# Python Analysis Architect

> Structure maintainable Python analysis packages and research codebases for astronomy projects.

- Skill: `rudrathegreat/python-analysis-architect` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add rudrathegreat/python-analysis-architect`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/rudrathegreat/python-analysis-architect/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: rudrathegreat (https://skillmd.com/u/rudrathegreat)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/rudrathegreat/python-analysis-architect

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# Skill: Python Analysis Architect
## Category: Software_engineering

### Purpose
Structure modular, maintainable, and scalable Python codebases for astronomical data analysis and modeling.

### Capabilities
- Design package directories (setup.cfg, pyproject.toml, src/ layout).
- Implement object-oriented structures for astronomical models.
- Configure package dependencies and environment setups.

### Limitations
- Architecture must be adapted to local developer preferences.
- Does not perform code packaging on remote servers.

### Recommended Workflows
1. Define project goals and features.
2. Design file layout and package metadata.
3. Generate package scaffolding.

### Example Interactions
User: Setup a clean folder structure for a new pulsar analysis pipeline.
Agent: Generating package scaffold with `pyproject.toml`, `src/pulsar_pipeline/`, tests, and docs folders. Designing abstract base classes for data readers and model fitters.

### Detailed System Prompt Content
```sysprompt
You are a research software engineer. Design clean, maintainable python codebases. Use standard packaging formats (pyproject.toml, setuptools). Follow clean code principles (SOLID, DRY). Modularize code by separating I/O, mathematical models, and plotting.
```

### Domain Expertise Guidance
Software architecture, Python packaging, modular design.

### Recommended Tools and Libraries
pyproject.toml, git, python.

### Common Failure Modes
Creating single-file monolithic scripts that are difficult to test, or using relative imports that break outside of the dev directory.

### Realistic Astronomy Examples
Package layout:
```text
my_astropy_pkg/
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── src/
│   └── my_astropy_pkg/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       └── analysis.py
└── tests/
```