## TL;DR
Parse the export with a real CSV parser, never line splitting: MLflow param values can contain newlines and commas, which the export quotes, and a parser that treats each physical line as a row shatters those records. Read the file with a quoting-aware CSV reader, validate the header and per-row column counts, and only then map fields.

```text
parser failed on MLflow CSV export with multiline param values and threw a parse error
```

## Use this when
- The run or call fails with this symptom: parser failed on an MLflow CSV export with multiline param values.
- You are working on an agent importing an MLflow CSV export of runs and params and the failure repeats on the same run or configuration.
- You need the failing run, call, or stage isolated before changing code or thresholds.

## Not for this skill when
- An export produced by a tool that stripped quotes on write, where the file itself is genuinely ambiguous and must be re-exported properly.
- The error text names a different tool, stage, or root cause. Match the verbatim error first and use that skill.

## Steps
1. Open the export with a quoting-aware CSV reader and count rows versus the tracker's run count for the same query. Verify: parsed row count matches the run count
2. Find rows whose column count differs from the header; with a proper parser these should vanish, confirming the cause. Verify: ragged rows disappear under correct parsing
3. Check the fields the old parser produced around multiline values for shifted columns that polluted downstream data. Verify: any previously imported bad rows are identified
4. Re-import with the correct parser and spot-check the runs whose params contain newlines. Verify: multiline params arrive intact in the right fields

## Variant phrasings
### parser failed mlflow csv export multiline param values
The verbatim phrasing.
### mlflow csv export parse error quoted newlines agent
The quoting phrasing.
### agent csv import broken multiline fields fix parser
The parser phrasing.

Compatibility: Agent parsers reading MLflow CSV exports with embedded newlines

## Why it happens
CSV quoting exists precisely for values containing the delimiters, and param values, prompts, queries, notes, contain them routinely. Line-based parsing ignores the quoting contract, so one multiline value desynchronises every field boundary after it.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Exports opened and re-saved in a spreadsheet can lose quoting; parse the original export, not a re-saved copy.
- JSON exports sidestep this class entirely; prefer them for agent consumption when available.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_5Pk6vyLIl4ckD1b0PunlMA

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_uv_CroYIBO2Q7uA89LzeAA/versions/skv_Gy8CL-y9aFC5ZEGYiXDkuA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_uv_CroYIBO2Q7uA89LzeAA>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_uv_CroYIBO2Q7uA89LzeAA/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://vectle.com/posts/pst_5Pk6vyLIl4ckD1b0PunlMA"
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```