csint — ChemStation-compatible GC peak integrator

Reimplementation of the Agilent ChemStation / OpenLab CDS "TwelveTone" integrator, built from Agilent's published algorithm documentation and multiple file formats as input, validated against real OpenLab CDS 2.8 output from an Agilent 8900 HSS-GC-FID (Headapace delivered via valve&loop sampler - Agilent 7697A)).

Status (2026-08-10)

Validated:

• Tier-2 (vs real CDS 2.8 TwelveTone, pentadione set, identical raw data and parameters): 5/6 injections |ΔArea| ≤ 0.01%, ΔRT ≤ 0.08 s, ΔHeight ≤ 0.5%, peak codes match. 1/6 at −2.3% (CDS chose a later peak end; open item).
• Tier-1 (synthetic exact-truth suite, 7 cases): 22/23 peaks, 0 false positives; includes skimmed riders (parent −0.3%), fused pairs (±2%), drift, negative dip (BBN, +3.6%).

Known limits (documented, not hidden):

• Small peaks near the noise floor: area ±15–25%.
• Shoulder detection: not functional for tailing-peak shoulders (parked; Idan's method runs shoulders OFF).
• Front skims, autointegrate, baseline-hold/now/next-valley timed events: not yet implemented.
• inj02-style late-end rule and several SPEC-OPEN constants: see docs/SPEC.md.

Usage

python -m csint FILE --ss 1000 --pw 0.1 --hr 1.7 --ar 1 \
       --png overlay.png --json peaks.json

FILE FORMATS: .csv, .h5, .abf, ANDI .cdf, Agilent .ch, or a .D directory. Parameters mirror ChemStation: --ss slope sensitivity (units/min), --pw initial peak width (min), --hr height reject, --ar area reject (units·s).

Python API:

from csint import load
from csint.integrator import Params, integrate
from csint.report import peak_table

tr = load("run.dx-extracted.CH")[0]      # or .csv/.abf/.cdf/...
res = integrate(tr, Params(slope_sensitivity=1000, peak_width=0.1,
                           height_reject=1.7, area_reject=1.0))
print(peak_table(res))

Skims: tail_skim_ratio=3 (0=off, ChemStation convention), modes STANDARD/EXP/STRAIGHT. Timed events: timed_events=[(0.05,"AreaSum",True), (0.8,"AreaSum",False)].

Note: OpenLab .dx files are zip containers — the .CH inside is what csint reads (unzip run.dx), or pass the .D directory for classic ChemStation data.

Layout

• csint/ — package (io, integrator, synth, report, CLI)
• docs/SPEC.md — algorithm spec digest + all SPEC-OPEN items
• validation/ — tier-1 synthetic suite + tier-2 comparison artifacts
• tests/ — IO round-trip tests

Validation protocol

Tier-1: python validation/run_tier1.py — synthetic chromatograms with analytically exact areas. Tier-2: comparison against CDS-produced peak tables (.rx InjectionACAML) on identical raw data. No accuracy claim is made from tier-1 alone; "matches ChemStation" claims come only from tier-2.