Module scaffold template generation not working as expected

Training
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Going through hello-nf-core training, in Part 4 : make an nf-core module, section 2.1.1, following the instructions, this happens:

training/hello-nf-core → nf-core modules create --empty-template COWPY

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|\ | |__  __ /  ` /  \ |__) |__         }  {
| \| |       \__, \__/ |  \ |___     \`-._,-`-,
                                      `._,._,'

nf-core/tools version 3.5.2 - https://nf-co.re
There is a new version of nf-core/tools available! (4.0.2)

WARNING  ‘repository_type’ not defined in .nf-core.yml
? Is this repository a pipeline or a modules repository? Pipeline
INFO     To avoid this prompt in the future, add the ‘repository_type’ key to your .nf-core.yml file.
? Would you like me to add this config now? [y/n] (y): y
INFO     Config added to ‘.nf-core.yml’
INFO     Repository type: pipeline
INFO     Press enter to use default values (shown in brackets) or type your own responses. ctrl+click underlined text to open links.
WARNING  Tool/subtool name must be lower-case letters only, with no punctuation
Change ‘COWPY’ to ‘cowpy’? [y/n]: y
WARNING  Could not find Conda dependency using the Anaconda API: ‘cowpy’

Not sure what to do here?

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I have figured it out by reading further, realising it’s normal that the conda dependency can’t be found (it is mentioned further down, in section 2.2.2; but it’s confusing until then). Section 2.1.1 could be made a bit clearer by adding something to mention the lowercase convention (or tell users to write nf-core modules create --empty-template cowpy directly), then specifying already that the conda dependency will be missing and to answer no to the prompt.

3

Thanks for reporting this point of confusion! We’ll try to clarify that in the docs.