Marcel Ribeiro-Dantas
10/14/2026, 11:08 PMnf-core_events organization on Seqera Cloud and added all Hackathon participants to it. That means you can use Seqera Co-Scientist, our AI assistant for Nextflow, nf-core and Seqera Platform, at no cost to you.
What can it help with?
• Writing and debugging Nextflow code (including strict syntax fixes, configs and nextflow_schema.json)
• Finding nf-core modules and showing you how to run them
• Understanding how an existing pipeline is put together
• Building containers with Wave (e.g. "Create a container with samtools and bwa from bioconda")
• Writing nf-tests and fixing failing ones
• Launching and debugging runs on Seqera Platform
1️⃣ Install the CLI
You need Node.js 18+ on macOS, Linux or Windows (WSL).
npm install -g seqera
seqera --version
Getting seqera: command not found? Make sure your npm global bin folder is on your PATH.
Getting permission errors? Run npm install -g seqera --prefix ~/.npm-global, then export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH".
2️⃣ Log in
seqera login
A browser window opens where you sign in with your Seqera Cloud account. If it doesn't open, copy the URL from your terminal into your browser.
3️⃣ ⚠️ Pick the nf-core_events org (important!)
Co-Scientist bills usage to whichever organization you have selected. If you belong to more than one org, make sure nf-core_events is the active one, or the hackathon credits won't be used:
seqera org # shows your current org
seqera org switch # choose nf-core_events
4️⃣ Start Co-Scientist
Start it from inside your pipeline's folder so it can see your files:
cd /path/to/your/pipeline
seqera ai
Handy tips
• /help, or just type /, to see the built-in commands and skills
• Shift+Tab switches between build mode (makes changes) and plan mode (read-only analysis and planning)
• /goal <task> keeps it working on a longer task, e.g. /goal add nf-tests for the new module
• /status shows who you're logged in as and which org is active
• /credits shows the org's credit balance and your usage
• seqera ai -c picks up your last session where you left off
• It asks for your approval before it runs risky commands or changes files outside your working directory
Some prompts to try
> Show me the structure of main.nf
> Find nf-core modules for variant calling
> Why is my pipeline failing?
> Help me write an nf-test for this module
Already using Claude Code, Codex or Copilot? You can add Co-Scientist to them as a skill with seqera skill install.
📚 Docs: docs.seqera.io/platform-cloud/seqera-ai/get-started
Questions or problems? Ask in this thread. Happy hacking! 🎉Phil Ewels
10/15/2026, 5:47 AMcurl -fsSL <https://ai-api.seqera.io/install> | bashMarcel Ribeiro-Dantas
10/15/2026, 7:05 AM