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segyio

Read, write, and manipulate SEG-Y seismic data files. Fast C library with Python bindings for trace, header, inline, and crossline access. Use when Claude needs to: (1) Read/inspect SEG-Y files, (2) Extract trace data or headers, (3) Access 3D survey data by inline/crossline, (4) Create new SEG-Y files from arrays, (5) Modify existing SEG-Y files, (6) Extract subsets of seismic data, (7) Read/write Seismic Unix format.

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Installation and usage

Read, write, and manipulate SEG-Y seismic data files. Fast C library with Python bindings for trace, header, inline, and crossline access. Use when Claude needs to: (1) Read/inspect SEG-Y files, (2) Extract trace data or headers, (3) Access 3D survey data by inline/crossline, (4) Create new SEG-Y files from arrays, (5) Modify existing SEG-Y files, (6) Extract subsets of seismic data, (7) Read/write Seismic Unix format.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use segyio