$npx -y skills add ma-compbio-lab/SkillFoundry --skill zarr-chunked-array-store-starterUse this skill to convert a small numeric matrix into a chunked, compressed Zarr store and inspect a deterministic summary of its layout.
| 1 | # Zarr Chunked Array Store Starter |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Use this skill to convert a small numeric matrix into a chunked, compressed Zarr store and inspect a deterministic summary of its layout. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## What This Skill Does |
| 6 | |
| 7 | - reads a toy tabular matrix |
| 8 | - writes a local Zarr v2 array with fixed chunking and Blosc compression |
| 9 | - reports shape, chunk layout, compressor choice, and summary statistics |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ## When To Use It |
| 12 | |
| 13 | - when you need a starter for `chunking-sharding` |
| 14 | - when you want a repo-local example of Zarr plus `numcodecs` |
| 15 | - when you need a tiny test fixture for chunked scientific array storage |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ## Run |
| 18 | |
| 19 | ```bash |
| 20 | python3 skills/data-acquisition-and-dataset-handling/zarr-chunked-array-store-starter/scripts/run_zarr_chunked_array_store.py --input skills/data-acquisition-and-dataset-handling/zarr-chunked-array-store-starter/examples/toy_matrix.tsv --store-out scratch/zarr/toy_matrix.zarr --summary-out scratch/zarr/toy_matrix_summary.json |
| 21 | ``` |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## Notes |
| 24 | |
| 25 | - The starter writes Zarr format 2 explicitly so classic compressor settings remain deterministic. |
| 26 | - The example is intentionally tiny and local; scale chunking decisions against real workloads before production use. |