update basecall to scatter process and reduce input params

tasks/basecalling/task_dorado_basecall.wdl

@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ version 1.0
 
 task basecall {
   input {
-    Array[File] input_files
-    String? dorado_model               # Optional: Manual model input
-    Boolean use_auto_model = true      # Use automatic model selection if true
-    String model_accuracy = "sup"      # Default to 'sup' (most accurate model)
+    File input_file                    # Single POD5 file for scatter processing
+    String dorado_model = "sup"         # Default model to 'sup', can be overridden with full model name see docs
     String kit_name                    # Sequencing kit name
     String docker = "us-docker.pkg.dev/general-theiagen/staphb/dorado:0.8.0"
   }
@@ -17,34 +15,24 @@ task basecall {
     sam_output="output/sam/"
     mkdir -p "$sam_output"
 
-    echo "### Starting basecalling ###"
-
-    # Determine which model to use (auto or manual)
-    model_to_use=$(if [[ ~{use_auto_model} == "true" ]]; then echo ~{model_accuracy}; else echo ~{dorado_model}; fi)
-
-    # Loop through input files and basecall
-    for file in ~{sep=" " input_files}; do
-      base_name=$(basename "$file" .pod5)
-      sam_file="$sam_output/${base_name}.sam"
-
-      echo "Processing $file, output: $sam_file"
-
-      # Run Dorado basecaller
-      if dorado basecaller \
-        "$model_to_use" \
-        "$file" \
-        --kit-name ~{kit_name} \
-        --emit-sam \
-        --no-trim \
-        --output-dir "$sam_output" \
-        --verbose; then
-          echo "Basecalling completed successfully for $file. SAM file: $sam_file"
-      else
-          echo "ERROR: Dorado basecaller failed for $file. Moving on to the next file."
-      fi
-    done
-
-    echo "Basecalling steps completed."
+    echo "### Starting basecalling for ~{input_file} ###"
+
+    base_name=$(basename "~{input_file}" .pod5)
+    sam_file="$sam_output/${base_name}.sam"
+
+    echo "Processing ~{input_file}, output: $sam_file"
+
+    # Run Dorado basecaller
+    dorado basecaller \
+      "~{dorado_model}" \
+      "~{input_file}" \
+      --kit-name ~{kit_name} \
+      --emit-sam \
+      --no-trim \
+      --output-dir "$sam_output" \
+      --verbose || { echo "ERROR: Dorado basecaller failed for ~{input_file}"; exit 1; }
+
+    echo "Basecalling completed for ~{input_file}. SAM file: $sam_file"
   >>>
 
   output {
@@ -56,7 +44,5 @@ task basecall {
     cpu: 8
     memory: "32GB"
     gpuCount: 1
-    gpuType: "nvidia-tesla-t4"
-    maxRetries: 3
-  }
+    gpuType: "nvidia-tesla-t4"  }
 }

workflows/utilities/wf_dorado_basecalling.wdl

@@ -13,32 +13,30 @@ workflow dorado_basecalling_workflow {
 
   input {
     Array[File] input_files
-    String? dorado_model
+    String dorado_model = "sup"  # Default to sup model, user can override with a full model name
     String kit_name
-    Boolean use_auto_model = true   
-    String model_accuracy = "sup"
     String new_table_name
     String fastq_upload_path
-    Boolean paired_end = false  
+    Boolean paired_end = false
     Boolean assembly_data = false
     String? file_ending
     String terra_project
     String terra_workspace
     String fastq_file_name
   }
 
-  call basecall_task.basecall as basecall_step {
-    input:
-       input_files = input_files,
-       use_auto_model = use_auto_model,
-       model_accuracy = model_accuracy,
-       dorado_model = dorado_model,
-       kit_name = kit_name
+  scatter (file in input_files) {
+    call basecall_task.basecall as basecall_step {
+      input:
+        input_file = file,
+        dorado_model = dorado_model,
+        kit_name = kit_name
+    }
   }
 
   call samtools_convert_task.samtools_convert {
     input:
-      sam_files = basecall_step.sam_files
+      sam_files = flatten(basecall_step.sam_files)
   }
 
   call dorado_demux_task.dorado_demux {