tooluniverse-data-wrangling

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SKILL.md

Data Wrangling: Universal Access Patterns

Reference for downloading and parsing scientific data from any source. Write and run Python code via Bash for every step.

When to Use

  • ToolUniverse tool returned metadata/search results but you need raw or bulk data
  • Data is in a format tools don't parse (VCF, h5ad, BAM, SDF, GCT)
  • You need a multi-step API workflow (search -> filter -> download -> parse)
  • The data source has no ToolUniverse tool at all
  • You need thousands of records, not the 10-100 a tool returns

Decision: Tool vs Code

Situation Use
Single record lookup, simple search, <100 results ToolUniverse tool (execute_tool)
Bulk download, custom filtering, format conversion Write Python code
Tool exists but returns truncated results Write code using the same API the tool wraps
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