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Repairs a kernelspec whose kernel.json argv points at a Python interpreter that no longer exists (deleted venv or conda env). Reinstalls the spec from a live interpreter or rewrites argv to the current Python. Not for specs that are invisible to the server, and not for kernels that start but crash on import.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - api reference lists endpoint that no longer exists, clients get 404 error - agent skipped the down-migration test and the rollback script references columns that no longer exist
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: kernelspec json references a python that no longer exists
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Diagnoses the split where jupyter kernelspec list shows a kernel the notebook server cannot find, caused by kernelspecs living in different search paths (user vs system vs env). Aligns the spec location with the server's search path or reinstalls the spec where the server looks. Not for specs whose Python binary is …
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - vscode notebook kernel picker shows no kernels: jupyter not on PATH - Jupyter kernel-environment reproducibility: pin the kernel, lock deps, make notebooks rerun clean
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: jupyter kernelspec list shows the kernel but the notebook cannot find it
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Fixes the VS Code notebook kernel picker showing no kernels because jupyter is not on PATH. Use when the picker is empty but Python itself works. Not for wrong-interpreter or wrong-kernel issues.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Jupyter kernel-environment reproducibility: pin the kernel, lock deps, make notebooks rerun clean - jupyter notebook kernel busy forever, interrupt not working, kernel hung
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: vscode notebook kernel picker shows no kernels: jupyter not on PATH
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes VS Code Jupyter failing to start the kernel after the wrong interpreter was selected. Use when the kernel error follows an interpreter change. Not for missing jupyter on PATH or kernel picker issues.
Fixes Voila dashboards whose kernel dies on start because ipykernel is missing from the Voila environment. Use when the dashboard page loads but no kernel can start. Not for template 404s or websocket 403s.
Fixes an agent failing to set the kernel spec in a scheduled container: bake the spec into the image and use absolute python paths. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent's scheduler running a notebook twice concurrently and corrupting output: add locking so only one instance runs at a time. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent's scheduled run failing with ImportError from a python mismatch: the scheduler's python differs from the notebook's kernel. Pin both to the same interpreter. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent scheduling a notebook whose cron env lacks ipykernel: install the kernel into the cron environment and register the spec with an absolute python path. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's notebook run crashed with different results than the interactive run, execution failed - agent blamed the database but the latency was in connection acquisition, not query execution
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent scheduled the notebook but the cron env had no ipykernel, execut
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent mis-parsed notebook JSON: treated outputs as source cells, parser failed - the agent's diff flagged every defined term as changed - counterparty capitalized them all and the agent treated...
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's notebook JSON diff failed: flagged every cell as changed,
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Fixes an agent merging two notebooks with duplicated kernel metadata: merge cell arrays structurally and reconcile metadata once. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent merged convenience and cause termination into one clause - two termination sections and it quoted the wrong... - [agent merged two branches and created branching alembic heads without noticing …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent merged two notebooks and duplicated the kernel metadata, execut
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's regex corrupted notebook metadata on rewrite, json broke, rewrite failed - agent mis-parsed notebook JSON: treated outputs as source cells, parser failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's nbformat write failed: invalid JSON, notebook won't open, p
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's webhook signature check failed in production - it signed the parsed JSON instead of the raw body bytes - agent mis-parsed airflow task logs and missed the failure signal
Problem outcome: unknown