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The source path is recorded so a broken link can be traced.\n-->\n\n## Stage state\n\nState is not recorded here. It is derivable from the filesystem:\n\n| Question | Answer from |\n|---|---|\n| Is the design complete? | `00_data/<Assay ID>/samples.csv` — experimental columns filled |\n| Have samplesheets been emitted? | `01_samplesheets/` |\n| How far has an assay run? | `02_bioinformatics/<Assay ID>/<sub-stage>/STATUS` |\n| What did a sub-stage produce? | that sub-stage's `OUTPUTS.tsv` |\n\n`HISTORY.md` records what happened and when. This file records what the project *is*.\n\n## Configuration\n\n`_config/<Assay ID>.yaml` and `_config/nextflow.slurm.config` are written by the user before\nstage 02 runs. Schema: `_references/config_schema.md`. Nothing writes them automatically —\nevery key is a scientific decision the system must not make on the user's behalf.\n"}, {"path": "HISTORY.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 490, "content": "# History: {{project_title}}\n\nAppend-only. One dated entry per stage action, newest last. 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Everything that can be\n# filled in for you already has been. What remains is marked <REQUIRED> -- those are scientific\n# decisions, and no stage will substitute a value for them, because a wrong one produces a\n# confident wrong answer rather than an error.\n#\n# Full rationale for every key: _references/config_schema.md\n\n# --- what the reads are ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# auto | forward | reverse | unstranded\n# `auto` delegates to nf-core's RSeQC check, which cannot return a confident *stranded* call on an\n# unstranded library and reports it as \"N/N samples failed strandedness check\" -- a warning that\n# reads like a failure and is not one. Set it explicitly if the library prep is known.\n# This lab's measured answer (decision 0032): the TALL leukemia libraries are UNSTRANDED --\n# RSeQC sense ~= antisense on 10/10 samples, corroborated by the lab's sns run. 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"content": "sample_id,condition,group,replicate\nNPC_rep1,,,\nNPC_rep2,,,\nNPC_rep3,,,\nNeu_rep1,,,\nNeu_rep2,,,\nNeu_rep3,,,\n"}, {"path": "CONTEXT.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 1589, "content": "# Project: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n| Field | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Created | 2026-08-27 |\n| Template version | v0.9.2 |\n\n## Assays\n\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Bulk RNA-seq | rnaseq_bulk | `00_data/rnaseq_bulk/` | 12 | 6 |\n\n<!-- One row per supported assay:\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n-->\n\n## Raw data sources\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n\n<!-- One row per assay:\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\nRaw data is symlinked, never copied. The source path is recorded so a broken link can be traced.\n-->\n\n## Stage state\n\nState is not recorded here. It is derivable from the filesystem:\n\n| Question | Answer from |\n|---|---|\n| Is the design complete? | `00_data/<Assay ID>/samples.csv` — experimental columns filled |\n| Have samplesheets been emitted? | `01_samplesheets/` |\n| How far has an assay run? | `02_bioinformatics/<Assay ID>/<sub-stage>/STATUS` |\n| What did a sub-stage produce? | that sub-stage's `OUTPUTS.tsv` |\n\n`HISTORY.md` records what happened and when. This file records what the project *is*.\n\n## Configuration\n\n`_config/<Assay ID>.yaml` and `_config/nextflow.slurm.config` are written by the user before\nstage 02 runs. Schema: `_references/config_schema.md`. Nothing writes them automatically —\nevery key is a scientific decision the system must not make on the user's behalf.\n"}, {"path": "HISTORY.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 660, "content": "# History: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\nAppend-only. One dated entry per stage action, newest last. Every stage appends here; no stage\nrewrites or removes an earlier entry.\n\nEntry format:\n\n```\n## <ISO-8601 date> — <stage or sub-stage> — <outcome>\n<what was done, what was written, and where any input came from>\n```\n\n---\n\n## 2026-08-27 — 00_initialize_project — project created\n\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\nModel: claude-fable-5\nFile integrity check: `quick`\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n"}, {"path": "_config", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "_config/.gitkeep", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 0, "content": ""}, {"path": "_config/nextflow.slurm.config", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 877, "content": "// Executor settings, passed to the wrapper via --nextflow-config.\n//\n// Required, not optional: Nextflow detects Slurm and submits each pipeline process as its own\n// child job. The partition chosen for the parent job does not apply to them, so without an\n// explicit queue they land wherever Nextflow defaults -- in our case the most contended\n// partition on the cluster.\n//\n// Must define no `params` in any form; the wrapper rejects such configs so its audited\n// parameter surface cannot be bypassed. Executor and process settings are the permitted use.\n\nprocess {\n    executor = 'slurm'\n    queue    = 'cpu_long'\n\n    // 130..145 covers the SIGTERM/SIGKILL family; 104 is a common transient.\n    errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }\n    maxRetries    = 3\n}\n\nexecutor {\n    queueSize       = 20\n    submitRateLimit = '10/1min'\n}\n"}, {"path": "_config/rnaseq_bulk.yaml", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 3776, "content": "# Configuration for assay rnaseq_bulk, project Neuronal_Differentiation\n#\n# Stage 00 put this here so you never author a config from a blank file. Everything that can be\n# filled in for you already has been. What remains is marked <REQUIRED> -- those are scientific\n# decisions, and no stage will substitute a value for them, because a wrong one produces a\n# confident wrong answer rather than an error.\n#\n# Full rationale for every key: _references/config_schema.md\n\n# --- what the reads are ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# auto | forward | reverse | unstranded\n# `auto` delegates to nf-core's RSeQC check, which cannot return a confident *stranded* call on an\n# unstranded library and reports it as \"N/N samples failed strandedness check\" -- a warning that\n# reads like a failure and is not one. Set it explicitly if the library prep is known.\n# This lab's measured answer (decision 0032): the TALL leukemia libraries are UNSTRANDED --\n# RSeQC sense ~= antisense on 10/10 samples, corroborated by the lab's sns run. For those\n# libraries set `unstranded` explicitly and the warning disappears.\nstrandedness: auto\n\n# --- what to align against ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Declare EITHER `genome` OR `fasta` + `gtf`, never both.\n#\n# Do NOT use `genome: GRCh38`. That resolves to the NCBI iGenomes build, which carries no\n# `gene_biotype` attribute, and the run fails at SUBREAD_FEATURECOUNTS *after* counts are written.\n# It cost a full pipeline run once (decision 0005, failure 5). Use the Ensembl FASTA + GTF.\nreference:\n  # You do not need to fill these by hand: stage 02 offers the registered genomes as a menu and\n  # sets fasta, gtf and derived_dir together, so they can never be mismatched. Paste paths here\n  # only if you are using a reference that is not in _references/genomes.md.\n  fasta: <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste a FASTA path>\n  gtf:   <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste the matching GTF path>\n\n  # Optional but strongly recommended: a cache of built STAR/Salmon indices, keyed by PIPELINE\n  # version. Without it every run rebuilds ~43 GB of indices, about 40 minutes. A STAR index is\n  # rejected by a different STAR version, which is why the version is part of the path.\n  # derived_dir: ~/install/refs/ensembl-GRCh38-116/derived/nf-core-rnaseq-3.26.0\n\naligner: star_salmon          # star_salmon | star_rsem | hisat2 | bowtie2_salmon\n\n# --- where it runs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Infrastructure, not science. These are the values verified on this cluster; change them if your\n# allocation differs.\ncompute:\n  partition: cpu_long\n  time: \"5-00:00:00\"\n  cpus: 8\n  mem: 64G\n  # Nextflow's scratch. NEVER inside the project: a single 10-sample run accumulates 250-350 GB\n  # here, because work/ retains every process output so -resume can reuse it. results/ is\n  # published with mode 'copy', so work/ is disposable once a run succeeds.\n  work_dir: <scratch>/gars-work/Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n# --- what question the differential expression asks --------------------------------------------\n# Read by sub-stage 02.02. Every formula term must be a column of the design table\n# (01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv), and both contrast levels must appear in that column.\nde:\n  # Also offered as choices at stage 02: the contrast menu lists the levels your design table\n  # actually contains, in both directions, and refuses one whose level has fewer than 2 samples.\n  formula:  <REQUIRED: defaults to \"~ condition\"; use \"~ batch + condition\" to control for batch>\n  contrast: <REQUIRED: choose at stage 02, or write factor,numerator,denominator e.g. \"condition,MT,WT\">\n"}]}
{"seq": 22, "t": "2026-08-27T22:11:30-04:00", "type": "agent", "text": "Stage 00 complete. Project Neuronal Differentiation initialized at projects/Neuronal_Differentiation/.\n\n| Assay | Files linked | Samples | Source |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | 12 | 6 | /private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal |\n\nFile integrity: 12 files checked, mode quick.\n\nWritten: CONTEXT.md, HISTORY.md, and per assay files.csv + samples.csv.\n\nOver to you: fill in the design columns in each 00_data/rnaseq_bulk/samples.csv, one\nrow per sample. To analyse only some samples, delete the other rows — the raw data stays linked,\nso it is reversible.\n\nTell me when the design is filled in and I will validate it and emit the samplesheets.", "template": "T6", "stage": "00_initialize_project", "wait_point": true}
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{"seq": 24, "t": "2026-08-27T22:11:47-04:00", "type": "human_edit", "path": "00_data/rnaseq_bulk/samples.csv", "description": "The human fills five rows (progenitor/NPC x3, differentiated/Neuron x2) and DELETES the Neu_rep3 row — that replicate failed library QC. Deleting the row is how narrowing is expressed; nothing on disk is removed."}
{"seq": 25, "t": "2026-08-27T22:11:47-04:00", "type": "snapshot", "label": "after human edit: 00_data/rnaseq_bulk/samples.csv", "root_label": "project", "files": [{"path": "00_data", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "00_data/.gitkeep", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 0, "content": ""}, {"path": "00_data/rnaseq_bulk", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "00_data/rnaseq_bulk/files.csv", "kind": "file", "mode": "0444", "size": 839, "content": "# generated by stage 00 — do not edit\nsample_id,lane,fastq_1,fastq_2\nNPC_rep1,L001,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep1_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep1_S1_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz\nNPC_rep2,L001,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep2_S2_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep2_S2_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz\nNPC_rep3,L001,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep3_S3_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep3_S3_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz\nNeu_rep1,L001,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/Neu_rep1_S4_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/Neu_rep1_S4_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz\nNeu_rep2,L001,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/Neu_rep2_S5_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/Neu_rep2_S5_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz\nNeu_rep3,L001,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/Neu_rep3_S6_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz,00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/Neu_rep3_S6_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz\n"}, {"path": "00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "00_data/rnaseq_bulk/raw/NPC_rep1_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz", "kind": "symlink", "target": 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"content": "sample_id,condition,group,replicate\nNPC_rep1,progenitor,NPC,1\nNPC_rep2,progenitor,NPC,2\nNPC_rep3,progenitor,NPC,3\nNeu_rep1,differentiated,Neuron,1\nNeu_rep2,differentiated,Neuron,2\n"}, {"path": "CONTEXT.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 1589, "content": "# Project: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n| Field | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Created | 2026-08-27 |\n| Template version | v0.9.2 |\n\n## Assays\n\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Bulk RNA-seq | rnaseq_bulk | `00_data/rnaseq_bulk/` | 12 | 6 |\n\n<!-- One row per supported assay:\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n-->\n\n## Raw data sources\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n\n<!-- One row per assay:\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\nRaw data is symlinked, never copied. The source path is recorded so a broken link can be traced.\n-->\n\n## Stage state\n\nState is not recorded here. It is derivable from the filesystem:\n\n| Question | Answer from |\n|---|---|\n| Is the design complete? | `00_data/<Assay ID>/samples.csv` — experimental columns filled |\n| Have samplesheets been emitted? | `01_samplesheets/` |\n| How far has an assay run? | `02_bioinformatics/<Assay ID>/<sub-stage>/STATUS` |\n| What did a sub-stage produce? | that sub-stage's `OUTPUTS.tsv` |\n\n`HISTORY.md` records what happened and when. This file records what the project *is*.\n\n## Configuration\n\n`_config/<Assay ID>.yaml` and `_config/nextflow.slurm.config` are written by the user before\nstage 02 runs. Schema: `_references/config_schema.md`. Nothing writes them automatically —\nevery key is a scientific decision the system must not make on the user's behalf.\n"}, {"path": "HISTORY.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 660, "content": "# History: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\nAppend-only. One dated entry per stage action, newest last. Every stage appends here; no stage\nrewrites or removes an earlier entry.\n\nEntry format:\n\n```\n## <ISO-8601 date> — <stage or sub-stage> — <outcome>\n<what was done, what was written, and where any input came from>\n```\n\n---\n\n## 2026-08-27 — 00_initialize_project — project created\n\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\nModel: claude-fable-5\nFile integrity check: `quick`\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n"}, {"path": "_config", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "_config/.gitkeep", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 0, "content": ""}, {"path": "_config/nextflow.slurm.config", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 877, "content": "// Executor settings, passed to the wrapper via --nextflow-config.\n//\n// Required, not optional: Nextflow detects Slurm and submits each pipeline process as its own\n// child job. The partition chosen for the parent job does not apply to them, so without an\n// explicit queue they land wherever Nextflow defaults -- in our case the most contended\n// partition on the cluster.\n//\n// Must define no `params` in any form; the wrapper rejects such configs so its audited\n// parameter surface cannot be bypassed. Executor and process settings are the permitted use.\n\nprocess {\n    executor = 'slurm'\n    queue    = 'cpu_long'\n\n    // 130..145 covers the SIGTERM/SIGKILL family; 104 is a common transient.\n    errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }\n    maxRetries    = 3\n}\n\nexecutor {\n    queueSize       = 20\n    submitRateLimit = '10/1min'\n}\n"}, {"path": "_config/rnaseq_bulk.yaml", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 3776, "content": "# Configuration for assay rnaseq_bulk, project Neuronal_Differentiation\n#\n# Stage 00 put this here so you never author a config from a blank file. Everything that can be\n# filled in for you already has been. What remains is marked <REQUIRED> -- those are scientific\n# decisions, and no stage will substitute a value for them, because a wrong one produces a\n# confident wrong answer rather than an error.\n#\n# Full rationale for every key: _references/config_schema.md\n\n# --- what the reads are ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# auto | forward | reverse | unstranded\n# `auto` delegates to nf-core's RSeQC check, which cannot return a confident *stranded* call on an\n# unstranded library and reports it as \"N/N samples failed strandedness check\" -- a warning that\n# reads like a failure and is not one. Set it explicitly if the library prep is known.\n# This lab's measured answer (decision 0032): the TALL leukemia libraries are UNSTRANDED --\n# RSeQC sense ~= antisense on 10/10 samples, corroborated by the lab's sns run. For those\n# libraries set `unstranded` explicitly and the warning disappears.\nstrandedness: auto\n\n# --- what to align against ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Declare EITHER `genome` OR `fasta` + `gtf`, never both.\n#\n# Do NOT use `genome: GRCh38`. That resolves to the NCBI iGenomes build, which carries no\n# `gene_biotype` attribute, and the run fails at SUBREAD_FEATURECOUNTS *after* counts are written.\n# It cost a full pipeline run once (decision 0005, failure 5). Use the Ensembl FASTA + GTF.\nreference:\n  # You do not need to fill these by hand: stage 02 offers the registered genomes as a menu and\n  # sets fasta, gtf and derived_dir together, so they can never be mismatched. Paste paths here\n  # only if you are using a reference that is not in _references/genomes.md.\n  fasta: <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste a FASTA path>\n  gtf:   <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste the matching GTF path>\n\n  # Optional but strongly recommended: a cache of built STAR/Salmon indices, keyed by PIPELINE\n  # version. Without it every run rebuilds ~43 GB of indices, about 40 minutes. A STAR index is\n  # rejected by a different STAR version, which is why the version is part of the path.\n  # derived_dir: ~/install/refs/ensembl-GRCh38-116/derived/nf-core-rnaseq-3.26.0\n\naligner: star_salmon          # star_salmon | star_rsem | hisat2 | bowtie2_salmon\n\n# --- where it runs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Infrastructure, not science. These are the values verified on this cluster; change them if your\n# allocation differs.\ncompute:\n  partition: cpu_long\n  time: \"5-00:00:00\"\n  cpus: 8\n  mem: 64G\n  # Nextflow's scratch. NEVER inside the project: a single 10-sample run accumulates 250-350 GB\n  # here, because work/ retains every process output so -resume can reuse it. results/ is\n  # published with mode 'copy', so work/ is disposable once a run succeeds.\n  work_dir: <scratch>/gars-work/Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n# --- what question the differential expression asks --------------------------------------------\n# Read by sub-stage 02.02. Every formula term must be a column of the design table\n# (01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv), and both contrast levels must appear in that column.\nde:\n  # Also offered as choices at stage 02: the contrast menu lists the levels your design table\n  # actually contains, in both directions, and refuses one whose level has fewer than 2 samples.\n  formula:  <REQUIRED: defaults to \"~ condition\"; use \"~ batch + condition\" to control for batch>\n  contrast: <REQUIRED: choose at stage 02, or write factor,numerator,denominator e.g. \"condition,MT,WT\">\n"}]}
{"seq": 26, "t": "2026-08-27T22:11:47-04:00", "type": "gate", "gate": "design", "action": "approved"}
{"seq": 27, "t": "2026-08-27T22:11:47-04:00", "type": "user", "text": "Design's in. I dropped Neu_rep3 — it failed library QC."}
{"seq": 28, "t": "2026-08-27T22:12:03-04:00", "type": "agent", "text": "Starting stage 01: Prepare Samplesheets.\nProject: Neuronal Differentiation\nValidating the completed samples.csv for each assay before writing any samplesheet.", "template": "T1", "stage": "01_prepare_samplesheets", "wait_point": false}
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{"seq": 30, "t": "2026-08-27T22:12:22-04:00", "type": "agent", "text": "1 sample(s) have raw data but no row in samples.csv, and will be excluded from the analysis:\n\n| sample_id | Files in files.csv |\n|---|---|\n| Neu_rep3 | 1 |\n\nProceeding with 5 of 6 samples. Raw data and files.csv are left\nuntouched, so this is reversible: add the rows back to samples.csv and run stage 01 again.\n\nConfirm to proceed with the reduced set, or reply `cancel`.", "template": "T7", "stage": "01_prepare_samplesheets", "wait_point": true}
{"seq": 31, "t": "2026-08-27T22:12:44-04:00", "type": "note", "text": "The narrowing is caught and made explicit. The user deleted one row; the helper compared samples.csv against the machine-owned files.csv and refused to proceed silently. The agent may not pass --confirm-exclusions on its own — the contract calls it one of the two ways this stage can destroy work irreversibly, so the flag exists to make the human's yes provable. Nothing was deleted: raw data and files.csv are untouched, and adding the row back re-includes the sample.", "refs": [29, 30]}
{"seq": 32, "t": "2026-08-27T22:12:44-04:00", "type": "gate", "gate": "exclusions", "action": "reached"}
{"seq": 33, "t": "2026-08-27T22:12:44-04:00", "type": "user", "text": "Confirmed — proceed with the 5."}
{"seq": 34, "t": "2026-08-27T22:12:44-04:00", "type": "gate", "gate": "exclusions", "action": "confirmed"}
{"seq": 35, "t": "2026-08-27T22:13:01-04:00", "type": "agent", "text": "Design validated. Before writing the samplesheet:\n\nOptional deep file-integrity check — decompresses each of the 5 included\nsample(s) to catch a truncated or corrupt FASTQ. Stage 00 already confirmed every link resolves\nand is a real gzip; this is the stronger check.\n\n  Data to verify: 0.0 GB\n  Estimated time: ~1 min\n\nMost FASTQs arrive already validated by the sequencing core, so this is off by default.\n\nReply `verify` to run it, or `skip` to trust the files.", "template": "T8", "stage": "01_prepare_samplesheets", "wait_point": true}
{"seq": 36, "t": "2026-08-27T22:13:11-04:00", "type": "gate", "gate": "integrity", "action": "reached"}
{"seq": 37, "t": "2026-08-27T22:13:11-04:00", "type": "user", "text": "skip"}
{"seq": 38, "t": "2026-08-27T22:13:11-04:00", "type": "gate", "gate": "integrity", "action": "declined"}
{"seq": 39, "t": "2026-08-27T22:13:24-04:00", "type": "command", "argv": ["python3", "_system/stage01_samplesheet.py", "--project", "projects/Neuronal_Differentiation", "--model", "claude-fable-5", "--confirm-exclusions"], "cwd": "/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/gars-run/gars", "exit_code": 0, "stdout": "{\n  \"assays\": {\n    \"rnaseq_bulk\": {\n      \"config_unfilled\": [\n        \"fasta\",\n        \"gtf\",\n        \"formula\",\n        \"contrast\"\n      ],\n      \"counts\": {\n        \"columns\": [\n          \"sample\",\n          \"fastq_1\",\n          \"fastq_2\",\n          \"strandedness\"\n        ],\n        \"design_rows\": 5,\n        \"full_check_estimate_min\": 1,\n        \"full_check_needs_scheduling\": false,\n        \"groups\": 2,\n        \"included_bytes\": 920,\n        \"included_gb\": 0.0,\n        \"layout\": \"paired-end\",\n        \"samples_included\": 5,\n        \"samples_total\": 6,\n        \"samplesheet_rows\": 5,\n        \"strandedness\": \"auto\"\n      },\n      \"exclusions\": [\n        {\n          \"file_rows\": 1,\n          \"sample_id\": \"Neu_rep3\"\n        }\n      ],\n      \"failures\": [],\n      \"fatal\": false\n    }\n  },\n  \"history_entry\": \"## <ISO-8601 date> \\u2014 01_prepare_samplesheets \\u2014 samplesheets emitted\\n\\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\\nModel: claude-fable-5\\nDeep file-integrity verification: `none`\\n\\n- **rnaseq_bulk**: 5 of 6 samples, 2 group(s), paired-end, full_check_estimate_min `1`, full_check_needs_scheduling `False`, included_bytes `920`, included_gb `0.0`, strandedness `auto`. Columns `sample,fastq_1,fastq_2,strandedness`. Wrote 5 samplesheet rows and 5 design rows.\\n  Excluded (raw data and files.csv left untouched): Neu_rep3\\n\\nFiles written: 01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_samplesheet.csv, 01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv\",\n  \"mode\": \"write\",\n  \"ok\": true,\n  \"project\": \"projects/Neuronal_Differentiation\",\n  \"template_version\": \"v0.9.2\",\n  \"verify_integrity\": \"none\",\n  \"wrote\": [\n    \"01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_samplesheet.csv\",\n    \"01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv\"\n  ]\n}\n", "stdout_json": {"assays": {"rnaseq_bulk": {"config_unfilled": ["fasta", "gtf", "formula", "contrast"], "counts": {"columns": ["sample", "fastq_1", "fastq_2", "strandedness"], "design_rows": 5, "full_check_estimate_min": 1, "full_check_needs_scheduling": false, "groups": 2, "included_bytes": 920, "included_gb": 0.0, "layout": "paired-end", "samples_included": 5, "samples_total": 6, "samplesheet_rows": 5, "strandedness": "auto"}, "exclusions": [{"file_rows": 1, "sample_id": "Neu_rep3"}], "failures": [], "fatal": false}}, "history_entry": "## <ISO-8601 date> — 01_prepare_samplesheets — samplesheets emitted\n\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\nModel: claude-fable-5\nDeep file-integrity verification: `none`\n\n- **rnaseq_bulk**: 5 of 6 samples, 2 group(s), paired-end, full_check_estimate_min `1`, full_check_needs_scheduling `False`, included_bytes `920`, included_gb `0.0`, strandedness `auto`. Columns `sample,fastq_1,fastq_2,strandedness`. Wrote 5 samplesheet rows and 5 design rows.\n  Excluded (raw data and files.csv left untouched): Neu_rep3\n\nFiles written: 01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_samplesheet.csv, 01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv", "mode": "write", "ok": true, "project": "projects/Neuronal_Differentiation", "template_version": "v0.9.2", "verify_integrity": "none", "wrote": ["01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_samplesheet.csv", "01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv"]}, "stderr": "", "stage": "01_prepare_samplesheets", "step": "write with --confirm-exclusions (Process step 9)"}
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{"path": "CONTEXT.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 1589, "content": "# Project: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n| Field | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Created | 2026-08-27 |\n| Template version | v0.9.2 |\n\n## Assays\n\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Bulk RNA-seq | rnaseq_bulk | `00_data/rnaseq_bulk/` | 12 | 6 |\n\n<!-- One row per supported assay:\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n-->\n\n## Raw data sources\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n\n<!-- One row per assay:\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\nRaw data is symlinked, never copied. The source path is recorded so a broken link can be traced.\n-->\n\n## Stage state\n\nState is not recorded here. It is derivable from the filesystem:\n\n| Question | Answer from |\n|---|---|\n| Is the design complete? | `00_data/<Assay ID>/samples.csv` — experimental columns filled |\n| Have samplesheets been emitted? | `01_samplesheets/` |\n| How far has an assay run? | `02_bioinformatics/<Assay ID>/<sub-stage>/STATUS` |\n| What did a sub-stage produce? | that sub-stage's `OUTPUTS.tsv` |\n\n`HISTORY.md` records what happened and when. This file records what the project *is*.\n\n## Configuration\n\n`_config/<Assay ID>.yaml` and `_config/nextflow.slurm.config` are written by the user before\nstage 02 runs. Schema: `_references/config_schema.md`. Nothing writes them automatically —\nevery key is a scientific decision the system must not make on the user's behalf.\n"}, {"path": "HISTORY.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 660, "content": "# History: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\nAppend-only. One dated entry per stage action, newest last. Every stage appends here; no stage\nrewrites or removes an earlier entry.\n\nEntry format:\n\n```\n## <ISO-8601 date> — <stage or sub-stage> — <outcome>\n<what was done, what was written, and where any input came from>\n```\n\n---\n\n## 2026-08-27 — 00_initialize_project — project created\n\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\nModel: claude-fable-5\nFile integrity check: `quick`\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n"}, {"path": "_config", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "_config/.gitkeep", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 0, "content": ""}, {"path": "_config/nextflow.slurm.config", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 877, "content": "// Executor settings, passed to the wrapper via --nextflow-config.\n//\n// Required, not optional: Nextflow detects Slurm and submits each pipeline process as its own\n// child job. The partition chosen for the parent job does not apply to them, so without an\n// explicit queue they land wherever Nextflow defaults -- in our case the most contended\n// partition on the cluster.\n//\n// Must define no `params` in any form; the wrapper rejects such configs so its audited\n// parameter surface cannot be bypassed. Executor and process settings are the permitted use.\n\nprocess {\n    executor = 'slurm'\n    queue    = 'cpu_long'\n\n    // 130..145 covers the SIGTERM/SIGKILL family; 104 is a common transient.\n    errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }\n    maxRetries    = 3\n}\n\nexecutor {\n    queueSize       = 20\n    submitRateLimit = '10/1min'\n}\n"}, {"path": "_config/rnaseq_bulk.yaml", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 3776, "content": "# Configuration for assay rnaseq_bulk, project Neuronal_Differentiation\n#\n# Stage 00 put this here so you never author a config from a blank file. Everything that can be\n# filled in for you already has been. What remains is marked <REQUIRED> -- those are scientific\n# decisions, and no stage will substitute a value for them, because a wrong one produces a\n# confident wrong answer rather than an error.\n#\n# Full rationale for every key: _references/config_schema.md\n\n# --- what the reads are ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# auto | forward | reverse | unstranded\n# `auto` delegates to nf-core's RSeQC check, which cannot return a confident *stranded* call on an\n# unstranded library and reports it as \"N/N samples failed strandedness check\" -- a warning that\n# reads like a failure and is not one. Set it explicitly if the library prep is known.\n# This lab's measured answer (decision 0032): the TALL leukemia libraries are UNSTRANDED --\n# RSeQC sense ~= antisense on 10/10 samples, corroborated by the lab's sns run. For those\n# libraries set `unstranded` explicitly and the warning disappears.\nstrandedness: auto\n\n# --- what to align against ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Declare EITHER `genome` OR `fasta` + `gtf`, never both.\n#\n# Do NOT use `genome: GRCh38`. That resolves to the NCBI iGenomes build, which carries no\n# `gene_biotype` attribute, and the run fails at SUBREAD_FEATURECOUNTS *after* counts are written.\n# It cost a full pipeline run once (decision 0005, failure 5). Use the Ensembl FASTA + GTF.\nreference:\n  # You do not need to fill these by hand: stage 02 offers the registered genomes as a menu and\n  # sets fasta, gtf and derived_dir together, so they can never be mismatched. Paste paths here\n  # only if you are using a reference that is not in _references/genomes.md.\n  fasta: <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste a FASTA path>\n  gtf:   <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste the matching GTF path>\n\n  # Optional but strongly recommended: a cache of built STAR/Salmon indices, keyed by PIPELINE\n  # version. Without it every run rebuilds ~43 GB of indices, about 40 minutes. A STAR index is\n  # rejected by a different STAR version, which is why the version is part of the path.\n  # derived_dir: ~/install/refs/ensembl-GRCh38-116/derived/nf-core-rnaseq-3.26.0\n\naligner: star_salmon          # star_salmon | star_rsem | hisat2 | bowtie2_salmon\n\n# --- where it runs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Infrastructure, not science. These are the values verified on this cluster; change them if your\n# allocation differs.\ncompute:\n  partition: cpu_long\n  time: \"5-00:00:00\"\n  cpus: 8\n  mem: 64G\n  # Nextflow's scratch. NEVER inside the project: a single 10-sample run accumulates 250-350 GB\n  # here, because work/ retains every process output so -resume can reuse it. results/ is\n  # published with mode 'copy', so work/ is disposable once a run succeeds.\n  work_dir: <scratch>/gars-work/Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n# --- what question the differential expression asks --------------------------------------------\n# Read by sub-stage 02.02. Every formula term must be a column of the design table\n# (01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv), and both contrast levels must appear in that column.\nde:\n  # Also offered as choices at stage 02: the contrast menu lists the levels your design table\n  # actually contains, in both directions, and refuses one whose level has fewer than 2 samples.\n  formula:  <REQUIRED: defaults to \"~ condition\"; use \"~ batch + condition\" to control for batch>\n  contrast: <REQUIRED: choose at stage 02, or write factor,numerator,denominator e.g. \"condition,MT,WT\">\n"}]}
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{"path": "CONTEXT.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 1589, "content": "# Project: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n| Field | Value |\n|---|---|\n| Created | 2026-08-27 |\n| Template version | v0.9.2 |\n\n## Assays\n\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Bulk RNA-seq | rnaseq_bulk | `00_data/rnaseq_bulk/` | 12 | 6 |\n\n<!-- One row per supported assay:\n| Assay | Assay ID | Data directory | Files | Samples |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n-->\n\n## Raw data sources\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n\n<!-- One row per assay:\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\nRaw data is symlinked, never copied. The source path is recorded so a broken link can be traced.\n-->\n\n## Stage state\n\nState is not recorded here. It is derivable from the filesystem:\n\n| Question | Answer from |\n|---|---|\n| Is the design complete? | `00_data/<Assay ID>/samples.csv` — experimental columns filled |\n| Have samplesheets been emitted? | `01_samplesheets/` |\n| How far has an assay run? | `02_bioinformatics/<Assay ID>/<sub-stage>/STATUS` |\n| What did a sub-stage produce? | that sub-stage's `OUTPUTS.tsv` |\n\n`HISTORY.md` records what happened and when. This file records what the project *is*.\n\n## Configuration\n\n`_config/<Assay ID>.yaml` and `_config/nextflow.slurm.config` are written by the user before\nstage 02 runs. Schema: `_references/config_schema.md`. Nothing writes them automatically —\nevery key is a scientific decision the system must not make on the user's behalf.\n"}, {"path": "HISTORY.md", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 1257, "content": "# History: Neuronal_Differentiation\n\nAppend-only. One dated entry per stage action, newest last. Every stage appends here; no stage\nrewrites or removes an earlier entry.\n\nEntry format:\n\n```\n## <ISO-8601 date> — <stage or sub-stage> — <outcome>\n<what was done, what was written, and where any input came from>\n```\n\n---\n\n## 2026-08-27 — 00_initialize_project — project created\n\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\nModel: claude-fable-5\nFile integrity check: `quick`\n\n| Assay ID | Source path | Files linked |\n|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | `/private/tmp/claude-912030806/-Users-<user>-glitch/66f40110-56d7-432f-bfc0-0e0da70c3ef2/scratchpad/seqrun-neuronal` | 12 |\n\n## 2026-08-27 — 01_prepare_samplesheets — samplesheets emitted\n\nTemplate version: v0.9.2\nModel: claude-fable-5\nDeep file-integrity verification: `none`\n\n- **rnaseq_bulk**: 5 of 6 samples, 2 group(s), paired-end, full_check_estimate_min `1`, full_check_needs_scheduling `False`, included_bytes `920`, included_gb `0.0`, strandedness `auto`. Columns `sample,fastq_1,fastq_2,strandedness`. Wrote 5 samplesheet rows and 5 design rows.\n  Excluded (raw data and files.csv left untouched): Neu_rep3\n\nFiles written: 01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_samplesheet.csv, 01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv\n"}, {"path": "_config", "kind": "dir", "mode": "0755", "size": 0}, {"path": "_config/.gitkeep", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 0, "content": ""}, {"path": "_config/nextflow.slurm.config", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 877, "content": "// Executor settings, passed to the wrapper via --nextflow-config.\n//\n// Required, not optional: Nextflow detects Slurm and submits each pipeline process as its own\n// child job. The partition chosen for the parent job does not apply to them, so without an\n// explicit queue they land wherever Nextflow defaults -- in our case the most contended\n// partition on the cluster.\n//\n// Must define no `params` in any form; the wrapper rejects such configs so its audited\n// parameter surface cannot be bypassed. Executor and process settings are the permitted use.\n\nprocess {\n    executor = 'slurm'\n    queue    = 'cpu_long'\n\n    // 130..145 covers the SIGTERM/SIGKILL family; 104 is a common transient.\n    errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }\n    maxRetries    = 3\n}\n\nexecutor {\n    queueSize       = 20\n    submitRateLimit = '10/1min'\n}\n"}, {"path": "_config/rnaseq_bulk.yaml", "kind": "file", "mode": "0644", "size": 3776, "content": "# Configuration for assay rnaseq_bulk, project Neuronal_Differentiation\n#\n# Stage 00 put this here so you never author a config from a blank file. Everything that can be\n# filled in for you already has been. What remains is marked <REQUIRED> -- those are scientific\n# decisions, and no stage will substitute a value for them, because a wrong one produces a\n# confident wrong answer rather than an error.\n#\n# Full rationale for every key: _references/config_schema.md\n\n# --- what the reads are ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# auto | forward | reverse | unstranded\n# `auto` delegates to nf-core's RSeQC check, which cannot return a confident *stranded* call on an\n# unstranded library and reports it as \"N/N samples failed strandedness check\" -- a warning that\n# reads like a failure and is not one. Set it explicitly if the library prep is known.\n# This lab's measured answer (decision 0032): the TALL leukemia libraries are UNSTRANDED --\n# RSeQC sense ~= antisense on 10/10 samples, corroborated by the lab's sns run. For those\n# libraries set `unstranded` explicitly and the warning disappears.\nstrandedness: auto\n\n# --- what to align against ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Declare EITHER `genome` OR `fasta` + `gtf`, never both.\n#\n# Do NOT use `genome: GRCh38`. That resolves to the NCBI iGenomes build, which carries no\n# `gene_biotype` attribute, and the run fails at SUBREAD_FEATURECOUNTS *after* counts are written.\n# It cost a full pipeline run once (decision 0005, failure 5). Use the Ensembl FASTA + GTF.\nreference:\n  # You do not need to fill these by hand: stage 02 offers the registered genomes as a menu and\n  # sets fasta, gtf and derived_dir together, so they can never be mismatched. Paste paths here\n  # only if you are using a reference that is not in _references/genomes.md.\n  fasta: <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste a FASTA path>\n  gtf:   <REQUIRED: choose a genome at stage 02, or paste the matching GTF path>\n\n  # Optional but strongly recommended: a cache of built STAR/Salmon indices, keyed by PIPELINE\n  # version. Without it every run rebuilds ~43 GB of indices, about 40 minutes. A STAR index is\n  # rejected by a different STAR version, which is why the version is part of the path.\n  # derived_dir: ~/install/refs/ensembl-GRCh38-116/derived/nf-core-rnaseq-3.26.0\n\naligner: star_salmon          # star_salmon | star_rsem | hisat2 | bowtie2_salmon\n\n# --- where it runs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Infrastructure, not science. These are the values verified on this cluster; change them if your\n# allocation differs.\ncompute:\n  partition: cpu_long\n  time: \"5-00:00:00\"\n  cpus: 8\n  mem: 64G\n  # Nextflow's scratch. NEVER inside the project: a single 10-sample run accumulates 250-350 GB\n  # here, because work/ retains every process output so -resume can reuse it. results/ is\n  # published with mode 'copy', so work/ is disposable once a run succeeds.\n  work_dir: <scratch>/gars-work/Neuronal_Differentiation\n\n# --- what question the differential expression asks --------------------------------------------\n# Read by sub-stage 02.02. Every formula term must be a column of the design table\n# (01_samplesheets/rnaseq_bulk_design.csv), and both contrast levels must appear in that column.\nde:\n  # Also offered as choices at stage 02: the contrast menu lists the levels your design table\n  # actually contains, in both directions, and refuses one whose level has fewer than 2 samples.\n  formula:  <REQUIRED: defaults to \"~ condition\"; use \"~ batch + condition\" to control for batch>\n  contrast: <REQUIRED: choose at stage 02, or write factor,numerator,denominator e.g. \"condition,MT,WT\">\n"}]}
{"seq": 44, "t": "2026-08-27T22:13:56-04:00", "type": "agent", "text": "Stage 01 complete. Samplesheets written to projects/Neuronal_Differentiation/01_samplesheets/.\n\n| Assay | Samplesheet rows | Design rows | Files |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| rnaseq_bulk | 5 | 5 | rnaseq_bulk_samplesheet.csv, rnaseq_bulk_design.csv |\n\nBefore stage 02 runs, 4 decisions remain in _config/rnaseq_bulk.yaml: fasta, gtf, formula,\ncontrast. Nothing is guessed — a wrong reference or contrast produces a confident wrong answer\nrather than an error.\n\nYou do not have to look them up. When you start stage 02 I will offer the registered reference\ngenomes, and the contrasts your design table actually supports, as numbered choices — and show\nyou the finished file before anything runs.\n\nSay when you are ready and I will start the bioinformatics for rnaseq_bulk.", "template": "T4", "stage": "01_prepare_samplesheets", "wait_point": true}
{"seq": 45, "t": "2026-08-27T22:14:15-04:00", "type": "end", "outcome": "complete", "summary": "Six samples registered; the human dropped Neu_rep3 at the design gate by deleting its row. Stage 01 surfaced the narrowing (T7), required an explicit confirmation before passing --confirm-exclusions, and wrote samplesheets for the provable 5-sample set. Nothing on disk was deleted; the narrowing is reversible."}