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Fix this in Synonym list agent by maintain synonyms through the settings or API path instead of the admin page, and use the browser only to run one reader search that proves a new pair works. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help center. Not for platform outages or billing changes ow…
Fix this in Help Scout Docs by search draft collections from the agent preview instead of the public index, and if readers need those articles, publish the collection and request a reindex rather than expecting public search to surface drafts. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help ce…
Fixes a Hex dashboard cell that fails with a Python kernel error by repairing the cell environment, inputs and code so the notebook report runs end to end. Use when one Python cell in a Hex project errors and blocks downstream cells. Not for a SQL cell failure, which runs on the warehouse rather than the kernel.
Fixes an agent calling the sandbox ERP endpoint instead of production, so its correction job failed or wrote to the wrong system: stop the agent, verify which system holds what, quarantine sandbox writes, and rerun in production with environment guards. Use when environment confusion caused the failure. Not for produc…
Breaks the spawn loop when a kernelspec points at a deleted conda environment by removing the stale spec and registering a kernel for a live environment. Stops the never-ready kernel from retrying forever. Not for kernels that start but crash on import, and not for specs invisible due to search paths.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent ai gateway fallback pointed at a deleted gateway - agent deleted old migration files thinking they were stale - now new environments cant bootstrap
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's kernelspec pointed at a deleted conda env: spawn loop, n
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's regex corrupted notebook metadata on rewrite, json broke, rewrite failed - agent's nbformat write failed: invalid JSON, notebook won't open, parse error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent interrupted the kernel mid-write: notebook JSON corrupted
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes notebooks executed against the base kernel instead of the project's virtualenv, so cells import the project's packages instead of the wrong set. Pins the kernel at the top of agent workflows and verifies the interpreter path. Not for kernels that fail to start, and not for missing packages inside the correct env…
Breaks agents out of infinite retry loops on deterministic cell errors by classifying errors before retrying and enforcing a retry budget with backoff. Retries only transient failures. Not for cells that fail intermittently under load, and not for kernel crashes that need a restart policy.
Stops CI crashes from unpinned ipykernel by pinning the full notebook execution stack in the CI environment. Makes agent-run notebooks reproducible across rebuilds. Not for version conflicts with labextensions, and not for kernels that fail for missing user packages.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent deployed the notebook to airflow without pinning dependencies, build failed - candidate ranking agent changed its scores between runs - temperature wasn't set to 0 and the rubric drifted
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent ran the notebook in CI without pinning ipykernel: version drift crash
Problem outcome: unknown
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
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.
Fixes the VS Code Jupyter variable explorer showing empty because the kernel connected is not the right one. Use when variables exist but the explorer shows nothing. Not for kernel start failures.
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.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent broke the notebook when it tried to execute a cell with missing input file - agent froze when the kernel prompt asked for interactive input mid-run, gave up, run failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent shipped a scheduled notebook with an interactive input() cell
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.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's scan scheduler broke: overlapping runs corrupted the baseline - agent's regex corrupted notebook metadata on rewrite, json broke, rewrite failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's scheduler broke the run: notebook executed twice concurrently, corr
Problem outcome: unknown