# nf-core/viralrecon dev meetings

## 2024-12-09

### Attendees

- Joon
- Lilli
- Maxime
- Sara
- Sarai

### Agenda

- Catching up
- Where we are now?
- What needs to be done?

### Challenges

- viralrecon not working super well with highly variable viruses
- Irma could be an interesting addition
- Works with HMM, and there is possibility to maybe include your own in the future
- Add to bioconda and so on...
- Pangolin does not use the latest
- can use a custom config and point to a local version
- add a module to force download/update of pangolin
- Similar issue with Nextclade
- There's an option to use latest so it's easier and should work
- Sara and Sarai made it work with MonkeyPox
- RELECOV Network (~Respiratory Virus Group: https://relecov.isciii.es/) noticed issues with Nanopore workflow and will open issues on GH
- Plans to add a script/module for QA of viral genome
- Let's talk more about connecting taxprofiler and viralrecon
- Maxime to enquire with James/metagenomics
- MultiQC
- It is now a need
- Update MultiQC using modules
- keep custom solutions
- TEMPLATE update?
- other modules update are almost done