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Great! I’m not sure if the IUC is already planning to wrap this tool yet or not but they will usually help to support new development efforts by the community! Many tools are expanded and polished this way too. How this works is below!
Locating development information for existing tools
How to learn who authored an existing tool wrapper can be done a few ways.
From a public server
- Find the tool at a public Galaxy server
- Load up the tool form
- Use the Options → See in Tool Shed link
Direct Tool Shed searches
Or, you can try a search against the Main Tool Shed directly at https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/
And, sometimes, the repository will only be in the Test Tool Shed, which can be found at https://testtoolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/
This is the link for DeepVariant. The IUC worked on this and the Development Repository link will have all the history details.
- Galaxy | Tool Shed (repository_id=aee746e879b4841f)
The Intergalactic Utilities Commission
The IUC is the Galaxy’s tool development standards group! The community involves people from around the globe plus many many community contributors.
How to reach out to the IUC
Galaxy Tool Development Overview
I can also let you know more about how tool development works in general!
IUC Guidelines
Planemo
Planemo can help with container packaging, tool testing, and practical items such as building up the xml tool form that end users will interact with.
- https://planemo.readthedocs.io/ << please see the Quick Start guide for more general context
Conda
The source tool (and dependencies) are usually available as a conda package.
I didn’t find DeepTrio in Bioconda yet or did I miss it? Adding new packages is pretty common, and benefits everyone (not just Galaxy!), so this can be resolved and might be a first step.
Getting Help
As you work through this, the IUC matrix chat is great for questions. Your PR is also a place for feedback. Sometimes we can help here, too – see tool-dev for prior topics.
Publishing
Once a tool is wrapped and published into the Main Tool Shed, it will flow out to all of the public Galaxy servers. Local server administrators will also be able to install for their users!
Training and Help
Teaching users how to use your tool is important!
Tool form
The tool form itself is valuable real estate that is directly in front on the user right when they have a question about the functionality or how an option is used. Advice is commonly given as tips inline with the options then additional context, short help, or Galaxy-specific usage is explained down in the Help section on tool forms.
GTN
You can also consider creating a
GTN Tutorial for your tool! If the tool is supported by a publication with a use-case example, this could be simplified for the tutorial example. Be sure to see the tutorials we have to support the addition of new content!
IWC
Create a polished version of your workflow and publish it at the
IWC https://iwc.galaxyproject.org/ InterGalactic Workflow Commission! This is our suite of HTP workflows that are also cross published over to Dockstore and Workflowhub. These are robust artifacts used by API users (not just web-based users).
User channels: Matrix, Help
Finally, consider being available at the Galaxy Matrix chat and here at this Help forum to offer users advice as they interact with your tool! Setting up a keyword ping is one way.
I’m glad you asked about this! New tool development is really important. The information hasn’t been gathered into a topic in 2026 yet so I took the opportunity to put it all together here. ![]()
I hope this provides some context but please let us know if it actually does. Follow up questions are welcome! ![]()