failed to connect to the docker api at npipe:////./pipe/dockerdesktoplinuxengine
Short answer: Docker Desktop is not running (or not finished starting) on your Windows machine.
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Short answer: Docker Desktop is not running (or not finished starting) on your Windows machine.
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Fixes pdf2image 'Unable to get page count. Is poppler installed and in PATH?' in Docker: install poppler-utils in the Dockerfile, or pass poppler_path explicitly, and verify inside the built image. Use when PDF conversion works locally but fails in containers. Not for corrupt-PDF or permission errors.
Installs the OS libraries Playwright browsers need inside CI docker images. Use when the run fails with Host system is missing dependencies to run browsers. Covers installing with playwright install --with-deps and switching to the official Playwright docker image. Not for browsers that were never downloaded.
Explains GitHub Actions docker failures with exit code 125, covering daemon errors versus container errors. Reach for it when a docker run or docker container step fails and the logs blame the daemon, not your app.
Debugs docker buildx failures on RUN lines reporting the shell command did not complete successfully. Reach for it when a Dockerfile step that worked locally or previously starts failing in CI builds.
Fixes a docs agent whose MkDocs build fails in Docker on missing system packages. The skill shows how to identify the missing library from the build log, add it to the image, and keep the agent's build environment reproducible. It covers the common native deps for material and PDF export plugins.
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