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name: provenance-and-audit
description: SHA-256 hashes, environment snapshot, and activity-aware Methods text. Use to attach a reproducibility sidecar to an analysis. Do not use for 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, ALCOA+, or CLIA audit claims.
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# Provenance sidecar

Prefer `bionexus.provenance.sidecar` from the shared kernel. The skill scripts wrap the same functions. Methods text is generated from the activity name and recorded parameters; it will not invent an scRNA-seq paragraph for a docking job.