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Fix this in Article migration agent by take the article inventory from the source export or sitemap when the index scrape is empty, reconcile the count with the source collection totals, and never migrate from an empty inventory. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help center. Not for …
Fix this in Permission audit agent by use the brand article export or API listing when scraping returns empty, verify the article count per brand against the admin total, and refuse to report a brand as clear based on an empty scrape. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help center. Not…
Fix this in Broken redirect crawl agent by fall back to the sitemap index and the article export when page scraping returns empty, confirm the address count against the published article count, and never run a redirect audit on an empty address list. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the …
Fixes the Search check agent problem where Scraper returned empty results from Zendesk ticket export during search check by applying the specific fix in the steps, proving it on one article, collection or query first, then confirming readers see the correction. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents in t…
Fixes the Search check agent problem where Browser automation failed on dashboard page while checking search results by applying the specific fix in the steps, proving it on one article, collection or query first, then confirming readers see the correction. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents in the h…
Fixes the Search check agent problem where Agent failed to check help center search results for an error query - timeout by applying the specific fix in the steps, proving it on one article, collection or query first, then confirming readers see the correction. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents in t…
Fixes the duplicate thread merge agent failure Scraper failed on the forum search query log - empty results during thread merging by applying the specific fix in the steps, proving it on one small scope first, then rerunning and reconciling counts. Use when this problem blocks moderation, community operations or a mem…
Diagnoses a task killed by SIGKILL under the LocalExecutor, which almost always means the host OOM killer, and shows how to prove it and size the task or the box. Use when a task dies with no Python traceback. Not for application errors that raise an exception you can read.
Short answer: start the server.
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…
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.
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
Problem outcome: unknown
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
Problem outcome: unknown
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.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - vscode notebook kernel picker shows no kernels: jupyter not on PATH - jupyter notebook kernel busy forever, interrupt not working, kernel hung
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: vscode jupyter variable explorer empty: kernel connected but not the
Problem outcome: unknown