `inference.py`.
- Inspect this inference script URL, propose dependencies, and wait for my approval.
- Add a prognostic model under `earth2studio/models/px/` and prepare its tests.

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

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---
name: earth2studio-create-prognostic
version: 0.16.0
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: NVIDIA Earth-2 Team <agent-skills@nvidia.com>
  tags: [earth2studio, prognostic-model, python]
description: >
  Create Earth2Studio prognostic (time-stepping forecast) model wrappers.
  Do NOT use for diagnostic models, data sources, or installation.
argument-hint: URL or local path to reference inference script (optional)
---

## Quick Start Checklist

**Do these steps IN ORDER. Do not skip any step.**

- [ ] Read this SKILL.md completely first
- [ ] Get reference script (Step 0)
- [ ] Create `earth2studio/models/px/<name>.py` with triple inheritance
- [ ] Create `test/models/px/test_<name>.py` with mock tests
- [ ] Run: `uv run pytest test/models/px/test_<name>.py -v`
- [ ] Add/update model extra, install docs, API docs, and changelog (Steps 1-2, 9)
- [ ] Run: `make format && make lint`

> **⚠️ CRITICAL:** Always use `uv run` for Python commands:
> - ✅ `uv run pytest ...` / `uv run python ...`
> - ❌ `pytest ...` / `python ...` (missing dependencies)
>
> **Stuck or wrong output:** Do not keep retrying the same fix. Follow
> [Self-Improvement](#self-improvement) to patch this skill before continuing.

## Purpose

Implement a prognostic model wrapper connecting third-party ML weather models
to Earth2Studio. Prognostic models time-integrate forward—given initial state,
they predict future states by stepping through time (e.g., 6-hour increments).

## Workspace

| Context | Location |
|---------|----------|
| Harbor eval | Write to `/workspace/output/earth2studio/models/px/...` |
| Harbor + `--copy-repo` | Full checkout at `/workspace/repo` |
| Local clone | Directory with `pyproject.toml` |

**Never read `evals/targets/`** — grader references only.

### Reference Files

Load on demand during the matching step:

| File | Content | Load at |
|------|---------|---------|
| `references/skeleton-template.py` | Full model skeleton with FILL comments | Steps 3–6 |
| `references/method-templates.py` | Canonical method implementations | Steps 4–6 |
| `references/testing-guide.py` | Test skeleton and mock patterns | Step 7 |
| `references/validation-guide.md` | Comparison scripts, PR, code review | Steps 10–11 |

---

## Workflow Steps

### Step 0 — Get Reference Script

If `$ARGUMENTS` provided, use it. Otherwise ask:
> Please provide a reference inference script URL/path.

### Step 1 — Analyze & Propose Dependencies

Analyze: packages, architecture, I/O shapes, time step, resolution, checkpoint.

Propose `pyproject.toml` group (alphabetical, add to `all`). Every
prognostic model must have an optional dependency extra, even when no packages
are required:
```toml
model-name = ["package1>=version", "package2"]
# or, when no additional packages are required:
model-name = []
```

**[CONFIRM]** Present dependencies and ask user to approve.

### Step 2 — Add Dependencies
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