scitex-gen

name: scitex-gen description: | [WHAT] General-purpose Python utilities for scientific workflows — caching, normalization, env detection, XML→dict, mat→npy, TimeStamper, numeric helpers, and filesystem utilities. [WHEN] Writing research scripts that need small utility functions or backward-compatible re-exports from peer SciTeX packages. [HOW] `from scitex_gen import ...` primary_interface: python interfaces: python: 1 cli: 0 mcp: 0 skills: 2 hook: 0 http: 0 canonical-location: scitex-gen/src/scitex_gen/_skills/scitex-gen/SKILL.md tags: [scitex-gen]

Active collection of general-purpose Python utilities for scientific workflows. Provides both native functions (to_z, to_01, symlog, TimeStamper, cache, list_packages, xml2dict, transpose, ...) and backward-compatible re-exports from peer SciTeX packages.

Re-exported names (thin wrappers over peer packages)

Some names in scitex_gen are re-exported from canonical peer packages for backward compatibility. New code should import from the canonical location:

scitex_gen name	Canonical location
`ci`	`scitex_stats.descriptive.ci`
`check_host`	`scitex_os.check_host`
`is_host`	`scitex_os.is_host`
`verify_host`	`scitex_os.verify_host`
`detect_environment`	`scitex_context.detect_environment`
`is_notebook`	`scitex_context.is_notebook`
`is_script`	`scitex_context.is_script`
`list_api`	`scitex_introspect.list_api`
`run_shellcommand`	`scitex_sh.run_shellcommand`
`run_shellscript`	`scitex_sh.run_shellscript`
`title_case`	`scitex_str.title_case`
`symlink`	`scitex_path.symlink`

Native functions (defined in scitex-gen)

Function / Class	Module
`cache`	`scitex_gen._introspect._cache`
`DimHandler`	`scitex_gen._introspect`
`list_packages`	`scitex_gen._introspect`
`mat2npy / mat2dict`	`scitex_gen._introspect`
`xml2dict`	`scitex_gen._introspect`
`alternate_kwarg`	`scitex_gen._introspect`
`embed`	`scitex_gen._ipython`
`less`	`scitex_gen._ipython`
`paste`	`scitex_gen._ipython`
`TimeStamper`	`scitex_gen._legacy`
`to_z / to_01`	`scitex_gen._numeric._norm`
`symlog / symn`	`scitex_gen._numeric._symlog`
`to_rank`	`scitex_gen._numeric`
`transpose`	`scitex_gen._numeric`
`symlink`	`scitex_gen._fs`
`src`	`scitex_gen._fs`
`title2path`	`scitex_gen._fs`
`print_config`	`scitex_gen._fs`
`wrap`	`scitex_gen._wrap`

When to use

✅ Writing research scripts that need normalization, caching, env detection, XML parsing, or similar small utilities
✅ Reading old code that imports from scitex.gen — these names resolve through the re-export chain
✅ Choosing a single import target instead of reaching for scitex-stats, scitex-context, etc. for every small task (especially in exploratory code)

Sub-skills

Core (01–09)

01_installation.md — install + import sanity check
02_quick-start.md — 30-second tour
03_python-api.md — Python API surface