cooler-file-format-handling

cooler-file-format-handling is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from HolobiomicsLab/asb-skill-collections. It costs 22 tokens per session (1,349 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide for loading and checking Hi-C contact-matrix data stored in cooler files, an HDF5-based format used for genomic interaction data.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it with .cool or .mcool files from repositories or pipelines when you need to access genomic regions or prepare data for tools such as coverage or insulation analysis.
Why use it?
It helps developers inspect chromosomes, bins, resolution, metadata, and data integrity before passing the dataset to downstream genomic analysis.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it with .cool or .mcool files from repositories or pipelines when you need to access genomic regions or prepare data for tools such as coverage or insulation analysis.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add HolobiomicsLab/asb-skill-collections --skill cooler-file-format-handling
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HolobiomicsLab/asb-skill-collections

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 22 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,349 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00022 $0.01349
Opus 5 $0.00011 $0.00674
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00270
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00135

Measured 12d ago against content hash 3c7567b9ecc1, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

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Grade A, and why

cooler-file-format-handling scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.

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Nothing flagged

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collections/epigenomics/v1/skills/cooler-file-format-handling/SKILL.md · 102 lines

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cooler-file-format-handling

Summary

Load, validate, and interact with cooler format files—a hierarchical HDF5-based storage format for high-resolution Hi-C contact matrices—using the cooler Python library. This skill is essential for accessing, inspecting metadata, and preparing contact data for downstream genomic analyses.

When to use

You have a Hi-C dataset stored in cooler format (e.g., from a public repository, GEO, or Zenodo, or generated by a contact-calling pipeline) and need to programmatically load it, inspect its structure (bins, chromosomes, resolution), verify data integrity, or pass it to analysis functions like cooltools.coverage or cooltools.insulation.

When NOT to use

  • Input is already loaded as a numpy/scipy sparse matrix or pandas DataFrame and you do not need cooler's metadata or hierarchical access features.
  • Your Hi-C data is in a different format (e.g., text-based .hic, Juicer, or raw BAM files); use format conversion tools first.
  • You require real-time streaming or random-access queries on datasets larger than available memory and do not have HDF5 infrastructure in place.

Inputs

  • cooler file path (.cool or .mcool format)
  • genomic region specification (optional; chromosome, start, end)
  • resolution level (for .mcool files only)

Outputs

  • cooler object (Python cooler.Cooler or cooler.MultiResolutionCooler instance)
  • bin table (pandas DataFrame with bin coordinates and metadata)
  • contact matrix (sparse or dense array for specified genomic region)
  • metadata dictionary (resolution, bin count, chromsome list, balance weights)

How to apply

Use the cooler Python API to open a .cool or .mcool file, inspect bin-level metadata (coordinates, sizes) and matrix properties, and validate that the file structure matches expected schemas. The cooler library provides a Pythonic interface to the hierarchical HDF5 format, allowing you to fetch contact matrices by genomic range and inspect balance weights or other stored annotations. Verify file integrity by checking row counts, coordinate ranges, and the presence of required columns (chrom, start, end, and contact matrix values). For multi-resolution datasets (mcool), specify the desired resolution when loading.

Read the full file on GitHub · 102 lines

Changes

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  1. 12d ago First seen · 102 lines · 22 tokens per session scan A 3c7567b9ecc1

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cooler-file-format-handling is a skill published in the GitHub repository HolobiomicsLab/asb-skill-collections (15 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 22 tokens to every session and 1,349 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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