NIAID · BRCs AI Codeathon 2.0
Projects  ·  2026

Interview-Driven Workflow Construction and Repair in Galaxy

Turning a researcher’s free-form analysis request into a validated, runnable Galaxy workflow — by reusing, adapting, or building one.

Goal

Convert a researcher’s free-form analysis request into a validated, runnable Galaxy workflow — either by reusing, adapting, or building one.

Three-Day MVP

Build an MCP-native interview agent that first searches the IWC registry to decide use / adapt / build, grounds analysis choices in BRC Analytics data and tools, and resolves missing information through follow-up questions. Use Galaxy Foundry to translate intent into validated workflow steps.

Demonstrate both creation of a new workflow and conversational adaptation of an existing published workflow.

Evaluation

Workflow validation and Planemo test success; correctness of tool/version/parameter selection; regression testing for adapted workflows; and expert scoring of analysis choice, provenance, and clarification quality.

Team

Team assignments are being finalized ahead of the codeathon. Participants can review project teams, and request reassignment, in the shared participant spreadsheet circulated by the organizing team.