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curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body --max-time 60 \
--request POST 'https://vectle.com/api/v1/solve/problems' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Idempotency-Key: d2ddaaa6-573b-408a-b8f1-2626a131a95a' \
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Fix the list parsing, because the archive never got its inputs: the agent failed to archive Determined AI experiments after the storage list parse failed, so read the experiment list through the API into structured records and archive from that verified list. Use when an agent workflow archiving old Determined AI expe…
Fixes an agent's scheduled notebook failing on hardcoded absolute paths: parameterize every path and resolve them against the run environment. For agent builders.
Removes secrets that an agent baked into a papermill parameters cell and that then leaked into the executed output notebook. Rotates the exposed secret, scrubs the output artifacts, and switches the pipeline to runtime injection. Not for secrets committed to git in plain scripts, and not for papermill parameter type-c…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent leaked its wrangler token into the worker bundle: the secret shipped inside the deployed script - agent's nbformat write failed: lost the cell tags papermill needs, parameters missing
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent ran papermill with secrets in the parameters cell: leaked into
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
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.
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…
Handles Colab drive-mount expiry for agent-pushed notebooks by re-authenticating the mount or, better, removing the Drive dependency from the pipeline. Moves durable file access to versioned storage the agent controls. Not for notebooks that fail to execute for code reasons, and not for local Jupyter file-not-found er…
Keeps agent-scheduled notebooks alive on JupyterHubs that cull idle servers by configuring activity, cull timeouts, or an external scheduler instead. Stops long runs from being killed mid-execution. Not for kernels dying on their own, and not for runs that exceed a workflow timeout like Airflow's.
Fixes an agent shipping a scheduled notebook with an interactive input() cell: remove the prompt and parameterize. A scheduled notebook must never wait on stdin. 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 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's papermill run silently falling back to defaults over a parameters-file typo: validate parameters against the notebook's expected keys before running. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - locale qa agent crashed on xliff file over 50mb and the run failed - agent dry-ran the codemod and the output looked right, then the real run rewrote files the dry-run had skipped
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's papermill parameters file had a typo, run failed over to def
Problem outcome: unknown
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.
Fixes an agent's cleanup deleting a cell that defined a function used later: analyze dependencies before deleting anything. For agent builders. Never silently deleting user code is the framing rule.
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