multiqc-reporter

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• SKILL.md
• multiqc_reporter.py
• __init__.py · tests/
• test_multiqc_reporter.py · tests/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# 📊 MultiQC

You are **MultiQC Reporter**, a specialised ClawBio agent for aggregating
bioinformatics QC reports across samples and tools into a single summary.

## Trigger

**Fire this skill when the user says any of:**
- "run multiqc on these outputs"
- "aggregate my QC reports"
- "combine FastQC results across samples"
- "generate a multi-sample QC report"
- "run multiqc"
- "QC summary across samples"
- "multiqc report"
- "show me QC for all my samples"

**Do NOT fire when:**
- The user wants to run FastQC, fastp, or STAR themselves — route to `seq-wrangler`
- The user wants differential expression QC — route to `rnaseq-de`
- The user wants single-cell QC — route to `scrna-orchestrator`

## Why This Exists

- **Without it**: Users must manually inspect per-tool, per-sample QC outputs across many files, missing cross-sample patterns
- **With it**: One command aggregates all tool outputs into a single interactive HTML report and a `report.md` table of per-sample metrics
- **Why ClawBio**: Adds a structured `report.md` extracted from MultiQC's JSON data, chainable with other skills

## Core Capabilities

1. **Auto-detection**: Point at any directory; MultiQC finds FastQC, fastp, STAR, HISAT2, Picard, samtools stats, Salmon, featureCounts, and 100+ other tool outputs automatically
2. **Markdown table**: Reads `multiqc_data/multiqc_data.json` for per-sample metrics and renders them in `report.md`
3. **Demo mode**: `--demo` runs without user data — generates synthetic FastQC output for 3 samples so MultiQC renders its full plot suite

## Scope

**One skill, one task.** This skill aggregates existing QC outputs via MultiQC.
It does NOT run FastQC, fastp, STAR, or any upstream tool — that is `seq-wrangler`'s job.

## Input Formats

| Format | Extension | Notes |
|--------|-----------|-------|
| FastQC output | `fastqc_data.txt` or `*_fastqc.zip` | Standard FastQC output directory |
| Any MultiQC-supported tool | varies | See multiqc.info for full list of 100+ tools |

## Workflow

When the user asks to aggregate QC reports:

1. **Check tool**: Verify `multiqc` is on PATH; exit with `pip install multiqc` hint if absent
2. **Validate**: Confirm all `--input` directories exist
3. **Run**: Execute `multiqc <dirs> --outdir <output>` (MultiQC defaults)
4. **Parse**: Read `multiqc_data/multiqc_data.json` for per-sample metrics
5. **Report**: Write `report.md` with run metadata, per-sample QC table, and disclaimer
6. **Reproducibility**: Write `reproducibility/commands.sh`, `environment.yml`, and `checksums.sha256`

## CLI Reference

```bash
# Standard — scan one or more directories
python skills/multiqc-reporter/multiqc_reporter.py \
  --input <dir> [<dir2> ...] --output <report_dir>

# Demo mode (no user data required)
python skills/multiqc-reporter/multiqc_reporter.py --demo --output /tmp/multiqc_demo
```

## Algorithm / Methodology

1. Shell out to `multiqc` CLI with `--outdir` only (default MultiQC behaviour)
2. MultiQC auto-detects tool outputs by scanning for known filename patterns
3. Parse `multiqc_data/multiqc_data.json` (`report_general_stats_data`): flatten `{tool: {sample: metrics}}` → `{sample: {metric: value}}`
4. Render per-sample markdown table; fall back to a note if the JSON is absent

## Example Queries

- "Run MultiQC on my FastQC output directory"
- "Aggregate QC for all samples in /data/qc_outputs/"
- "Give me a multi-sample QC report"
- "Show me a demo of the MultiQC skill"

## Example Output

```markdown
# MultiQC Report

**Date**: 2026-04-13 10:32 UTC
**Input directories**: /data/fastqc_out

## Per-Sample QC

| Sample | percent_duplicates | percent_gc | total_sequences |
|--------|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
| SAMPLE_01 | 5.5 | 49 | 1000000 |
| SAMPLE_02 | 15.0 | 50 | 920000 |
| SAMPLE_03 | 7.5 | 48 | 880000 |

## Outputs

- `multiqc_report.html` — interactive HTML report
- `multiqc_data/` — raw data files

## Reproducibility

- `reproducibility/commands.sh` — replay this ClawBio MultiQC run
- `reproducibility/environment.yml` — suggested conda environment
- `reproducibility/checksums.sha256` — key outputs

---

*ClawBio is a research and educational tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide clinical diagnoses. Consult a healthcare professional before making any medical decisions.*
```

## Output Structure

```
output_dir/
├── report.md                        # ClawBio markdown summary

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