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Env Snapshot by brycewang-stanford — Agent Skill

Name: Env Snapshot
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: brycewang-stanford

File contents

Document Environment Snapshot

Capture the full environment state and save it as a reproducibility record.

Steps

Gather system and tool versions:

uname -a                    # OS info
quarto --version            # Quarto
uv --version                # uv
python3 --version           # Python

Capture Python package versions:

uv pip list                 # all installed packages with versions

Capture Jupyter kernel list:
```
uv run jupyter kernelspec list
```
If R is available, capture R session info:
```
R -e "sessionInfo()"
```
If Stata is available, note the version:
```
which stata                 # or check nbstata.conf for edition info
```
Read ~/.config/nbstata/nbstata.conf for stata_dir and edition.
If TeX Live is available:
```
pdflatex --version | head -1
```

Generate a timestamped Markdown file with all collected information:

# Environment Snapshot — YYYY-MM-DD

## System
- OS: ...
- Platform: ...

## Tools
| Tool | Version |
| ---- | ------- |
| Quarto | x.x.x |
| uv | x.x.x |
| Python | 3.12.x |
| R | x.x.x (or N/A) |
| Stata | SE x.x (or N/A) |
| TeX Live | xxxx (or N/A) |

## Jupyter Kernels
- python3: /path/to/kernel
- ir: /path/to/kernel (or N/A)
- nbstata: /path/to/kernel (or N/A)

## Python Packages
| Package | Version |
| ------- | ------- |
| numpy | x.x.x |
| pandas | x.x.x |
| ... | ... |

## R Session Info
(full sessionInfo() output, or "R not available")

## Stata Packages
(ado dir output, or "Stata not available")

Save to notes/environment-YYYYMMDD.md (using today's date).
Report the file path.

---name: env-snapshotdescription: Captures tool versions, packages, and kernel info as a reproducibility record in notes/. Use when documenting the environment.---# Document Environment SnapshotCapture the full environment state and save it as a reproducibility record.## Steps1. Gather system and tool versions: ```bash uname -a # OS info quarto --version # Quarto uv --version # uv python3 --version # Python ```2. Capture Python package versions: ```bash uv pip list # all installed packages with versions ```3. Capture Jupyter kernel list: ```bash uv run jupyter kernelspec list ```4. If R is available, capture R session info: ```bash R -e "sessionInfo()" ```5. If Stata is available, note the version: ```bash which stata # or check nbstata.conf for edition info ``` Read `~/.config/nbstata/nbstata.conf` for `stata_dir` and `edition`.6. If TeX Live is available: ```bash pdflatex --version | head -1 ```7. Generate a timestamped Markdown file with all collected information: ```markdown # Environment Snapshot — YYYY-MM-DD ## System - OS: ... - Platform: ... ## Tools | Tool | Version | | ---- | ------- | | Quarto | x.x.x | | uv | x.x.x | | Python | 3.12.x | | R | x.x.x (or N/A) | | Stata | SE x.x (or N/A) | | TeX Live | xxxx (or N/A) | ## Jupyter Kernels - python3: /path/to/kernel - ir: /path/to/kernel (or N/A) - nbstata: /path/to/kernel (or N/A) ## Python Packages | Package | Version | | ------- | ------- | | numpy | x.x.x | | pandas | x.x.x | | ... | ... | ## R Session Info (full sessionInfo() output, or "R not available") ## Stata Packages (ado dir output, or "Stata not available") ```8. Save to `notes/environment-YYYYMMDD.md` (using today's date).9. Report the file path.

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