Build a Gene Data Package FASTA Cleanser and Telemetry Monitor
Process multi-FASTA gene packages to detect non-IUPAC nucleotide characters and low-complexity repeats. Track data cleansing performance and error drift using Langfuse.
What you are building
The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.
Process multi-FASTA gene packages to detect non-IUPAC nucleotide characters and low-complexity repeats. Track data cleansing performance and error drift using Langfuse.
Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer
Stream multi-FASTA files from NCBI Datasets gene archives using Biopython SeqIO.
Scan each sequence entry for non-IUPAC nucleotide symbols, masked N-stretches, and degenerate codons.
Log cleaning latency, token counts, and sequence anomaly rates into Langfuse telemetry spans.
Export sanitized FASTA output alongside a structured data cleaning audit log.
Command-line pipeline configured with environment variables sending real-time telemetry to Langfuse UI.
Generate synthetic multi-FASTA files containing random mutations, non-IUPAC characters, and poly-N stretches. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.
Biopython Employs Biopython's Bio.SeqIO and sequence validation routines to inspect sequence headers and character contents.
langfuse, biopython, pydantic. Langfuse provides observability, trace tracking, and latency metrics for repetitive data curation pipelines. Local or hosted LLM for generating contextual summaries of sequence anomaly clusters.
Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.
Correctly identifies non-standard IUPAC characters (e.g. 'Z', '?', numbers) in input FASTA records.
Sends telemetry traces to Langfuse containing sequence identifier and processing duration.
Generates sanitized FASTA files preserving sequence IDs and valid biological characters.
```json [ { "input": { "record_id": "TRANS_001", "raw_sequence": "ATGCGTACNNNGTACG" }, "expected_output": { "valid_iupac": true, "n_ratio": 0.1875, "sanitized_sequence": "ATGCGTACNNNGTACG", "telemetry_logged": true } }, { "input": { "record_id": "TRANS_002", "raw_sequence": "ATGC123GZZTAG" }, "expected_output": { "valid_iupac": false, "invalid_characters": [ "1", "2", "3", "Z" ], "sanitized_sequence": "ATGCGGTAG", "telemetry_logged": true } } ] ```
Processes pure nucleotide strings from public or synthetic data without clinical patient associations. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.
Participation guide
Processes pure nucleotide strings from public or synthetic data without clinical patient associations. Use mock external writes and human review.
How work is evaluated
Correctly identifies non-standard IUPAC characters (e.g. 'Z', '?', numbers) in input FASTA records. Sends telemetry traces to Langfuse containing sequence identifier and processing duration. Generates sanitized FASTA files preserving sequence IDs and valid biological characters.
Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.
Challenge datasets
Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.
How submissions are scored
These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.
Complete workflow
Stream multi-FASTA files from NCBI Datasets gene archives using Biopython SeqIO. Scan each sequence entry for non-IUPAC nucleotide symbols, masked N-stretches, and degenerate codons. Log cleaning latency, token counts, and sequence anomaly rates into Langfuse telemetry spans. Export sanitized FASTA output alongside a structured data cleaning audit log.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Correctness and evidence
Correctly identifies non-standard IUPAC characters (e.g. 'Z', '?', numbers) in input FASTA records. Sends telemetry traces to Langfuse containing sequence identifier and processing duration. Generates sanitized FASTA files preserving sequence IDs and valid biological characters.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Review interface
Command-line pipeline configured with environment variables sending real-time telemetry to Langfuse UI.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Safe execution
Processes pure nucleotide strings from public or synthetic data without clinical patient associations.
This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.
What you should walk away with
Stream multi-FASTA files from NCBI Datasets gene archives using Biopython SeqIO.
Scan each sequence entry for non-IUPAC nucleotide symbols, masked N-stretches, and degenerate codons.
Log cleaning latency, token counts, and sequence anomaly rates into Langfuse telemetry spans.
Export sanitized FASTA output alongside a structured data cleaning audit log.
Reference links and supporting material
Generate synthetic multi-FASTA files containing random mutations, non-IUPAC characters, and poly-N stretches. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.
Challenge setup
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Challenge input
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Langfuse
Open-source LLM observability and evals.
Evaluated output
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- Stream multi-FASTA files from NCBI Datasets gene archives using Biopython SeqIO. Scan each sequence entry f...
- Correctly identifies non-standard IUPAC characters (e.g. 'Z', '?', numbers) in input FASTA records. Sends t...
- Command-line pipeline configured with environment variables sending real-time telemetry to Langfuse UI.
- 2 public reference cases
- 2 configured tools
Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.
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Configured tools
- Langfuse · Optional
- Langfuse · Optional
Evaluation contract
- Complete workflow · Weight 40
- Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
- Review interface · Weight 20
- Safe execution · Weight 10
Reference cases
- 2 public reference cases
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