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Public search query: agent executed cells against the base kernel instead of the venv: wron
Problem outcome: unknown
Recovers the reactive graph lost when exporting a marimo notebook to static ipynb, by treating the export as a snapshot and keeping marimo as the source of truth. Not for marimo notebooks that fail to run, and not for ipynb execution-order bugs.
Prevents jupytext paired-format sync from overwriting manual edits when the notebook and its text pair diverge. Establishes a single source of truth and a sync-before-edit discipline for agents. Not for jupytext round-trip parse errors, and not for notebooks that were never paired.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent synced candidate notes to the ATS and overwrote the recruiter's manual edits - last-write-wins with no conflict... - jupytext --to py produced an empty file: paired formats out of sync
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's jupytext sync overwrote manual edits: paired-format race condition
Problem outcome: unknown
Shrinks repositories bloated by committed executed notebooks carrying megabytes of outputs. Strips outputs before commit with pre-commit hooks or clean filters, and repairs history that already contains the bloat. Not for notebooks that are large because of source code, and not for output-stripping that breaks papermi…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's top-to-bottom execution failed: outputs reference stale variables, wrong results - agent loop detected: kernel restart failed after 10 timeouts, agent stuck
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's quarto render failed: executed with the wrong kernel, out
Problem outcome: unknown
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 converted script failing in CI with a missing display dependency: notebooks import display helpers that have no place in headless scripts. Strip or guard display imports on conversion. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent failing to round-trip a notebook through jupytext: pin matching versions and use the paired read/write. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's nbformat write failed: invalid JSON, notebook won't open, parse error - notebook json parser failed on a trailing comma, json decode error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent failed to round-trip the notebook through jupytext, parse error
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes a notebook JSON parser failing on a trailing comma: remove the comma; JSON forbids them. Validate after every hand edit. For agent builders and humans.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent mis-parsed notebook JSON: treated outputs as source cells, parser failed - agent's nbformat write failed: invalid JSON, notebook won't open, parse error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: notebook json parser failed on a trailing comma, json decode error
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent's nbformat write dropping the cell tags papermill needs: preserve tags on every cell transformation. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's nbformat write failed: invalid JSON, notebook won't open, parse error - agent could not resume a partial papermill run after a crash, execution failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's nbformat write failed: lost the cell tags papermill needs
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent crashing on a raw cell it mistook for code: filter by cell_type and never execute non-code cells. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent broke the notebook when it tried to execute a cell with missing input file - agent passed the cursor double-URL-encoded - the API 400d and the agent retried the same bad cursor for hours
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: raw cell mis-identified as code crashed when agent tried to execute it
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent's notebook diff flagging every cell as changed: diff on cell identity and content, not on volatile metadata. For agent builders.
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,
Problem outcome: unknown