variant-analysis-tools

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Variant and VCF workflow guide for local SNV, indel, and structural-variant summarization, filtering, and consequence triage. Use when the user asks to inspect a VCF, count mutation classes, filter by VAF or depth, summarize genes or consequences, or prepare a local variant report before downstream annotation.

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Variant Analysis Tools

Use this skill when the user provides a VCF or BCF and wants concrete counts, filtering, or mutation summaries instead of only database lookup.

Typical triggers:

summarize the contents of a VCF or BCF
count SNVs, indels, or structural variants
filter by VAF, read depth, PASS status, or variant type
exclude intronic or intergenic consequences from a local callset
generate a machine-readable variant table before ClinVar, gnomAD, or dbSNP follow-up

Environment Check

which python3 || true
python3 - <<'PY'
mods = ["pysam"]
for name in mods:
    try:
        __import__(name)
        print(f"{name}: ok")
    except Exception as exc:
        print(f"{name}: missing ({exc})")
PY

Do not claim VCF analysis ran if pysam is unavailable.

Bundled Asset

templates/variant_report.py

Preferred Workflow

Confirm which sample to read when the VCF is multi-sample.
Decide whether the user wants raw counts, filtered rows, or both.
Apply explicit filters for VAF, depth, PASS status, and consequence terms.
Export the filtered table plus a summary JSON.
If the user wants clinical significance or population frequency, hand the filtered rows to bio-db-tools for ClinVar, gnomAD, or dbSNP follow-up.

Quick Start

python3 templates/variant_report.py \
  --input cohort/sample.vcf.gz \
  --sample TUMOR \
  --pass-only \
  --min-vaf 0.05 \
  --min-depth 20 \
  --exclude-consequence intronic \
  --exclude-consequence intergenic \
  --output variants/sample_filtered.csv \
  --summary variants/sample_filtered.json

Structural-variant focused example:

python3 templates/variant_report.py \
  --input sv_calls.vcf.gz \
  --include-variant-type DEL \
  --include-variant-type DUP \
  --output variants/sv_subset.csv \
  --summary variants/sv_subset.json

Output Expectations

Good answers should mention:

the exact variant file and sample used
which filters were applied
total records seen versus retained
variant-type and consequence distributions
top affected genes after filtering
where the CSV and summary JSON were written

Related Skills

For ClinVar, Ensembl, gnomAD, or dbSNP lookups, activate bio-db-tools. For statistical testing or survival modeling on variant-derived burden tables, activate stat-modeling-tools or survival-analysis-tools. For target-level interpretation around genes hit by the variants, activate target-intelligence-tools.