diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index b290e09..97c8c97 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 {
     "name": "nfcore",
-    "image": "nfcore/gitpod:latest",
-    "remoteUser": "gitpod",
-    "runArgs": ["--privileged"],
+    "image": "nfcore/devcontainer:latest",
 
-    // Configure tool-specific properties.
-    "customizations": {
-        // Configure properties specific to VS Code.
-        "vscode": {
-            // Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
-            "settings": {
-                "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/opt/conda/bin/python"
-            },
+    "remoteUser": "root",
+    "privileged": true,
 
-            // Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
-            "extensions": ["ms-python.python", "ms-python.vscode-pylance", "nf-core.nf-core-extensionpack"]
-        }
+    "remoteEnv": {
+        // Workspace path on the host for mounting with docker-outside-of-docker
+        "LOCAL_WORKSPACE_FOLDER": "${localWorkspaceFolder}"
+    },
+
+    "onCreateCommand": "./.devcontainer/setup.sh",
+
+    "hostRequirements": {
+        "cpus": 4,
+        "memory": "16gb",
+        "storage": "32gb"
     }
 }
diff --git a/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a01e736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Customise the terminal command prompt
+echo "export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=2" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+echo "export PS1='\[\e[3;36m\]\w ->\[\e[0m\\] '" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=2
+export PS1='\[\e[3;36m\]\w ->\[\e[0m\\] '
+
+# Update Nextflow
+nextflow self-update
+
+# Update welcome message
+echo "Welcome to the nf-core/seqinspector devcontainer!" > /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d9b74c..0000000
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-root = true
-
-[*]
-charset = utf-8
-end_of_line = lf
-insert_final_newline = true
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-indent_size = 4
-indent_style = space
-
-[*.{md,yml,yaml,html,css,scss,js}]
-indent_size = 2
-
-# These files are edited and tested upstream in nf-core/modules
-[/modules/nf-core/**]
-charset = unset
-end_of_line = unset
-insert_final_newline = unset
-trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
-indent_style = unset
-[/subworkflows/nf-core/**]
-charset = unset
-end_of_line = unset
-insert_final_newline = unset
-trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
-indent_style = unset
-
-[/assets/email*]
-indent_size = unset
-
-# ignore python and markdown
-[*.{py,md}]
-indent_style = unset
-
-# ignore ro-crate metadata files
-[**/ro-crate-metadata.json]
-insert_final_newline = unset
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8efc203..f4d9ad9 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If you wish to contribute a new step, please use the following coding standards:
 5. Add any new parameters to `nextflow_schema.json` with help text (via the `nf-core pipelines schema build` tool).
 6. Add sanity checks and validation for all relevant parameters.
 7. Perform local tests to validate that the new code works as expected.
-8. If applicable, add a new test command in `.github/workflow/ci.yml`.
+8. If applicable, add a new test in the `tests` directory.
 9. Update MultiQC config `assets/multiqc_config.yml` so relevant suffixes, file name clean up and module plots are in the appropriate order. If applicable, add a [MultiQC](https://https://multiqc.info/) module.
 10. Add a description of the output files and if relevant any appropriate images from the MultiQC report to `docs/output.md`.
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3408527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: "Get number of shards"
+description: "Get the number of nf-test shards for the current CI job"
+inputs:
+  max_shards:
+    description: "Maximum number of shards allowed"
+    required: true
+  paths:
+    description: "Component paths to test"
+    required: false
+  tags:
+    description: "Tags to pass as argument for nf-test --tag parameter"
+    required: false
+outputs:
+  shard:
+    description: "Array of shard numbers"
+    value: ${{ steps.shards.outputs.shard }}
+  total_shards:
+    description: "Total number of shards"
+    value: ${{ steps.shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install nf-test
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      with:
+        version: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+    - name: Get number of shards
+      id: shards
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Run nf-test with dynamic parameter
+        nftest_output=$(nf-test test \
+          --profile +docker \
+          $(if [ -n "${{ inputs.tags }}" ]; then echo "--tag ${{ inputs.tags }}"; fi) \
+          --dry-run \
+          --ci \
+          --changed-since HEAD^) || {
+            echo "nf-test command failed with exit code $?"
+            echo "Full output: $nftest_output"
+            exit 1
+        }
+        echo "nf-test dry-run output: $nftest_output"
+
+        # Default values for shard and total_shards
+        shard="[]"
+        total_shards=0
+
+        # Check if there are related tests
+        if echo "$nftest_output" | grep -q 'No tests to execute'; then
+          echo "No related tests found."
+        else
+          # Extract the number of related tests
+          number_of_shards=$(echo "$nftest_output" | sed -n 's|.*Executed \([0-9]*\) tests.*|\1|p')
+          if [[ -n "$number_of_shards" && "$number_of_shards" -gt 0 ]]; then
+            shards_to_run=$(( $number_of_shards < ${{ inputs.max_shards }} ? $number_of_shards : ${{ inputs.max_shards }} ))
+            shard=$(seq 1 "$shards_to_run" | jq -R . | jq -c -s .)
+            total_shards="$shards_to_run"
+          else
+            echo "Unexpected output format. Falling back to default values."
+          fi
+        fi
+
+        # Write to GitHub Actions outputs
+        echo "shard=$shard" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "total_shards=$total_shards" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+        # Debugging output
+        echo "Final shard array: $shard"
+        echo "Total number of shards: $total_shards"
diff --git a/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml b/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9724c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+name: "nf-test Action"
+description: "Runs nf-test with common setup steps"
+inputs:
+  profile:
+    description: "Profile to use"
+    required: true
+  shard:
+    description: "Shard number for this CI job"
+    required: true
+  total_shards:
+    description: "Total number of test shards(NOT the total number of matrix jobs)"
+    required: true
+  paths:
+    description: "Test paths"
+    required: true
+  tags:
+    description: "Tags to pass as argument for nf-test --tag parameter"
+    required: false
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Nextflow
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
+      with:
+        version: "${{ env.NXF_VERSION }}"
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.14"
+
+    - name: Install nf-test
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      with:
+        version: "${{ env.NFT_VER }}"
+        install-pdiff: true
+
+    - name: Setup apptainer
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
+      uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@main
+
+    - name: Set up Singularity
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR
+        mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR
+
+    - name: Conda setup
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'conda')
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@505e6394dae86d6a5c7fbb6e3fb8938e3e863830 # v3
+      with:
+        auto-update-conda: true
+        conda-solver: libmamba
+        channels: conda-forge
+        channel-priority: strict
+        conda-remove-defaults: true
+
+    - name: Run nf-test
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        NFT_WORKDIR: ${{ env.NFT_WORKDIR }}
+      run: |
+        nf-test test \
+          --profile=+${{ inputs.profile }} \
+          $(if [ -n "${{ inputs.tags }}" ]; then echo "--tag ${{ inputs.tags }}"; fi) \
+          --ci \
+          --changed-since HEAD^ \
+          --verbose \
+          --tap=test.tap \
+          --shard ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }}
+
+          # Save the absolute path of the test.tap file to the output
+          echo "tap_file_path=$(realpath test.tap)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Generate test summary
+      if: always()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Add header if it doesn't exist (using a token file to track this)
+        if [ ! -f ".summary_header" ]; then
+          echo "# 🚀 nf-test results" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| Status | Test Name | Profile | Shard |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "|:------:|-----------|---------|-------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          touch .summary_header
+        fi
+
+        if [ -f test.tap ]; then
+          while IFS= read -r line; do
+            if [[ $line =~ ^ok ]]; then
+              test_name="${line#ok }"
+              # Remove the test number from the beginning
+              test_name="${test_name#* }"
+              echo "| ✅ | ${test_name} | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            elif [[ $line =~ ^not\ ok ]]; then
+              test_name="${line#not ok }"
+              # Remove the test number from the beginning
+              test_name="${test_name#* }"
+              echo "| ❌ | ${test_name} | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            fi
+          done < test.tap
+        else
+          echo "| ⚠️ | No test results found | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        fi
+
+    - name: Clean up
+      if: always()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo rm -rf /home/ubuntu/tests/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index 311d3d0..301eca7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -4,44 +4,23 @@ name: nf-core AWS full size tests
 # It runs the -profile 'test_full' on AWS batch
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - master
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request_review:
     types: [submitted]
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
   run-platform:
     name: Run AWS full tests
-    # run only if the PR is approved by at least 2 reviewers and against the master branch or manually triggered
-    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/seqinspector' && github.event.review.state == 'approved' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    # run only if the PR is approved by at least 2 reviewers and against the master/main branch or manually triggered
+    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/seqinspector' && github.event.review.state == 'approved' && (github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Get PR reviews
-        uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
-        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
-        id: check_approvals
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          route: GET /repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/reviews?per_page=100
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Check for approvals
-        if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        run: |
-          echo "No review approvals found. At least 2 approvals are required to run this action automatically."
-          exit 1
-
-      - name: Check for enough approvals (>=2)
-        id: test_variables
-        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+      - name: Set revision variable
+        id: revision
         run: |
-          JSON_RESPONSE='${{ steps.check_approvals.outputs.data }}'
-          CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT=$(echo $JSON_RESPONSE | jq -c '[.[] | select(.state | contains("APPROVED")) ] | length')
-          test $CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT -ge 2 || exit 1 # At least 2 approvals are required
+          echo "revision=${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'release') && github.sha || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
@@ -49,21 +28,21 @@ jobs:
         # Add full size test data (but still relatively small datasets for few samples)
         # on the `test_full.config` test runs with only one set of parameters
         with:
-          workspace_id: ${{ secrets.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
+          workspace_id: ${{ vars.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
           access_token: ${{ secrets.TOWER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          compute_env: ${{ secrets.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
-          revision: ${{ github.sha }}
-          workdir: s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/seqinspector/work-${{ github.sha }}
+          compute_env: ${{ vars.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
+          revision: ${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}
+          workdir: s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/seqinspector/work-${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}
           parameters: |
             {
               "hook_url": "${{ secrets.MEGATESTS_ALERTS_SLACK_HOOK_URL }}",
-              "outdir": "s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/seqinspector/results-${{ github.sha }}"
+              "outdir": "s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/seqinspector/results-${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}"
             }
           profiles: test_full
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
-            seqera_platform_action_*.log
-            seqera_platform_action_*.json
+            tower_action_*.log
+            tower_action_*.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
index eef6f2c..3fa92b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
         with:
-          workspace_id: ${{ secrets.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
+          workspace_id: ${{ vars.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
           access_token: ${{ secrets.TOWER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          compute_env: ${{ secrets.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
+          compute_env: ${{ vars.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
           revision: ${{ github.sha }}
-          workdir: s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/seqinspector/work-${{ github.sha }}
+          workdir: s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/seqinspector/work-${{ github.sha }}
           parameters: |
             {
-              "outdir": "s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/seqinspector/results-test-${{ github.sha }}"
+              "outdir": "s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/seqinspector/results-test-${{ github.sha }}"
             }
           profiles: test
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
-            seqera_platform_action_*.log
-            seqera_platform_action_*.json
+            tower_action_*.log
+            tower_action_*.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6fc106..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-name: nf-core CI
-# This workflow runs the pipeline with the minimal test dataset to check that it completes without any syntax errors
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-  pull_request:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
-  NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
-  NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
-
-concurrency:
-  group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}"
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: "Run pipeline with test data (${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | ${{ matrix.test_name }} | ${{ matrix.profile }})"
-    # Only run on push if this is the nf-core dev branch (merged PRs)
-    if: "${{ github.event_name != 'push' || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'nf-core/seqinspector') }}"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        NXF_VER:
-          - "24.04.2"
-          - "latest-everything"
-        profile:
-          - "conda"
-          - "docker"
-          - "singularity"
-        test_name:
-          - "test"
-        isMaster:
-          - ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' }}
-        # Exclude conda and singularity on dev
-        exclude:
-          - isMaster: false
-            profile: "conda"
-          - isMaster: false
-            profile: "singularity"
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up Nextflow
-        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
-        with:
-          version: "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}"
-
-      - name: Set up Apptainer
-        if: matrix.profile == 'singularity'
-        uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@main
-
-      - name: Set up Singularity
-        if: matrix.profile == 'singularity'
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR
-          mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR
-
-      - name: Set up Miniconda
-        if: matrix.profile == 'conda'
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@a4260408e20b96e80095f42ff7f1a15b27dd94ca # v3
-        with:
-          miniconda-version: "latest"
-          auto-update-conda: true
-          conda-solver: libmamba
-          channels: conda-forge,bioconda
-
-      - name: Set up Conda
-        if: matrix.profile == 'conda'
-        run: |
-          echo $(realpath $CONDA)/condabin >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          echo $(realpath python) >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: Clean up Disk space
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
-
-      - name: "Run pipeline with test data ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | ${{ matrix.test_name }} | ${{ matrix.profile }}"
-        run: |
-          nextflow run ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} -profile ${{ matrix.test_name }},${{ matrix.profile }} --outdir ./results
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml b/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml
index 0b6b1f2..6adb0ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: "This issue has been tagged as awaiting-changes or awaiting-feedback by an nf-core contributor. Remove stale label or add a comment otherwise this issue will be closed in 20 days."
           stale-pr-message: "This PR has been tagged as awaiting-changes or awaiting-feedback by an nf-core contributor. Remove stale label or add a comment if it is still useful."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index ab06316..6d94bcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: "dev"
   pull_request:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - edited
-      - synchronize
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - master
-  pull_request_target:
     branches:
       - main
       - master
@@ -52,9 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Disk space cleanup
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: Setup Apptainer
@@ -65,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/nf-core/tools.git@dev
+          pip install git+https://github.com/nf-core/tools.git
 
       - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
         run: |
@@ -120,6 +112,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER=$image_count" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Compare container image counts
+        id: count_comparison
         run: |
           if [ "${{ steps.count_initial.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}" -ne "${{ steps.count_afterwards.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}" ]; then
             initial_count=${{ steps.count_initial.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}
@@ -132,3 +125,10 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "The pipeline can be downloaded successfully!"
           fi
+
+      - name: Upload Nextflow logfile for debugging purposes
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        with:
+          name: nextflow_logfile.txt
+          path: .nextflow.log*
+          include-hidden-files: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fix-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
similarity index 80%
rename from .github/workflows/fix-linting.yml
rename to .github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
index 5adee08..276dcf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fix-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Use the @nf-core-bot token to check out so we can push later
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
 
       # indication that the linting is being fixed
       - name: React on comment
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
         with:
           comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
           reactions: eyes
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
 
       # Install and run pre-commit
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
 
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       # indication that the linting has finished
       - name: react if linting finished succesfully
         if: steps.pre-commit.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
         with:
           comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
           reactions: "+1"
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: react if linting errors were fixed
         id: react-if-fixed
         if: steps.commit-and-push.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
         with:
           comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
           reactions: hooray
 
       - name: react if linting errors were not fixed
         if: steps.commit-and-push.outcome == 'failure'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
         with:
           comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
           reactions: confused
 
       - name: react if linting errors were not fixed
         if: steps.commit-and-push.outcome  == 'failure'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
         with:
           issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
           body: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index dbd52d5..30e6602 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: nf-core linting
 # It runs the `nf-core pipelines lint` and markdown lint tests to ensure
 # that the code meets the nf-core guidelines.
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
   pull_request:
   release:
     types: [published]
@@ -14,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
   pre-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.12
-        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - name: Set up Python 3.14
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
 
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit
@@ -31,18 +28,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
 
       - name: Install Nextflow
         uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: read .nf-core.yml
-        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@1.1.0
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@9f13718d61111b69f30ab4ac683e67a56d254e1d # 1.1.0
         id: read_yml
         with:
           config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload linting log file artifact
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
         with:
           name: linting-logs
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
index 95b6b6a..e6e9bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download lint results
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@20319c5641d495c8a52e688b7dc5fada6c3a9fbc # v8
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@ac66b43f0e6a346234dd65d4d0c8fbb31cb316e5 # v11
         with:
           workflow: linting.yml
           workflow_conclusion: completed
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "pr_number=$(cat linting-logs/PR_number.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Post PR comment
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@331f8f5b4215f0445d3c07b4967662a32a2d3e31 # v2
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@773744901bac0e8cbb5a0dc842800d45e9b2b405 # v2
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           number: ${{ steps.pr_number.outputs.pr_number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e20bf6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+name: Run nf-test
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "**/meta.yml"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/*.png"
+      - "**/*.svg"
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  NFT_VER: "0.9.3"
+  NFT_WORKDIR: "~"
+  NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+
+jobs:
+  nf-test-changes:
+    name: nf-test-changes
+    runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
+      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-nf-test-changes
+      - runner=4cpu-linux-x64
+    outputs:
+      shard: ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.shard }}
+      total_shards: ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Clean Workspace # Purge the workspace in case it's running on a self-hosted runner
+        run: |
+          ls -la ./
+          rm -rf ./* || true
+          rm -rf ./.??* || true
+          ls -la ./
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: get number of shards
+        id: set-shards
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-shards
+        env:
+          NFT_VER: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+        with:
+          max_shards: 7
+
+      - name: debug
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.shard }}
+          echo ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+
+  nf-test:
+    name: "${{ matrix.profile }} | ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}"
+    needs: [nf-test-changes]
+    if: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards != '0' }}
+    runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
+      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-nf-test
+      - runner=4cpu-linux-x64
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shard: ${{ fromJson(needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.shard) }}
+        profile: [conda, docker, singularity]
+        isMain:
+          - ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' || github.base_ref == 'main' }}
+        # Exclude conda and singularity on dev
+        exclude:
+          - isMain: false
+            profile: "conda"
+          - isMain: false
+            profile: "singularity"
+        NXF_VER:
+          - "25.04.0"
+          - "latest-everything"
+    env:
+      NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
+      TOTAL_SHARDS: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Run nf-test
+        id: run_nf_test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nf-test
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.NXF_VER == 'latest-everything' }}
+        env:
+          NFT_WORKDIR: ${{ env.NFT_WORKDIR }}
+          NXF_VERSION: ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}
+        with:
+          profile: ${{ matrix.profile }}
+          shard: ${{ matrix.shard }}
+          total_shards: ${{ env.TOTAL_SHARDS }}
+
+      - name: Report test status
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ steps.run_nf_test.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Test with ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} failed"
+            # Add to workflow summary
+            echo "## ❌ Test failed: ${{ matrix.profile }} | ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | Shard ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ env.TOTAL_SHARDS }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            if [[ "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}" == "latest-everything" ]]; then
+              echo "::warning::Test with latest-everything failed but will not cause workflow failure. Please check if the error is expected or if it needs fixing."
+            fi
+            if [[ "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}" != "latest-everything" ]]; then
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          fi
+
+  confirm-pass:
+    needs: [nf-test]
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
+      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-confirm-pass
+      - runner=2cpu-linux-x64
+    steps:
+      - name: One or more tests failed (excluding latest-everything)
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: One or more tests cancelled
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: All tests ok
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'success') }}
+        run: exit 0
+
+      - name: debug-print
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::DEBUG: `needs` Contents"
+          echo "DEBUG: toJSON(needs) = ${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+          echo "DEBUG: toJSON(needs.*.result) = ${{ toJSON(needs.*.result) }}"
+          echo "::endgroup::"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index 76a9e67..e64cebd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')" | sed 's/-//g' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: get description
+        id: get_topics
+        run: |
+          echo "description=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .description' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with:
           access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
@@ -23,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           message: |
             Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
 
+            ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.description }}
+
             Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
 
             ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.topics }} #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
   bsky-post:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: zentered/bluesky-post-action@80dbe0a7697de18c15ad22f4619919ceb5ccf597 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: zentered/bluesky-post-action@6461056ea355ea43b977e149f7bf76aaa572e5e8 # v0.3.0
         with:
           post: |
             Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
similarity index 91%
rename from .github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml
rename to .github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
index 537529b..c5988af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - name: Read template version from .nf-core.yml
-        uses: nichmor/minimal-read-yaml@v0.0.2
+        uses: nichmor/minimal-read-yaml@1f7205277e25e156e1f63815781db80a6d490b8f # v0.0.2
         id: read_yml
         with:
           config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 83599f6..0000000
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-image: nfcore/gitpod:latest
-tasks:
-  - name: Update Nextflow and setup pre-commit
-    command: |
-      pre-commit install --install-hooks
-      nextflow self-update
-
-vscode:
-  extensions:
-    - nf-core.nf-core-extensionpack # https://github.com/nf-core/vscode-extensionpack
diff --git a/.nf-core.yml b/.nf-core.yml
index c984b0c..9580428 100644
--- a/.nf-core.yml
+++ b/.nf-core.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 lint:
+  files_exist:
+    - .github/workflows/ci.yml
   files_unchanged:
     - .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
-nf_core_version: 3.2.0
+  nextflow_config:
+    - config_defaults:
+        - params.fastq_screen_references
+nf_core_version: 3.4.1
 repository_type: pipeline
 template:
   author: Adrien Coulier
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1dec865..d06777a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,24 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         additional_dependencies:
-          - prettier@3.2.5
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker.python
-    rev: "3.1.2"
+          - prettier@3.6.2
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
-      - id: editorconfig-checker
-        alias: ec
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+        args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)^(
+              .*ro-crate-metadata.json$|
+              modules/nf-core/.*|
+              subworkflows/nf-core/.*|
+              .*\.snap$
+          )$
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)^(
+              .*ro-crate-metadata.json$|
+              modules/nf-core/.*|
+              subworkflows/nf-core/.*|
+              .*\.snap$
+          )$
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index edd29f0..2255e3e 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
 bin/
+.nf-test/
 ro-crate-metadata.json
diff --git a/.prettierrc.yml b/.prettierrc.yml
index c81f9a7..07dbd8b 100644
--- a/.prettierrc.yml
+++ b/.prettierrc.yml
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 printWidth: 120
+tabWidth: 4
+overrides:
+  - files: "*.{md,yml,yaml,html,css,scss,js,cff}"
+    options:
+      tabWidth: 2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c2cc4b..7d114ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@
   </picture>
 </h1>
 
-[![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codespaces/new/nf-core/seqinspector)
+[![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml)
 [![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/linting.yml)[![AWS CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI%20tests-full%20size-FF9900?labelColor=000000&logo=Amazon%20AWS)](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/results)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX-1073c8?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX)
 [![nf-test](https://img.shields.io/badge/unit_tests-nf--test-337ab7.svg)](https://www.nf-test.com)
 
-[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A524.04.2-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
+[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-%E2%89%A525.04.0-green?style=flat&logo=nextflow&logoColor=white&color=%230DC09D&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnextflow.io)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
+[![nf-core template version](https://img.shields.io/badge/nf--core_template-3.4.1-green?style=flat&logo=nfcore&logoColor=white&color=%2324B064&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnf-co.re)](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/3.4.1)
 [![run with conda](http://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)
 [![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)
 [![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)
 [![Launch on Seqera Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Launch%20%F0%9F%9A%80-Seqera%20Platform-%234256e7)](https://cloud.seqera.io/launch?pipeline=https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector)
 
-[![Get help on Slack](http://img.shields.io/badge/slack-nf--core%20%23seqinspector-4A154B?labelColor=000000&logo=slack)](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/seqinspector)[![Follow on Twitter](http://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-%40nf__core-1DA1F2?labelColor=000000&logo=twitter)](https://twitter.com/nf_core)[![Follow on Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-nf__core-6364ff?labelColor=FFFFFF&logo=mastodon)](https://mstdn.science/@nf_core)[![Watch on YouTube](http://img.shields.io/badge/youtube-nf--core-FF0000?labelColor=000000&logo=youtube)](https://www.youtube.com/c/nf-core)
+[![Get help on Slack](http://img.shields.io/badge/slack-nf--core%20%23seqinspector-4A154B?labelColor=000000&logo=slack)](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/seqinspector)[![Follow on Bluesky](https://img.shields.io/badge/bluesky-%40nf__core-1185fe?labelColor=000000&logo=bluesky)](https://bsky.app/profile/nf-co.re)[![Follow on Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-nf__core-6364ff?labelColor=FFFFFF&logo=mastodon)](https://mstdn.science/@nf_core)[![Watch on YouTube](http://img.shields.io/badge/youtube-nf--core-FF0000?labelColor=000000&logo=youtube)](https://www.youtube.com/c/nf-core)
 
 ## Introduction
 
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
 -->
 
 <!-- TODO nf-core: Include a figure that guides the user through the major workflow steps. Many nf-core
-     workflows use the "tube map" design for that. See https://nf-co.re/docs/contributing/design_guidelines#examples for examples.   -->
+     workflows use the "tube map" design for that. See https://nf-co.re/docs/guidelines/graphic_design/workflow_diagrams#examples for examples.   -->
 <!-- TODO nf-core: Fill in short bullet-pointed list of the default steps in the pipeline -->1. Read QC ([`FastQC`](https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/))2. Present QC for raw reads ([`MultiQC`](http://multiqc.info/))
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/assets/schema_input.json b/assets/schema_input.json
index d7d4837..1e5d47b 100644
--- a/assets/schema_input.json
+++ b/assets/schema_input.json
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
                 "type": "string",
                 "format": "file-path",
                 "exists": true,
-                "pattern": "^\\S+\\.f(ast)?q\\.gz$",
+                "pattern": "^([\\S\\s]*\\/)?[^\\s\\/]+\\.f(ast)?q\\.gz$",
                 "errorMessage": "FastQ file for reads 1 must be provided, cannot contain spaces and must have extension '.fq.gz' or '.fastq.gz'"
             },
             "fastq_2": {
                 "type": "string",
                 "format": "file-path",
                 "exists": true,
-                "pattern": "^\\S+\\.f(ast)?q\\.gz$",
+                "pattern": "^([\\S\\s]*\\/)?[^\\s\\/]+\\.f(ast)?q\\.gz$",
                 "errorMessage": "FastQ file for reads 2 cannot contain spaces and must have extension '.fq.gz' or '.fastq.gz'"
             }
         },
diff --git a/conf/base.config b/conf/base.config
index eb6fbee..84739da 100644
--- a/conf/base.config
+++ b/conf/base.config
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ process {
     memory = { 6.GB   * task.attempt }
     time   = { 4.h    * task.attempt }
 
-    errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }
+    errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104 + 175) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }
     maxRetries    = 1
     maxErrors     = '-1'
 
@@ -59,4 +59,8 @@ process {
         errorStrategy = 'retry'
         maxRetries    = 2
     }
+    withLabel: process_gpu {
+        ext.use_gpu = { workflow.profile.contains('gpu') }
+        accelerator = { workflow.profile.contains('gpu') ? 1 : null }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 4f3549a..63e622d 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ If `-profile` is not specified, the pipeline will run locally and expect all sof
 - `shifter`
   - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Shifter](https://nersc.gitlab.io/development/shifter/how-to-use/)
 - `charliecloud`
-  - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Charliecloud](https://hpc.github.io/charliecloud/)
+  - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Charliecloud](https://charliecloud.io/)
 - `apptainer`
   - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Apptainer](https://apptainer.org/)
 - `wave`
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 58e593b..fa61907 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ workflow {
         params.monochrome_logs,
         args,
         params.outdir,
-        params.input
+        params.input,
+        params.help,
+        params.help_full,
+        params.show_hidden
     )
 
     //
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index cc0aaa5..c716c13 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
                 "nf-core": {
                     "fastqc": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "08108058ea36a63f141c25c4e75f9f872a5b2296",
+                        "git_sha": "41dfa3f7c0ffabb96a6a813fe321c6d1cc5b6e46",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     },
                     "multiqc": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "f0719ae309075ae4a291533883847c3f7c441dad",
+                        "git_sha": "e10b76ca0c66213581bec2833e30d31f239dec0b",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     }
                 }
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@
                 "nf-core": {
                     "utils_nextflow_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "c2b22d85f30a706a3073387f30380704fcae013b",
+                        "git_sha": "05954dab2ff481bcb999f24455da29a5828af08d",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfcore_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "51ae5406a030d4da1e49e4dab49756844fdd6c7a",
+                        "git_sha": "05954dab2ff481bcb999f24455da29a5828af08d",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfschema_plugin": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "2fd2cd6d0e7b273747f32e465fdc6bcc3ae0814e",
+                        "git_sha": "4b406a74dc0449c0401ed87d5bfff4252fd277fd",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml
index 691d4c7..f9f54ee 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/modules/environment-schema.json
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/main.nf
index 033f415..23e1663 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/main.nf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ process FASTQC {
     // The total amount of allocated RAM by FastQC is equal to the number of threads defined (--threads) time the amount of RAM defined (--memory)
     // https://github.com/s-andrews/FastQC/blob/1faeea0412093224d7f6a07f777fad60a5650795/fastqc#L211-L222
     // Dividing the task.memory by task.cpu allows to stick to requested amount of RAM in the label
-    def memory_in_mb = task.memory ? task.memory.toUnit('MB').toFloat() / task.cpus : null
+    def memory_in_mb = task.memory ? task.memory.toUnit('MB') / task.cpus : null
     // FastQC memory value allowed range (100 - 10000)
     def fastqc_memory = memory_in_mb > 10000 ? 10000 : (memory_in_mb < 100 ? 100 : memory_in_mb)
 
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml
index 2b2e62b..c8d9d02 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ input:
         description: |
           List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2 for single-end and paired-end data,
           respectively.
+        ontologies: []
 output:
-  - html:
-      - meta:
+  html:
+    - - meta:
           type: map
           description: |
             Groovy Map containing sample information
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ output:
           type: file
           description: FastQC report
           pattern: "*_{fastqc.html}"
-  - zip:
-      - meta:
+          ontologies: []
+  zip:
+    - - meta:
           type: map
           description: |
             Groovy Map containing sample information
@@ -50,11 +52,14 @@ output:
           type: file
           description: FastQC report archive
           pattern: "*_{fastqc.zip}"
-  - versions:
-      - versions.yml:
-          type: file
-          description: File containing software versions
-          pattern: "versions.yml"
+          ontologies: []
+  versions:
+    - versions.yml:
+        type: file
+        description: File containing software versions
+        pattern: "versions.yml"
+        ontologies:
+          - edam: http://edamontology.org/format_3750 # YAML
 authors:
   - "@drpatelh"
   - "@grst"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
index a27122c..dd513cb 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/modules/environment-schema.json
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
 dependencies:
-  - bioconda::multiqc=1.27
+  - bioconda::multiqc=1.31
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
index 58d9313..5288f5c 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ process MULTIQC {
 
     conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml"
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
-        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/multiqc:1.27--pyhdfd78af_0' :
-        'biocontainers/multiqc:1.27--pyhdfd78af_0' }"
+        'https://community-cr-prod.seqera.io/docker/registry/v2/blobs/sha256/ef/eff0eafe78d5f3b65a6639265a16b89fdca88d06d18894f90fcdb50142004329/data' :
+        'community.wave.seqera.io/library/multiqc:1.31--1efbafd542a23882' }"
 
     input:
     path  multiqc_files, stageAs: "?/*"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml
index b16c187..ce30eb7 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml
@@ -15,57 +15,71 @@ tools:
       licence: ["GPL-3.0-or-later"]
       identifier: biotools:multiqc
 input:
-  - - multiqc_files:
-        type: file
-        description: |
-          List of reports / files recognised by MultiQC, for example the html and zip output of FastQC
-  - - multiqc_config:
-        type: file
-        description: Optional config yml for MultiQC
-        pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
-  - - extra_multiqc_config:
-        type: file
-        description: Second optional config yml for MultiQC. Will override common sections
-          in multiqc_config.
-        pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
-  - - multiqc_logo:
+  - multiqc_files:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        List of reports / files recognised by MultiQC, for example the html and zip output of FastQC
+      ontologies: []
+  - multiqc_config:
+      type: file
+      description: Optional config yml for MultiQC
+      pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
+      ontologies:
+        - edam: http://edamontology.org/format_3750 # YAML
+  - extra_multiqc_config:
+      type: file
+      description: Second optional config yml for MultiQC. Will override common sections
+        in multiqc_config.
+      pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
+      ontologies:
+        - edam: http://edamontology.org/format_3750 # YAML
+  - multiqc_logo:
+      type: file
+      description: Optional logo file for MultiQC
+      pattern: "*.{png}"
+      ontologies: []
+  - replace_names:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        Optional two-column sample renaming file. First column a set of
+        patterns, second column a set of corresponding replacements. Passed via
+        MultiQC's `--replace-names` option.
+      pattern: "*.{tsv}"
+      ontologies:
+        - edam: http://edamontology.org/format_3475 # TSV
+  - sample_names:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        Optional TSV file with headers, passed to the MultiQC --sample_names
+        argument.
+      pattern: "*.{tsv}"
+      ontologies:
+        - edam: http://edamontology.org/format_3475 # TSV
+output:
+  report:
+    - "*multiqc_report.html":
         type: file
-        description: Optional logo file for MultiQC
-        pattern: "*.{png}"
-  - - replace_names:
+        description: MultiQC report file
+        pattern: "multiqc_report.html"
+        ontologies: []
+  data:
+    - "*_data":
+        type: directory
+        description: MultiQC data dir
+        pattern: "multiqc_data"
+  plots:
+    - "*_plots":
         type: file
-        description: |
-          Optional two-column sample renaming file. First column a set of
-          patterns, second column a set of corresponding replacements. Passed via
-          MultiQC's `--replace-names` option.
-        pattern: "*.{tsv}"
-  - - sample_names:
+        description: Plots created by MultiQC
+        pattern: "*_data"
+        ontologies: []
+  versions:
+    - versions.yml:
         type: file
-        description: |
-          Optional TSV file with headers, passed to the MultiQC --sample_names
-          argument.
-        pattern: "*.{tsv}"
-output:
-  - report:
-      - "*multiqc_report.html":
-          type: file
-          description: MultiQC report file
-          pattern: "multiqc_report.html"
-  - data:
-      - "*_data":
-          type: directory
-          description: MultiQC data dir
-          pattern: "multiqc_data"
-  - plots:
-      - "*_plots":
-          type: file
-          description: Plots created by MultiQC
-          pattern: "*_data"
-  - versions:
-      - versions.yml:
-          type: file
-          description: File containing software versions
-          pattern: "versions.yml"
+        description: File containing software versions
+        pattern: "versions.yml"
+        ontologies:
+          - edam: http://edamontology.org/format_3750 # YAML
 authors:
   - "@abhi18av"
   - "@bunop"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
index 7b7c132..17881d1 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
     "multiqc_versions_single": {
         "content": [
             [
-                "versions.yml:md5,8f3b8c1cec5388cf2708be948c9fa42f"
+                "versions.yml:md5,8968b114a3e20756d8af2b80713bcc4f"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
             "nf-test": "0.9.2",
-            "nextflow": "24.10.4"
+            "nextflow": "25.04.6"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2025-01-27T09:29:57.631982377"
+        "timestamp": "2025-09-08T20:57:36.139055243"
     },
     "multiqc_stub": {
         "content": [
@@ -17,25 +17,25 @@
                 "multiqc_report.html",
                 "multiqc_data",
                 "multiqc_plots",
-                "versions.yml:md5,8f3b8c1cec5388cf2708be948c9fa42f"
+                "versions.yml:md5,8968b114a3e20756d8af2b80713bcc4f"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
             "nf-test": "0.9.2",
-            "nextflow": "24.10.4"
+            "nextflow": "25.04.6"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2025-01-27T09:30:34.743726958"
+        "timestamp": "2025-09-08T20:59:15.142230631"
     },
     "multiqc_versions_config": {
         "content": [
             [
-                "versions.yml:md5,8f3b8c1cec5388cf2708be948c9fa42f"
+                "versions.yml:md5,8968b114a3e20756d8af2b80713bcc4f"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
             "nf-test": "0.9.2",
-            "nextflow": "24.10.4"
+            "nextflow": "25.04.6"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2025-01-27T09:30:21.44383553"
+        "timestamp": "2025-09-08T20:58:29.629087066"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/tags.yml b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bea6c0d..0000000
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-multiqc:
-  - modules/nf-core/multiqc/**
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index c1d108b..ba1b179 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ params {
     email_on_fail                = null
     plaintext_email              = false
     monochrome_logs              = false
-    hook_url                     = null
+    hook_url                     = System.getenv('HOOK_URL')
     help                         = false
     help_full                    = false
     show_hidden                  = false
     version                      = false
     pipelines_testdata_base_path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/'
-    trace_report_suffix          = new java.util.Date().format( 'yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')// Config options
+    trace_report_suffix          = new java.util.Date().format( 'yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')
+
+    // Config options
     config_profile_name        = null
     config_profile_description = null
 
@@ -91,7 +93,18 @@ profiles {
         apptainer.enabled       = false
         docker.runOptions       = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g)'
     }
-    arm {
+    arm64 {
+        process.arch            = 'arm64'
+        // TODO https://github.com/nf-core/modules/issues/6694
+        // For now if you're using arm64 you have to use wave for the sake of the maintainers
+        // wave profile
+        apptainer.ociAutoPull   = true
+        singularity.ociAutoPull = true
+        wave.enabled            = true
+        wave.freeze             = true
+        wave.strategy           = 'conda,container'
+    }
+    emulate_amd64 {
         docker.runOptions       = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g) --platform=linux/amd64'
     }
     singularity {
@@ -148,28 +161,27 @@ profiles {
         wave.freeze             = true
         wave.strategy           = 'conda,container'
     }
-    gitpod {
-        executor.name           = 'local'
-        executor.cpus           = 4
-        executor.memory         = 8.GB
-        process {
-            resourceLimits = [
-                memory: 8.GB,
-                cpus  : 4,
-                time  : 1.h
-            ]
-        }
+    gpu {
+        docker.runOptions       = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g) --gpus all'
+        apptainer.runOptions    = '--nv'
+        singularity.runOptions  = '--nv'
     }
     test      { includeConfig 'conf/test.config'      }
     test_full { includeConfig 'conf/test_full.config' }
 }
 
-// Load nf-core custom profiles from different Institutions
-includeConfig !System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') && params.custom_config_base ? "${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config" : "/dev/null"
+// Set AWS client to anonymous when using the default igenomes_base
+aws.client.anonymous = !params.igenomes_ignore && params.igenomes_base?.startsWith('s3://ngi-igenomes/igenomes/') ?: false
+// Load nf-core custom profiles from different institutions
+
+// If params.custom_config_base is set AND either the NXF_OFFLINE environment variable is not set or params.custom_config_base is a local path, the nfcore_custom.config file from the specified base path is included.
+// Load nf-core/seqinspector custom profiles from different institutions.
+includeConfig params.custom_config_base && (!System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') || !params.custom_config_base.startsWith('http')) ? "${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config" : "/dev/null"
+
 
 // Load nf-core/seqinspector custom profiles from different institutions.
 // TODO nf-core: Optionally, you can add a pipeline-specific nf-core config at https://github.com/nf-core/configs
-// includeConfig !System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') && params.custom_config_base ? "${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/seqinspector.config" : "/dev/null"
+// includeConfig params.custom_config_base && (!System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') || !params.custom_config_base.startsWith('http')) ? "${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/seqinspector.config" : "/dev/null"
 
 // Set default registry for Apptainer, Docker, Podman, Charliecloud and Singularity independent of -profile
 // Will not be used unless Apptainer / Docker / Podman / Charliecloud / Singularity are enabled
@@ -226,7 +238,6 @@ dag {
 
 manifest {
     name            = 'nf-core/seqinspector'
-    author          = """Adrien Coulier""" // The author field is deprecated from Nextflow version 24.10.0, use contributors instead
     contributors    = [
         // TODO nf-core: Update the field with the details of the contributors to your pipeline. New with Nextflow version 24.10.0
         [
@@ -242,46 +253,19 @@ manifest {
     description     = """Pipeline to QC your sequences"""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     defaultBranch   = 'master'
-    nextflowVersion = '!>=24.04.2'
+    nextflowVersion = '!>=25.04.0'
     version         = '1.0dev'
     doi             = ''
 }
 
 // Nextflow plugins
 plugins {
-    id 'nf-schema@2.3.0' // Validation of pipeline parameters and creation of an input channel from a sample sheet
+    id 'nf-schema@2.5.1' // Validation of pipeline parameters and creation of an input channel from a sample sheet
 }
 
 validation {
     defaultIgnoreParams = ["genomes"]
     monochromeLogs = params.monochrome_logs
-    help {
-        enabled = true
-        command = "nextflow run nf-core/seqinspector -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> --input samplesheet.csv --outdir <OUTDIR>"
-        fullParameter = "help_full"
-        showHiddenParameter = "show_hidden"
-        beforeText = """
--\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
-                                        \033[0;32m,--.\033[0;30m/\033[0;32m,-.\033[0m
-\033[0;34m        ___     __   __   __   ___     \033[0;32m/,-._.--~\'\033[0m
-\033[0;34m  |\\ | |__  __ /  ` /  \\ |__) |__         \033[0;33m}  {\033[0m
-\033[0;34m  | \\| |       \\__, \\__/ |  \\ |___     \033[0;32m\\`-._,-`-,\033[0m
-                                        \033[0;32m`._,._,\'\033[0m
-\033[0;35m  nf-core/seqinspector ${manifest.version}\033[0m
--\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
-"""
-        afterText = """${manifest.doi ? "\n* The pipeline\n" : ""}${manifest.doi.tokenize(",").collect { "    https://doi.org/${it.trim().replace('https://doi.org/','')}"}.join("\n")}${manifest.doi ? "\n" : ""}
-* The nf-core framework
-    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
-
-* Software dependencies
-    https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/blob/master/CITATIONS.md
-"""
-    }
-    summary {
-        beforeText = validation.help.beforeText
-        afterText = validation.help.afterText
-    }
 }
 
 // Load modules.config for DSL2 module specific options
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index 2a598bf..6b31d37 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -224,6 +224,18 @@
                     "fa_icon": "far calendar",
                     "description": "Suffix to add to the trace report filename. Default is the date and time in the format yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss.",
                     "hidden": true
+                },
+                "help": {
+                    "type": ["boolean", "string"],
+                    "description": "Display the help message."
+                },
+                "help_full": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Display the full detailed help message."
+                },
+                "show_hidden": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Display hidden parameters in the help message (only works when --help or --help_full are provided)."
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/nf-test.config b/nf-test.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a1fff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nf-test.config
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+config {
+    // location for all nf-test tests
+    testsDir "."
+
+    // nf-test directory including temporary files for each test
+    workDir System.getenv("NFT_WORKDIR") ?: ".nf-test"
+
+    // location of an optional nextflow.config file specific for executing tests
+    configFile "tests/nextflow.config"
+
+    // ignore tests coming from the nf-core/modules repo
+    ignore 'modules/nf-core/**/tests/*', 'subworkflows/nf-core/**/tests/*'
+
+    // run all test with defined profile(s) from the main nextflow.config
+    profile "test"
+
+    // list of filenames or patterns that should be trigger a full test run
+    triggers 'nextflow.config', 'nf-test.config', 'conf/test.config', 'tests/nextflow.config', 'tests/.nftignore'
+
+    // load the necessary plugins
+    plugins {
+        load "nft-utils@0.0.3"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ro-crate-metadata.json b/ro-crate-metadata.json
index 7b22e10..fff8a7c 100644
--- a/ro-crate-metadata.json
+++ b/ro-crate-metadata.json
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
             "@id": "./",
             "@type": "Dataset",
             "creativeWorkStatus": "InProgress",
-            "datePublished": "2025-01-27T16:15:35+00:00",
-            "description": "<h1>\n  <picture>\n    <source media=\"(prefers-color-scheme: dark)\" srcset=\"docs/images/nf-core-seqinspector_logo_dark.png\">\n    <img alt=\"nf-core/seqinspector\" src=\"docs/images/nf-core-seqinspector_logo_light.png\">\n  </picture>\n</h1>\n\n[![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/ci.yml)\n[![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/linting.yml)[![AWS CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI%20tests-full%20size-FF9900?labelColor=000000&logo=Amazon%20AWS)](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/results)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX-1073c8?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX)\n[![nf-test](https://img.shields.io/badge/unit_tests-nf--test-337ab7.svg)](https://www.nf-test.com)\n\n[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A524.04.2-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)\n[![run with conda](http://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)\n[![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)\n[![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)\n[![Launch on Seqera Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Launch%20%F0%9F%9A%80-Seqera%20Platform-%234256e7)](https://cloud.seqera.io/launch?pipeline=https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector)\n\n[![Get help on Slack](http://img.shields.io/badge/slack-nf--core%20%23seqinspector-4A154B?labelColor=000000&logo=slack)](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/seqinspector)[![Follow on Twitter](http://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-%40nf__core-1DA1F2?labelColor=000000&logo=twitter)](https://twitter.com/nf_core)[![Follow on Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-nf__core-6364ff?labelColor=FFFFFF&logo=mastodon)](https://mstdn.science/@nf_core)[![Watch on YouTube](http://img.shields.io/badge/youtube-nf--core-FF0000?labelColor=000000&logo=youtube)](https://www.youtube.com/c/nf-core)\n\n## Introduction\n\n**nf-core/seqinspector** is a bioinformatics pipeline that ...\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core:\n   Complete this sentence with a 2-3 sentence summary of what types of data the pipeline ingests, a brief overview of the\n   major pipeline sections and the types of output it produces. You're giving an overview to someone new\n   to nf-core here, in 15-20 seconds. For an example, see https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/blob/master/README.md#introduction\n-->\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Include a figure that guides the user through the major workflow steps. Many nf-core\n     workflows use the \"tube map\" design for that. See https://nf-co.re/docs/contributing/design_guidelines#examples for examples.   -->\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Fill in short bullet-pointed list of the default steps in the pipeline -->1. Read QC ([`FastQC`](https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/))2. Present QC for raw reads ([`MultiQC`](http://multiqc.info/))\n\n## Usage\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> If you are new to Nextflow and nf-core, please refer to [this page](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/installation) on how to set-up Nextflow. Make sure to [test your setup](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/introduction#how-to-run-a-pipeline) with `-profile test` before running the workflow on actual data.\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Describe the minimum required steps to execute the pipeline, e.g. how to prepare samplesheets.\n     Explain what rows and columns represent. For instance (please edit as appropriate):\n\nFirst, prepare a samplesheet with your input data that looks as follows:\n\n`samplesheet.csv`:\n\n```csv\nsample,fastq_1,fastq_2\nCONTROL_REP1,AEG588A1_S1_L002_R1_001.fastq.gz,AEG588A1_S1_L002_R2_001.fastq.gz\n```\n\nEach row represents a fastq file (single-end) or a pair of fastq files (paired end).\n\n-->\n\nNow, you can run the pipeline using:\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: update the following command to include all required parameters for a minimal example -->\n\n```bash\nnextflow run nf-core/seqinspector \\\n   -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> \\\n   --input samplesheet.csv \\\n   --outdir <OUTDIR>\n```\n\n> [!WARNING]\n> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/getting_started/configuration#custom-configuration-files).\n\nFor more details and further functionality, please refer to the [usage documentation](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/usage) and the [parameter documentation](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/parameters).\n\n## Pipeline output\n\nTo see the results of an example test run with a full size dataset refer to the [results](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/results) tab on the nf-core website pipeline page.\nFor more details about the output files and reports, please refer to the\n[output documentation](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/output).\n\n## Credits\n\nnf-core/seqinspector was originally written by Adrien Coulier.\n\nWe thank the following people for their extensive assistance in the development of this pipeline:\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: If applicable, make list of people who have also contributed -->\n\n## Contributions and Support\n\nIf you would like to contribute to this pipeline, please see the [contributing guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).\n\nFor further information or help, don't hesitate to get in touch on the [Slack `#seqinspector` channel](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/seqinspector) (you can join with [this invite](https://nf-co.re/join/slack)).\n\n## Citations\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Add citation for pipeline after first release. Uncomment lines below and update Zenodo doi and badge at the top of this file. -->\n<!-- If you use nf-core/seqinspector for your analysis, please cite it using the following doi: [10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXX](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXX) -->\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Add bibliography of tools and data used in your pipeline -->\n\nAn extensive list of references for the tools used by the pipeline can be found in the [`CITATIONS.md`](CITATIONS.md) file.\n\nYou can cite the `nf-core` publication as follows:\n\n> **The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines.**\n>\n> Philip Ewels, Alexander Peltzer, Sven Fillinger, Harshil Patel, Johannes Alneberg, Andreas Wilm, Maxime Ulysse Garcia, Paolo Di Tommaso & Sven Nahnsen.\n>\n> _Nat Biotechnol._ 2020 Feb 13. doi: [10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x](https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x).\n",
+            "datePublished": "2025-10-16T13:38:57+00:00",
+            "description": "<h1>\n  <picture>\n    <source media=\"(prefers-color-scheme: dark)\" srcset=\"docs/images/nf-core-seqinspector_logo_dark.png\">\n    <img alt=\"nf-core/seqinspector\" src=\"docs/images/nf-core-seqinspector_logo_light.png\">\n  </picture>\n</h1>\n\n[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codespaces/new/nf-core/seqinspector)\n[![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml)\n[![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/linting.yml)[![AWS CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI%20tests-full%20size-FF9900?labelColor=000000&logo=Amazon%20AWS)](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/results)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX-1073c8?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX)\n[![nf-test](https://img.shields.io/badge/unit_tests-nf--test-337ab7.svg)](https://www.nf-test.com)\n\n[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-%E2%89%A525.04.0-green?style=flat&logo=nextflow&logoColor=white&color=%230DC09D&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnextflow.io)](https://www.nextflow.io/)\n[![nf-core template version](https://img.shields.io/badge/nf--core_template-3.4.1-green?style=flat&logo=nfcore&logoColor=white&color=%2324B064&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnf-co.re)](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/3.4.1)\n[![run with conda](http://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)\n[![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)\n[![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)\n[![Launch on Seqera Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Launch%20%F0%9F%9A%80-Seqera%20Platform-%234256e7)](https://cloud.seqera.io/launch?pipeline=https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector)\n\n[![Get help on Slack](http://img.shields.io/badge/slack-nf--core%20%23seqinspector-4A154B?labelColor=000000&logo=slack)](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/seqinspector)[![Follow on Bluesky](https://img.shields.io/badge/bluesky-%40nf__core-1185fe?labelColor=000000&logo=bluesky)](https://bsky.app/profile/nf-co.re)[![Follow on Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-nf__core-6364ff?labelColor=FFFFFF&logo=mastodon)](https://mstdn.science/@nf_core)[![Watch on YouTube](http://img.shields.io/badge/youtube-nf--core-FF0000?labelColor=000000&logo=youtube)](https://www.youtube.com/c/nf-core)\n\n## Introduction\n\n**nf-core/seqinspector** is a bioinformatics pipeline that ...\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core:\n   Complete this sentence with a 2-3 sentence summary of what types of data the pipeline ingests, a brief overview of the\n   major pipeline sections and the types of output it produces. You're giving an overview to someone new\n   to nf-core here, in 15-20 seconds. For an example, see https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/blob/master/README.md#introduction\n-->\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Include a figure that guides the user through the major workflow steps. Many nf-core\n     workflows use the \"tube map\" design for that. See https://nf-co.re/docs/guidelines/graphic_design/workflow_diagrams#examples for examples.   -->\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Fill in short bullet-pointed list of the default steps in the pipeline -->1. Read QC ([`FastQC`](https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/))2. Present QC for raw reads ([`MultiQC`](http://multiqc.info/))\n\n## Usage\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> If you are new to Nextflow and nf-core, please refer to [this page](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/installation) on how to set-up Nextflow. Make sure to [test your setup](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/introduction#how-to-run-a-pipeline) with `-profile test` before running the workflow on actual data.\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Describe the minimum required steps to execute the pipeline, e.g. how to prepare samplesheets.\n     Explain what rows and columns represent. For instance (please edit as appropriate):\n\nFirst, prepare a samplesheet with your input data that looks as follows:\n\n`samplesheet.csv`:\n\n```csv\nsample,fastq_1,fastq_2\nCONTROL_REP1,AEG588A1_S1_L002_R1_001.fastq.gz,AEG588A1_S1_L002_R2_001.fastq.gz\n```\n\nEach row represents a fastq file (single-end) or a pair of fastq files (paired end).\n\n-->\n\nNow, you can run the pipeline using:\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: update the following command to include all required parameters for a minimal example -->\n\n```bash\nnextflow run nf-core/seqinspector \\\n   -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> \\\n   --input samplesheet.csv \\\n   --outdir <OUTDIR>\n```\n\n> [!WARNING]\n> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/getting_started/configuration#custom-configuration-files).\n\nFor more details and further functionality, please refer to the [usage documentation](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/usage) and the [parameter documentation](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/parameters).\n\n## Pipeline output\n\nTo see the results of an example test run with a full size dataset refer to the [results](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/results) tab on the nf-core website pipeline page.\nFor more details about the output files and reports, please refer to the\n[output documentation](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector/output).\n\n## Credits\n\nnf-core/seqinspector was originally written by Adrien Coulier.\n\nWe thank the following people for their extensive assistance in the development of this pipeline:\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: If applicable, make list of people who have also contributed -->\n\n## Contributions and Support\n\nIf you would like to contribute to this pipeline, please see the [contributing guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).\n\nFor further information or help, don't hesitate to get in touch on the [Slack `#seqinspector` channel](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/seqinspector) (you can join with [this invite](https://nf-co.re/join/slack)).\n\n## Citations\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Add citation for pipeline after first release. Uncomment lines below and update Zenodo doi and badge at the top of this file. -->\n<!-- If you use nf-core/seqinspector for your analysis, please cite it using the following doi: [10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXX](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXX) -->\n\n<!-- TODO nf-core: Add bibliography of tools and data used in your pipeline -->\n\nAn extensive list of references for the tools used by the pipeline can be found in the [`CITATIONS.md`](CITATIONS.md) file.\n\nYou can cite the `nf-core` publication as follows:\n\n> **The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines.**\n>\n> Philip Ewels, Alexander Peltzer, Sven Fillinger, Harshil Patel, Johannes Alneberg, Andreas Wilm, Maxime Ulysse Garcia, Paolo Di Tommaso & Sven Nahnsen.\n>\n> _Nat Biotechnol._ 2020 Feb 13. doi: [10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x](https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x).\n",
             "hasPart": [
                 {
                     "@id": "main.nf"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
             },
             "mentions": [
                 {
-                    "@id": "#d25cadcb-fa1a-425e-8f2d-e5d85d309c29"
+                    "@id": "#cc905640-68e5-4225-9aba-bfd290c08fdf"
                 }
             ],
             "name": "nf-core/seqinspector"
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                 }
             ],
             "dateCreated": "",
-            "dateModified": "2025-01-27T16:15:35Z",
+            "dateModified": "2025-10-16T13:38:57Z",
             "dct:conformsTo": "https://bioschemas.org/profiles/ComputationalWorkflow/1.0-RELEASE/",
             "keywords": ["nf-core", "nextflow", "genomics", "quality-control"],
             "license": ["MIT"],
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@
             "url": {
                 "@id": "https://www.nextflow.io/"
             },
-            "version": "!>=24.04.2"
+            "version": "!>=25.04.0"
         },
         {
-            "@id": "#d25cadcb-fa1a-425e-8f2d-e5d85d309c29",
+            "@id": "#cc905640-68e5-4225-9aba-bfd290c08fdf",
             "@type": "TestSuite",
             "instance": [
                 {
-                    "@id": "#ec706afc-83c1-4f5f-bb83-661e72cacb33"
+                    "@id": "#2cb8f151-0728-49b6-969d-b792c1b849b0"
                 }
             ],
             "mainEntity": {
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@
             "name": "Test suite for nf-core/seqinspector"
         },
         {
-            "@id": "#ec706afc-83c1-4f5f-bb83-661e72cacb33",
+            "@id": "#2cb8f151-0728-49b6-969d-b792c1b849b0",
             "@type": "TestInstance",
             "name": "GitHub Actions workflow for testing nf-core/seqinspector",
-            "resource": "repos/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/ci.yml",
+            "resource": "repos/nf-core/seqinspector/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml",
             "runsOn": {
                 "@id": "https://w3id.org/ro/terms/test#GithubService"
             },
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_seqinspector_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_seqinspector_pipeline/main.nf
index 297dc0d..314467d 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_seqinspector_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_seqinspector_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 include { UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin'
 include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { samplesheetToList         } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+include { paramsHelp                } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { completionEmail           } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { completionSummary         } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { imNotification            } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
     nextflow_cli_args //   array: List of positional nextflow CLI args
     outdir            //  string: The output directory where the results will be saved
     input             //  string: Path to input samplesheet
+    help              // boolean: Display help message and exit
+    help_full         // boolean: Show the full help message
+    show_hidden       // boolean: Show hidden parameters in the help message
 
     main:
 
@@ -50,10 +54,35 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
     //
     // Validate parameters and generate parameter summary to stdout
     //
+    before_text = """
+-\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
+                                        \033[0;32m,--.\033[0;30m/\033[0;32m,-.\033[0m
+\033[0;34m        ___     __   __   __   ___     \033[0;32m/,-._.--~\'\033[0m
+\033[0;34m  |\\ | |__  __ /  ` /  \\ |__) |__         \033[0;33m}  {\033[0m
+\033[0;34m  | \\| |       \\__, \\__/ |  \\ |___     \033[0;32m\\`-._,-`-,\033[0m
+                                        \033[0;32m`._,._,\'\033[0m
+\033[0;35m  nf-core/seqinspector ${workflow.manifest.version}\033[0m
+-\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
+"""
+    after_text = """${workflow.manifest.doi ? "\n* The pipeline\n" : ""}${workflow.manifest.doi.tokenize(",").collect { "    https://doi.org/${it.trim().replace('https://doi.org/','')}"}.join("\n")}${workflow.manifest.doi ? "\n" : ""}
+* The nf-core framework
+    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
+
+* Software dependencies
+    https://github.com/nf-core/seqinspector/blob/master/CITATIONS.md
+"""
+    command = "nextflow run ${workflow.manifest.name} -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> --input samplesheet.csv --outdir <OUTDIR>"
+
     UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN (
         workflow,
         validate_params,
-        null
+        null,
+        help,
+        help_full,
+        show_hidden,
+        before_text,
+        after_text,
+        command
     )
 
     //
@@ -261,4 +290,3 @@ def methodsDescriptionText(mqc_methods_yaml) {
 
     return description_html.toString()
 }
-
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/tests/tags.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/tests/tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f847611..0000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/tests/tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-subworkflows/utils_nextflow_pipeline:
-  - subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/**
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/tests/tags.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/tests/tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ac8523c..0000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/tests/tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-subworkflows/utils_nfcore_pipeline:
-  - subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/**
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
index 4994303..ee4738c 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 include { paramsSummaryLog   } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+include { paramsHelp         } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 
 workflow UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN {
 
@@ -15,29 +16,56 @@ workflow UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN {
                         //           when this input is empty it will automatically use the configured schema or
                         //           "${projectDir}/nextflow_schema.json" as default. This input should not be empty
                         //           for meta pipelines
+    help                // boolean:  show help message
+    help_full           // boolean:  show full help message
+    show_hidden         // boolean:  show hidden parameters in help message
+    before_text         // string:   text to show before the help message and parameters summary
+    after_text          // string:   text to show after the help message and parameters summary
+    command             // string:   an example command of the pipeline
 
     main:
 
+    if(help || help_full) {
+        help_options = [
+            beforeText: before_text,
+            afterText: after_text,
+            command: command,
+            showHidden: show_hidden,
+            fullHelp: help_full,
+        ]
+        if(parameters_schema) {
+            help_options << [parametersSchema: parameters_schema]
+        }
+        log.info paramsHelp(
+            help_options,
+            params.help instanceof String ? params.help : "",
+        )
+        exit 0
+    }
+
     //
     // Print parameter summary to stdout. This will display the parameters
     // that differ from the default given in the JSON schema
     //
+
+    summary_options = [:]
     if(parameters_schema) {
-        log.info paramsSummaryLog(input_workflow, parameters_schema:parameters_schema)
-    } else {
-        log.info paramsSummaryLog(input_workflow)
+        summary_options << [parametersSchema: parameters_schema]
     }
+    log.info before_text
+    log.info paramsSummaryLog(summary_options, input_workflow)
+    log.info after_text
 
     //
     // Validate the parameters using nextflow_schema.json or the schema
     // given via the validation.parametersSchema configuration option
     //
     if(validate_params) {
+        validateOptions = [:]
         if(parameters_schema) {
-            validateParameters(parameters_schema:parameters_schema)
-        } else {
-            validateParameters()
+            validateOptions << [parametersSchema: parameters_schema]
         }
+        validateParameters(validateOptions)
     }
 
     emit:
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
index 8fb3016..c977917 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ nextflow_workflow {
                 input[0] = workflow
                 input[1] = validate_params
                 input[2] = ""
+                input[3] = false
+                input[4] = false
+                input[5] = false
+                input[6] = ""
+                input[7] = ""
+                input[8] = ""
                 """
             }
         }
@@ -51,6 +57,12 @@ nextflow_workflow {
                 input[0] = workflow
                 input[1] = validate_params
                 input[2] = ""
+                input[3] = false
+                input[4] = false
+                input[5] = false
+                input[6] = ""
+                input[7] = ""
+                input[8] = ""
                 """
             }
         }
@@ -77,6 +89,12 @@ nextflow_workflow {
                 input[0] = workflow
                 input[1] = validate_params
                 input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                input[3] = false
+                input[4] = false
+                input[5] = false
+                input[6] = ""
+                input[7] = ""
+                input[8] = ""
                 """
             }
         }
@@ -103,6 +121,12 @@ nextflow_workflow {
                 input[0] = workflow
                 input[1] = validate_params
                 input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                input[3] = false
+                input[4] = false
+                input[5] = false
+                input[6] = ""
+                input[7] = ""
+                input[8] = ""
                 """
             }
         }
@@ -114,4 +138,36 @@ nextflow_workflow {
             )
         }
     }
+
+    test("Should create a help message") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+                outdir      = null
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = true
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                input[3] = true
+                input[4] = false
+                input[5] = false
+                input[6] = "Before"
+                input[7] = "After"
+                input[8] = "nextflow run test/test"
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success }
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
index 0907ac5..8d8c737 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 plugins {
-    id "nf-schema@2.1.0"
+    id "nf-schema@2.5.1"
 }
 
 validation {
     parametersSchema = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
     monochromeLogs = true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/.nftignore b/tests/.nftignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e128a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.nftignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.DS_Store
+multiqc/multiqc_data/fastqc_top_overrepresented_sequences_table.txt
+multiqc/multiqc_data/multiqc.parquet
+multiqc/multiqc_data/multiqc.log
+multiqc/multiqc_data/multiqc_data.json
+multiqc/multiqc_data/multiqc_sources.txt
+multiqc/multiqc_data/multiqc_software_versions.txt
+multiqc/multiqc_data/llms-full.txt
+multiqc/multiqc_plots/{svg,pdf,png}/*.{svg,pdf,png}
+multiqc/multiqc_report.html
+fastqc/*_fastqc.{html,zip}
+pipeline_info/*.{html,json,txt,yml}
diff --git a/tests/default.nf.test b/tests/default.nf.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e42796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/default.nf.test
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+nextflow_pipeline {
+
+    name "Test pipeline"
+    script "../main.nf"
+    tag "pipeline"
+
+    test("-profile test") {
+
+        when {
+            params {
+                outdir = "$outputDir"
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            // stable_name: All files + folders in ${params.outdir}/ with a stable name
+            def stable_name = getAllFilesFromDir(params.outdir, relative: true, includeDir: true, ignore: ['pipeline_info/*.{html,json,txt}'])
+            // stable_path: All files in ${params.outdir}/ with stable content
+            def stable_path = getAllFilesFromDir(params.outdir, ignoreFile: 'tests/.nftignore')
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success},
+                { assert snapshot(
+                    // pipeline versions.yml file for multiqc from which Nextflow version is removed because we test pipelines on multiple Nextflow versions
+                    removeNextflowVersion("$outputDir/pipeline_info/nf_core_seqinspector_software_mqc_versions.yml"),
+                    // All stable path name, with a relative path
+                    stable_name,
+                    // All files with stable contents
+                    stable_path
+                ).match() }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/nextflow.config b/tests/nextflow.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb96bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nextflow.config
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+========================================================================================
+    Nextflow config file for running nf-test tests
+========================================================================================
+*/
+
+// TODO nf-core: Specify any additional parameters here
+// Or any resources requirements
+params {
+    modules_testdata_base_path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/modules/data/'
+    pipelines_testdata_base_path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/refs/heads/seqinspector'
+}
+
+aws.client.anonymous = true // fixes S3 access issues on self-hosted runners