diff --git a/generate_sigs_nextstrains.py b/generate_sigs_nextstrains.py
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+import os
+import json
+import requests
+from datetime import datetime
+import yaml
+import argparse
+
+def load_dataset():
+    url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corneliusroemer/pango-sequences/main/data/pango-consensus-sequences_summary.json'
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    full_data = json.loads(response.content)
+    
+    return full_data
+
+def prepare_header(data):
+    return {
+        'variant': {
+            'nextstrain': data['nextstrainClade'],
+            'pangolin': data['lineage'],
+            'short': data['lineage'].lower().replace('.', '_'),
+            'reference': {
+                'address': 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corneliusroemer/pango-sequences/main/data/pango-consensus-sequences_summary.json',
+                'accessed_at': datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+def prepare_mut(data):
+    mut_dict = {}
+    if data['nucSubstitutions'] != ['']:
+        for item in data['nucSubstitutions']:
+            start_letter = item[0]
+            end_letter = item[-1]
+            number = int(item[1:-1])
+            mut_dict[number] = f"{start_letter}>{end_letter}"
+        return {'mut': mut_dict}
+    else:
+        return ''
+
+def prepare_del(data):
+    del_dict = {}
+    if data['nucDeletions'] != ['']:
+        for item in data['nucDeletions']:
+            if '-' in item:
+                start, end = map(int, item.split('-'))
+                key = start
+                value = str((end - start) * '-')
+            else:
+                key = int(item)
+                value = '-'
+            del_dict[key] = value
+        return {'del': del_dict}
+    else:
+        return '' 
+
+def prepare_yaml(data):
+    header = prepare_header(data)
+    mut = prepare_mut(data)
+    del_section = prepare_del(data)
+
+    output_data = header
+
+    if mut != '':
+        output_data['mut'] = mut['mut']
+
+    if del_section != '':
+        output_data['del'] = del_section['del']
+
+    return output_data
+
+def process_dataset(full_data, outdir):
+    if not os.path.exists(outdir):
+        os.makedirs(outdir)
+    for data in full_data.values():
+        output_data = prepare_yaml(data)
+        with open(f"{outdir}/{output_data['variant']['short']}.yaml", "w") as yaml_file:
+            yaml.dump(output_data, yaml_file, sort_keys=False)
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--outdir', default='voc_nextstrain', help='The output directory for the YAML files')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    outdir = args.outdir
+
+    full_data = load_dataset()
+    process_dataset(full_data, outdir)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()