# ngs-scrna-seq

This skill takes single-cell or single-nucleus RNA-seq from FASTQ to a count matrix, then hands QC and clustering to an embedded skill.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 2 installs · ★ 7596
- Author: OpenAI · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/ngs-analysis/skills/ngs-scrna-seq/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ngs-scrna-seq

## What it does

The skill accepts FASTQ files, count matrices, `.h5`, `.h5ad`, `.rds`, and Cell Ranger output. Before anything runs it confirms the input type, assay, barcode and UMI layout, organism and reference, sample and batch metadata, and the endpoint you want: counts only, QC, clustering, annotation, UMAP, or differential analysis.

For FASTQs the public route is preferred: `nf-core/scrnaseq`, STARsolo, kallisto-bustools through `kb-python`, or alevin-fry. 10x Cell Ranger is an optional backend, used only when vendor-standard output is explicitly required and the 10x EULA is accepted. Execution is ordered in three rows: FASTQ-to-count, then post-count QC and annotation, then downstream statistics. Anything starting from a matrix, `.h5`, `.h5ad`, `.rds`, or Cell Ranger output routes to the embedded `scrna-seq-qc` skill.

Check readiness first with `python plugins/ngs-analysis/scripts/ngs_preflight.py --pipeline scrnaseq --emit-install-plan`. Local FASTQ-to-count runs go through `run_scrnaseq_fastq_to_count.py`, which emits an advisory resource plan by default. Add `--execute` only when Nextflow and a container or HPC profile are ready. The skill will not guess 10x chemistry from filenames, so verify your metadata before launching.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill ngs-scrna-seq -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill ngs-scrna-seq -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ngs-scrna-seq/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins ngs-scrna-seq
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ngs-scrna-seq/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/ngs-analysis/skills/ngs-scrna-seq
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/ngs-analysis/skills/ngs-scrna-seq/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run scRNA-seq or snRNA-seq from FASTQ to a count matrix
- pick a public pipeline instead of Cell Ranger
- build a resource and environment plan before the pipeline starts
- hand a matrix to the embedded skill for QC and annotation
- confirm barcode layout and reference before analysis

## Example prompts
- Run ngs-scrna-seq on my FASTQs, human, reference GRCh38
- Run the scrnaseq preflight and show me the install plan
- Take my .h5ad matrix and route it to scrna-seq-qc for clustering and UMAP

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ngs-scrna-seq
description: Route single-cell or single-nucleus RNA-seq FASTQs to public count-generation workflows and defer post-count matrix QC, annotation, clustering, and UMAP analysis to the embedded scrna-seq-qc skill.
---

# Single-cell RNA-seq

Use this skill for scRNA-seq or snRNA-seq kickoff from FASTQs, Cell Ranger-style outputs, matrices, `.h5`, `.h5ad`, or `.rds`. This skill owns upstream intake and FASTQ-to-count routing; post-count QC, annotation, clustering, and UMAPs must route to the embedded `scrna-seq-qc` skill.

## Essential Inputs

Confirm:

- input type: FASTQ, count matrix, `.h5`, `.h5ad`, or `.rds`
- assay: single-cell or single-nucleus
- chemistry or barcode/UMI layout
- organism and reference
- expected cells per sample when available
- sample, donor, batch, and channel metadata
- desired endpoint: count matrix only, QC, clustering, annotation, UMAP, or differential abundance/expression

## Public Default

For FASTQs, prefer public alternatives:

- `nf-core/scrnaseq`
- STARsolo
- kallisto-bustools via `kb-python`
- alevin-fry

Use 10x Cell Ranger only when the user explicitly wants vendor-standard output and has accepted the 10x EULA.

## Implementation Sequence

Treat scRNA as three ordered rows in the plugin state and execute them sequentially:

1. FASTQ-to-count:
   count matrix generation, barcode and feature tables, chemistry or whitelist choice, and a backend summary.
2. Post-count QC and annotation:
   raw-count-preserving objects, QC metrics, threshold plots, doublet and ambient-RNA outputs, clustering, UMAPs, and annotation confidence.
3. Downstream stats:
   pseudobulk matrices, differential expression or abundance tables, and per-condition plots.

Cell Ranger is an optional backend when vendor-standard output is explicitly required. It is not a standalone roadmap row and it is not the default execution target.

For post-count QC/annotation, use the embedded `skills/scrna-seq-qc` guidance. Route to that skill whenever the requested endpoint starts from a matrix, `.h5`, `.h5ad`, `.rds`, Cell Ranger output, or asks for QC, doublets, ambient RNA, annotation, clustering, UMAPs, or post-count differential summaries.

## Preflight

```bash
python plugins/ngs-analysis/scripts/ngs_preflight.py --pipeline scrnaseq --emit-install-plan
```

## Kickoff Pattern

nf-core preflight run:

```bash
python plugins/ngs-analysis/scripts/run_nfcore_pipeline.py \
  --pipeline scrnaseq \
  --sample-sheet samplesheet.csv \
  --profile docker \
  --genome GRCh38 \
  --bundle-root grch38_core=/refs/GRCh38
```

This adapter captures the generated params, pinned Nextflow command, resource gate, trace/report paths, run manifest, and visualization index in the standard plugin envelope. Add `--revision <tag>` for pinned nf-core execution and `--execute` only when Nextflow plus a container/HPC profile are ready.
````
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