Executes all registered notebooks, strips noisy cell metadata, and syncs Jupytext pairs. Use when asked to re-run notebooks or refresh outputs.
Scanned 9/3/2026
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---
name: execute
description: Executes all registered notebooks, strips noisy cell metadata, and syncs Jupytext pairs. Use when asked to re-run notebooks or refresh outputs.
disable-model-invocation: true
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
---
# Execute All Notebooks
Execute all registered notebooks, strip noisy metadata, and sync Jupytext pairs.
## Steps
1. Read `_quarto.yml` and extract all notebook paths from `manuscript.notebooks`
2. For each notebook, execute it:
```bash
uv run jupyter execute --inplace notebooks/<name>.ipynb
```
Record execution time and success/failure for each notebook.
3. After all notebooks execute, strip noisy cell metadata from every `.ipynb` file.
Open each `.ipynb` as JSON and remove these keys from every cell's `metadata` object:
- `execution` (timestamps added by `jupyter execute`)
- `_sphinx_cell_id` (MyST/Sphinx artifact)
- `vscode` (VS Code editor state)
Save the cleaned JSON back to the file (preserve formatting with 1-space indent).
4. Sync all Jupytext `.md` pairs:
```bash
uv run jupytext --sync notebooks/<name>.md
```
5. Report a summary table:
- Notebook name
- Status (success / failure)
- Execution time
- Any errors or warnings
## Error handling
- If a notebook fails to execute, continue with the remaining notebooks. Report the error at the end.
- If `_quarto.yml` has no notebooks registered, report "No notebooks found in _quarto.yml" and stop.
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