I have a series of rules, such as follows:

checkpoint barcode:
    input: get_basecall_input
    output:
        data = directory(config["results"] + "barcode"),
        complete = touch(config["results"] + ".temp/complete/barcode.complete")
    params:
        guppy_container=config["guppy_container"],
        barcode_kit=config["barcode"]["kit"]
    shell:
        r"""
        guppy_barcoder \
        --input_path {input} \
        --save_path {output.data} \
        --barcode_kits {params.barcode_kit} \
        --recursive
        """

def get_barcode_input(wildcards):
    return glob.glob(config["results"] + f"barcode/{wildcards.barcode}/*.fastq")

rule merge_barcodes:
    input: get_barcode_input
    output: config["results"] + "barcode/{barcode}.merged.fastq"
    params: barcode_folder = config["results"] + "barcode/{barcode}"
    shell:
        r"""
        cat {input} > {output}
        """

def get_merged_barcodes(wildcards):
    barcode_output = checkpoints.barcode.get(**wildcards).output[0]
    return expand(config["results"] + "barcode/{barcode}.merged.fastq",
        barcode=glob_wildcards(os.path.join(barcode_output, "/{barcode}/*.fastq")).barcode)

rule create_classified_unclassified_barcode:
    input: get_merged_barcodes
    output:
        classified = config["results"] + ".temp/barcode.classified.merged.fastq",
        unclassified = config["results"] + ".temp/barcode.unclassified.merged.fastq"
    shell:
        r"""
        for file in {input}; do
            if [[ "$file" =~ barcode[0-9]{{2}} ]]; then
                cat "$file" >> {output.classified}
            elif [[ "$file" =~ unclassified ]]; then
                cat "$file" >> {output.unclassified}
            fi
        done
        """

However, I seem to be unable to get the final rule, create_classified_unclassified_barcode to work properly. I have tried with rule merge_barcodes, but then create_classified_unclassified_barcode runs immediately after rule barcode, the output from rule merge_barcodes is not taken as input, and nothing is done.

I have also tried using a checkpoint on rule merge_barcodes, but then I get errors that say Missing wildcard values for barcode, which makes sense because I am not using wildcards in create_classified_unclassified_barcode.

I have found this biostars link and this website that show something similar, but they're just different enough that I can't seem to get my own workflow to work. I feel the second link is basically the same exact thing as what I am trying to do. When I implement this (as I have done above), snakemake tries to Updating job 3 (create_classified_unclassified_barcode), and then no input is listed for the job once the workflow starts.

I appreciate any help I can get on this problem