Claude-skill-registry jgi-lakehouse

Queries JGI Lakehouse (Dremio) for genomics metadata from GOLD, IMG, Mycocosm, Phytozome. Downloads genome files from JGI filesystem using IMG taxon OIDs. Use when working with JGI data, GOLD projects, IMG annotations, or downloading microbial genomes.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/jgi-lakehouse" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-jgi-lakehouse && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/data/jgi-lakehouse/SKILL.md
source content

JGI Lakehouse Skill

Quick Start

What is it? JGI's unified data warehouse (651 tables) + filesystem access to genome files.

Two data access methods:

  1. Lakehouse (Dremio) → Metadata, annotations, taxonomy (no sequences)
  2. JGI Filesystem → Actual genome files (FNA, FAA, GFF) via taxon OID

SQL Dialect: ANSI SQL (not PostgreSQL)

  • Use
    CAST(x AS type)
    not
    ::
  • Use
    REGEXP_LIKE()
    not
    ~
  • Identifiers with dashes need double quotes:
    "gold-db-2 postgresql"
-- Quick test
SELECT gold_id, project_name FROM "gold-db-2 postgresql".gold.project
WHERE is_public = 'Yes' LIMIT 5;

When to Use

  • Query JGI genomics metadata (GOLD, IMG, Mycocosm, Phytozome)
  • Find genomes by taxonomy, ecosystem, or phenotype
  • Download microbial genomes with IMG taxon OIDs
  • Cross-reference GOLD projects with IMG annotations

Data Access: Lakehouse vs Filesystem

NeedSourceAccess Method
Metadata (taxonomy, projects)LakehouseSQL via REST API
Gene annotations (COG, Pfam, KO)LakehouseSQL via REST API
Genome sequences (FNA)JGI FilesystemCopy from
/clusterfs/jgi/img_merfs-ro/
Protein sequences (FAA)JGI FilesystemCopy from
/clusterfs/jgi/img_merfs-ro/
Metagenome proteins onlyLakehouse
numg-iceberg.faa
table

Critical insight: The Lakehouse is a METADATA warehouse. Genome sequences must be accessed from the JGI filesystem or downloaded from NCBI.


Key Data Sources

SourcePathContents
GOLD
"gold-db-2 postgresql".gold.*
Projects, studies, samples, taxonomy
IMG
"img-db-2 postgresql".img_core_v400.*
Taxons, genes, annotations (244 tables)
Portal
"portal-db-1".portal.*
Download tracking, file paths
Mycocosm
"myco-db-1 mysql".<organism>.*
Fungal genomes (2,711 schemas)
Phytozome
"plant-db-7 postgresql".*
Plant genomics
NUMG
"numg-iceberg"."numg-iceberg".*
Metagenome proteins, Pfam hits

Full table catalog: See docs/data-catalog.md


Downloading Genomes with IMG Taxon OIDs

Option 1: JGI Filesystem (Fastest)

# Genome packages are at:
/clusterfs/jgi/img_merfs-ro/img_web/img_web_data/download/{taxon_oid}.tar.gz

# Example: Copy and extract
cp /clusterfs/jgi/img_merfs-ro/img_web/img_web_data/download/8136918376.tar.gz .
tar -xzf 8136918376.tar.gz

Package contents:

  • {taxon_oid}.fna
    - Genome assembly
  • {taxon_oid}.genes.faa
    - Protein sequences
  • {taxon_oid}.genes.fna
    - Gene nucleotide sequences
  • {taxon_oid}.gff
    - GFF annotations
  • {taxon_oid}.cog.tab.txt
    - COG annotations
  • {taxon_oid}.pfam.tab.txt
    - Pfam annotations
  • {taxon_oid}.ko.tab.txt
    - KEGG KO annotations

Option 2: Query Lakehouse + Download from NCBI

-- Get NCBI accessions for download
SELECT assembly_accession, organism_name, assembly_level, genome_size
FROM "gold-db-2 postgresql".gold.ncbi_assembly
WHERE assembly_level = 'Complete Genome' AND group_ = 'bacteria'
LIMIT 10;
# Download via NCBI datasets CLI
datasets download genome accession GCA_000219355.1 \
    --include genome,gff3,protein --filename genome.zip

Detailed workflow: See examples/04-download-img-genomes.md


Common Queries

Find Bacterial Isolate Genomes

SELECT taxon_oid, taxon_display_name, phylum, genus, species
FROM "img-db-2 postgresql".img_core_v400.taxon
WHERE domain = 'Bacteria'
  AND genome_type = 'isolate'
  AND is_public = 'Yes'
  AND seq_status = 'Finished'
LIMIT 100;

Link GOLD Project to IMG Taxon

SELECT t.taxon_oid, t.taxon_display_name, t.sequencing_gold_id
FROM "img-db-2 postgresql".img_core_v400.taxon t
WHERE t.sequencing_gold_id IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 50;

Find Genomes with File Paths (Portal)

SELECT taxonOid, filePath
FROM "portal-db-1".portal.downloadRequestFiles
WHERE taxonOid IS NOT NULL
  AND filePath LIKE '%.tar.gz'
LIMIT 20;

Critical Pitfalls

WrongCorrect
Join
ncbi_assembly
on
project_id
ncbi_assembly
has no
project_id
; use
bioproject
or
biosample
project.ecosystem
Join
study
via
master_study_id
SHOW SCHEMAS IN "source"
Works, but some syntax errors in older Dremio
Get sequences from LakehouseDownload from filesystem or NCBI
sra_experiment_v2.platform
Use
library_instrument

Authentication

export DREMIO_PAT=$(cat ~/.secrets/dremio_pat)

Token setup: See docs/authentication.md


API Access

REST API Base:

http://lakehouse-1.jgi.lbl.gov:9047/api/v3

# Use scripts/rest_client.py
from rest_client import query
results = query("SELECT * FROM ... LIMIT 10")

Documentation