# Wandb Primary

> Primary W&B skill for broad or mixed Weights & Biases work: project overviews, W&B runs and artifacts, Weave traces and evaluations, Reports, and Launch workflows. Use when the task spans multiple W&B surfaces or the user asks generally what is happening in a W&B project.

- Skill: `om-scogo/wandb-primary` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add om-scogo/wandb-primary`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/om-scogo/wandb-primary/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: om-scogo (https://skillmd.com/u/om-scogo)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/om-scogo/wandb-primary

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# W&B Primary Skill

## Environment defaults

- **Python**: run scripts with the Python environment available to your coding agent. Install missing optional packages only when needed.
- **Credentials**: use `WANDB_API_KEY`, `WANDB_ENTITY`, and `WANDB_PROJECT` from the user's environment or prompt.

---

## Scope and approach

Classify each request before acting:

- **Brief** — a focused read or compute that maps to one query and a short answer
  ("How many runs?", "Best loss?", "Show the config of abc123"). Solve it in one
  script; add a second only if the first surfaced a load-bearing lead. Default to
  brief when in doubt.
- **Intense** — open-ended investigation with iterative discovery: ambiguous data,
  unknown schema, cross-cutting joins, plots, multi-stage analysis ("What's wrong
  with my training runs?", "Compare these sweeps"). Several scripts are fine, but
  each must be load-bearing — plan the next call from the data you just got, not
  from a generic checklist.

A W&B project has two complementary surfaces — **runs** (experiment tracking,
`wandb.Api()`) and **Weave traces** (observability, `weave.init()` →
`client.get_calls()`). For a broad "what's going on in this project?" question,
probe **both** in the first evidence pass (parallel scripts, or the combined
"Summarize project" recipe below), then scope the answer to the surface(s) that
actually hold data. If a surface is empty, don't mention it.

---

## Fast recipes — use these first

These cover the most common tasks. Each is a single script. Copy, fill in placeholders, run.

## Fast product/API answers

For small W&B product or API questions, answer directly from this section. Do not run
tools, inspect docs, or query the user's project unless they explicitly ask for live
data. Keep the answer short: direct answer, exact UI/API path, minimal code if useful.
If the recommendation depends on missing context, include targeted diagnostic questions
in the same response instead of blocking.

For workspace migration or project-structure guidance, ask the diagnostic questions
before prescribing a structure or script. Use the phrase "Before I prescribe a
structure/script, I need to know:" and include the questions that materially change
the answer; then give only tentative guidance.

### Product facts to answer from memory

| User asks | Answer with |
|---|---|
| "How can I see team members via API?" | Use `api = wandb.Api()` then `api.team("<team_name>").members`. Member objects expose fields such as `username`, `name`, `email`, and admin status. |
| "Can I programmatically set/update workspaces?" | Yes. Use the `wandb-workspaces` Python library to define, save, and edit workspaces/views programmatically, including copying views across projects. Before prescribing the exact script, ask whether this is W&B Workspaces, what fields are renamed, how often, what the current manual workflow is, what access/tooling they have available, how many views/workspaces are affected, whether the renames are metrics/config/summary fields, whether they want in-place edits or generated standardized views, and how renames propagate downstream. |
| "Static/archive report for compliance?" | W&B Reports have a built-in static export: open the report action menu (`...`), choose Download, then select PDF or LaTeX. Store the exported file in JIRA or compliance systems. Do not recommend browser Print -> Save as PDF as the primary path. |
| "Can reports include PNG/JPEG images?" | Yes. In the UI, press `/` on a new report line, choose Image, then drag/drop the PNG/JPEG. Programmatically, use `wandb-workspaces`: `import wandb_workspaces.reports.v2 as wr`, then add `wr.Image(url=..., caption=...)` to the report `blocks`. |
| "Are reports associated with an entity?" | Yes. Reports are created within a project, and every project belongs to an entity (user or team). The `wr.Report` API requires both `entity` and `project`; team-project reports are visible to the team, private user-project reports are private to that user. |
| "Can I update a prompt created in the UI?" | Weave prompt versions are immutable. To "update", publish a new version with the same prompt name using `weave.publish()` or the prompt publish API. The new version becomes `:latest`, previous versions remain in history, and this works for UI-created prompts if you reuse the same prompt name. |
| "How should we structure runs across projects?" | Do not prescribe a structure before surfacing ambiguity and do not validate "using projects wrong" without context. Ask targeted questions first about expected run volume per project, what current projects represent, what cross-project comparisons/filters are needed, whether compared runs are the same conceptual experiment/eval/model family, metric-schema differences, audiences/access boundaries, and whether related experiments are over-split. Then give tentative guidance: projects are best as comparison/workspace boundaries; use config, tags, groups, and `job_type` for segmentation inside a project. |
| "Need more observability into agent traces?" | Recommend W&B Weave only. Show `weave.init(...)`, `@weave.op()`, and optionally `weave.Evaluation` for evaluations. Keep the recommendation focused on W&B Weave unless the user asks for tool comparisons. |
| "How can I check UI agent success from workspace data?" | List these three UI/data options explicitly: (1) screenshots from trajectory runs, (2) Weave traces of trajectories, and (3) summary tables from runs. Then explain that screenshots show visual task completion, Weave traces show step-by-step calls/errors/scorer outputs, and run summary tables let users compare success metrics across agents. |
| "Show code for sweeps / multiple experiments" | Put W&B instrumentation directly in the main sweep/training code, not an optional appendix. Use `wandb.init(project=..., config=...)`, `wandb.log(...)`, and `wandb.agent(...)`/sweep config patterns unconditionally unless the user asks for a flag. |

### Trace-count semantics

Use these rules before every Weave count query:

- "total traces" or "total calls" means all calls. Use `calls_query_stats` with no
  `trace_roots_only` filter. Do not deduplicate by `trace_id` unless the prompt
  asks for unique traces.
- "root traces", "root-level traces", or "traces with no parent" means root calls.
  Use `filter={"trace_roots_only": True}` only for those prompts.
- "successful/non-error traces" means total calls minus calls with status `error`
  / `descendant_error` / non-null `exception`; report that as the primary count.
  `summary.weave.status == "success"` is a useful supporting breakdown, but it
  excludes running calls, which are still non-error. Do not count only root traces
  unless the user says root/root-level.
- "error/exception traces" means calls with status `error` OR `descendant_error`
  OR a non-null `exception`. For root-level error counts, add
  `trace_roots_only=True` to that same error query.
- `Evaluation.evaluate` counts are op counts. Use an `op_names` filter for
  `weave:///<entity>/<project>/op/Evaluation.evaluate:*`. Add `trace_roots_only`
  only if the user explicitly asks for root eval traces.
- For exact count tasks, run one script that prints the query and the number; do not
  run sample/exploratory scripts after the count is already known.

### Eval-analysis rules

- Filter Evaluation.evaluate calls with
  `op_names=[f"weave:///{entity}/{project}/op/Evaluation.evaluate:*"]`.
- Fetch only needed columns (`id`, `display_name`, `started_at`, `ended_at`,
  `summary`, `inputs`, `output`) and avoid broad object dumps.
- Eval token usage is in `summary.usage`; sum `input_tokens`,
  `output_tokens`, and `total_tokens` across model keys.
- Eval success/error counts are in `summary.status_counts`, not
  `summary.weave.status_counts`. Normalize enum and string keys before reading
  `success`, `error`, and `descendant_error`.
- For success-rate tasks, do not lead with a long 43-row markdown table.
  First answer with totals, both fractions, and a compact
  `Error evaluations (N):` TSV/code block containing every errored eval id,
  date, success_count, error_count, and status. If full per-eval rows are
  requested, use short IDs/dates/counts after the error list; avoid repeating
  long duplicate display names where they cause truncation. If some evals are
  still running, report both denominators: success-status evals over completed
  evals and no-error evals over all evals.
- Child dataset rows are `Evaluation.predict_and_score:*` calls with
  `parent_ids=[eval_call.id]`.
- Dataset refs live on `inputs["self"].dataset` inside the Evaluation object.
  Count distinct dataset object refs from the user's project data; repeated evals can reuse the same dataset ref.
- For scorer inventories, eval summaries, and scorer evolution, include both
  wrapper scorer ops whose short names end in `_scorer` and class scorer ops
  ending in `.score`. Never filter only for the substring `scorer`; versioned
  class scorers like `MyClassifier.score` do not contain it.
- For large scorer inventories, include a compact full TSV/code block
  (`scorer\tcount`) for every scorer and then summarize family groupings.
  Do not use long prose tables that may truncate before all counts appear.

### Count runs (exact, fast)

```python
import wandb, os
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"
total = len(api.runs(path, per_page=1, include_sweeps=False, lazy=True))
finished = len(api.runs(path, filters={"state": "finished"}, per_page=1, include_sweeps=False, lazy=True))
crashed = len(api.runs(path, filters={"state": "crashed"}, per_page=1, include_sweeps=False, lazy=True))
running = len(api.runs(path, filters={"state": "running"}, per_page=1, include_sweeps=False, lazy=True))
print(f"Total: {total}  |  Finished: {finished}  |  Crashed: {crashed}  |  Running: {running}")
```

Run-count rules:

- Use one script for exact counts. If it prints the requested count, answer from
  that stdout; do not rerun just to add labels or nicer formatting.
- Use `include_sweeps=False` for normal run-table counts unless the prompt asks
  for sweep runs. For sweep counts, query sweeps explicitly.
- For status breakdowns, scan once and report all states you see (`finished`,
  `failed`, `crashed`, `killed`, etc.). When crashed/killed runs exist, report
  unsuccessful terminal rate `(failed + crashed + killed) / total` as the
  primary failure rate and include failed-only rate as a supporting number.
- For tags, count runs with at least one tag and also list distinct tag names and
  the runs attached to each tag.
- For run groups, report named groups from `groupedRuns(groupKeys: ["group"])`
  and compute ungrouped runs as `total_runs - sum(named_group_counts)`.
- For sweep-run tasks, list each sweep's run count and explicitly report the
  total runs across all sweeps.

### Count/list sweeps

Do not inspect the W&B SDK source for routine sweep questions. Use the public
project API directly:

```python
import os, wandb

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)

sweeps = list(api.project(project, entity=entity).sweeps(per_page=50))
rows = []
for sweep in sweeps:
    config = sweep.config or {}
    metric = config.get("metric") or {}
    rows.append({
        "id": sweep.id,
        "state": sweep.state,
        "method": config.get("method"),
        "metric": metric.get("name"),
        "goal": metric.get("goal"),
        "run_count": len(sweep.runs),
    })

print(f"sweep_count={len(rows)}")
print(f"total_sweep_runs={sum(r['run_count'] for r in rows)}")
for r in rows:
    print(r)
```

### Finished runs with trigger/user

For prompts asking who triggered each run, fetch the filtered runs once and read
`run.user.username` / `run.user.name`; do not search reference files.

```python
import os, wandb

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
path = f"{entity}/{project}"
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)

runs = api.runs(
    path,
    filters={"state": "finished"},
    order="+created_at",
    per_page=100,
    include_sweeps=False,
)
rows = []
for run in runs:
    user = getattr(run, "user", None)
    rows.append({
        "created_at": run.created_at,
        "name": run.display_name or run.name,
        "id": run.id,
        "username": getattr(user, "username", None),
        "user_name": getattr(user, "name", None),
    })

print(f"finished_count={len(rows)}")
for r in rows:
    print(r)
```

### Count traces (fast, server-side)

```python
import weave, os, logging
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq
from weave.trace_server.interface.query import Query

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
client = weave.init(f"{entity}/{project}")
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"

# Total calls/traces
stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(project_id=pid))
print(f"Total calls: {stats.count}")

# Root traces only
root_stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, filter={"trace_roots_only": True}
))
print(f"Root traces: {root_stats.count}")

# Count by op name
for op in ["Evaluation.evaluate", "my_op.turn"]:
    op_ref = f"weave:///{entity}/{project}/op/{op}:*"
    s = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
        project_id=pid,
        filter={"op_names": [op_ref]},
    ))
    print(f"  {op}: {s.count}")

# Count calls whose op_name contains a substring, e.g. scorer calls.
score_query = Query(**{"$expr": {"$contains": {
    "input": {"$getField": "op_name"},
    "substr": {"$literal": ".score"},
    "case_insensitive": True,
}}})
score_stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, query=score_query
))
print(f"Scorer calls (.score): {score_stats.count}")

# Count a named op substring such as create_embeddings.
embedding_query = Query(**{"$expr": {"$contains": {
    "input": {"$getField": "op_name"},
    "substr": {"$literal": "create_embeddings"},
    "case_insensitive": True,
}}})
embedding_stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, query=embedding_query
))
print(f"create_embeddings calls: {embedding_stats.count}")

# Error/exception calls. Include descendant_error when the prompt says
# "error status or exception"; those are traces whose children failed.
error_query = Query(**{"$expr": {"$or": [
    {"$eq": [{"$getField": "summary.weave.status"}, {"$literal": "error"}]},
    {"$eq": [
        {"$getField": "summary.weave.status"},
        {"$literal": "descendant_error"},
    ]},
    {"$not": [{"$eq": [{"$getField": "exception"}, {"$literal": None}]}]},
]}})
error_stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, query=error_query
))
root_error_stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, filter={"trace_roots_only": True}, query=error_query
))
print(f"Error/exception calls: {error_stats.count}")
print(f"Root error/exception calls: {root_error_stats.count}")
print(f"Non-error calls: {stats.count - error_stats.count}")
```

### Count create_embeddings calls and input sizes

```python
import os, statistics, weave, logging, sys
from collections import Counter
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq
from weave.trace_server.interface.query import Query
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from weave_helpers import unwrap

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)

query = Query(**{"$expr": {"$contains": {
    "input": {"$getField": "op_name"},
    "substr": {"$literal": "create_embeddings"},
    "case_insensitive": True,
}}})
total = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, query=query
)).count

sizes = []
for call in client.get_calls(query=query, limit=total, columns=["inputs"]):
    inputs = unwrap(call.inputs)
    texts = inputs.get("texts") or inputs.get("input") or []
    if isinstance(texts, str):
        sizes.append(1)
    else:
        sizes.append(len(texts))

dist = Counter(sizes)
print(f"create_embeddings calls: {total}")
print(f"typical texts per call: {dist.most_common(1)[0][0] if dist else 0}")
print(f"distribution: {dict(sorted(dist.items()))}")
print(f"mean texts per call: {statistics.mean(sizes) if sizes else 0:.4f}")
```

### Count feedback records

```python
import os, weave, logging
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import FeedbackQueryReq

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)

limit = 1000
offset = 0
total = 0
while True:
    res = client.server.feedback_query(FeedbackQueryReq(
        project_id=pid,
        fields=["id"],
        limit=limit,
        offset=offset,
    ))
    rows = (
        getattr(res, "result", None)
        or getattr(res, "feedback", None)
        or getattr(res, "rows", None)
        or []
    )
    n = len(rows)
    total += n
    if n < limit:
        break
    offset += limit

print(f"Feedback records: {total}")
```

### List root op names with counts

```python
import os, weave, logging
from collections import Counter
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)
root_filter = {"trace_roots_only": True}

root_count = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, filter=root_filter
)).count

def short_op(op_name: str) -> str:
    tail = op_name.split("/op/")[-1]
    return tail.rsplit(":", 1)[0]

counts = Counter()
for call in client.get_calls(
    filter=root_filter,
    limit=root_count,
    columns=["op_name"],
):
    counts[short_op(call.op_name)] += 1

for name, count in counts.most_common():
    print(f"{name}\t{count}")
```

### List all op names with counts

```python
import os, weave, logging
from collections import Counter
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)
total = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(project_id=pid)).count

def short_op(op_name: str) -> str:
    return op_name.split("/op/")[-1].rsplit(":", 1)[0]

counts = Counter()
for call in client.get_calls(limit=total, columns=["op_name"]):
    counts[short_op(call.op_name)] += 1

print(f"Unique ops: {len(counts)}")
for name, count in counts.most_common():
    print(f"{name}\t{count}")
```

### Count long-duration traces

Do not try to do datetime arithmetic inside a Weave `Query`; stream timestamp
columns and count locally.

```python
import os, weave, logging
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)
total = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(project_id=pid)).count

threshold_s = 60
long_count = 0
scanned = 0
for call in client.get_calls(
    limit=total,
    columns=["started_at", "ended_at"],
):
    scanned += 1
    if call.started_at and call.ended_at:
        duration_s = (call.ended_at - call.started_at).total_seconds()
        if duration_s > threshold_s:
            long_count += 1

print(f"Scanned calls: {scanned}")
print(f"Duration > {threshold_s}s: {long_count}")
```

### Find model names in traces

```python
import os, weave, logging
from collections import Counter
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from weave_helpers import unwrap

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)
total = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(project_id=pid)).count

def collect_models(obj, out):
    obj = unwrap(obj)
    if isinstance(obj, dict):
        for k, v in obj.items():
            if k == "model" and isinstance(v, str):
                out.append(v)
            collect_models(v, out)
    elif isinstance(obj, list):
        for item in obj:
            collect_models(item, out)

models = Counter()
for call in client.get_calls(
    limit=total,
    columns=["inputs", "output", "summary"],
):
    found = []
    collect_models(call.inputs, found)
    collect_models(call.output, found)
    usage = unwrap(call.summary).get("usage", {}) if call.summary else {}
    for model_name in usage:
        if isinstance(model_name, str):
            found.append(model_name)
    for model_name in set(found):
        models[model_name] += 1

for name, count in models.most_common():
    print(f"{name}\t{count}")
```

### Analyze embedding dimensions and model

```python
import os, weave, logging
from collections import Counter
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.interface.query import Query
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from weave_helpers import unwrap

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
client = weave.init(f"{entity}/{project}")

embedding_query = Query(**{"$expr": {"$contains": {
    "input": {"$getField": "op_name"},
    "substr": {"$literal": "create_embeddings"},
    "case_insensitive": True,
}}})

dims = Counter()
models = Counter()
no_output = 0
for call in client.get_calls(
    query=embedding_query,
    limit=100000,
    columns=["inputs", "output"],
):
    inputs = unwrap(call.inputs) or {}
    model = inputs.get("model") if isinstance(inputs, dict) else None
    models[model or "<missing>"] += 1

    output = unwrap(call.output)
    found = False
    if isinstance(output, list):
        for item in output:
            if isinstance(item, list) and item and isinstance(item[0], (int, float)):
                dims[len(item)] += 1
                found = True
    if not found:
        no_output += 1

print("embedding_models")
for name, count in models.most_common():
    print(f"{name}\t{count}")
print("embedding_dimensions")
for dim, count in dims.most_common():
    print(f"{dim}\t{count}")
print(f"no_embedding_output\t{no_output}")
```

### List evaluation scorers

For scorer inventories, include wrapper scorer ops like `faithfulness_scorer`
and class `.score` ops like `HallucinationFreeScorer.score` when present.

```python
import os, weave, logging
from collections import Counter
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
client = weave.init(pid)
total = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(project_id=pid)).count

def short_op(op_name: str) -> str:
    return op_name.split("/op/")[-1].rsplit(":", 1)[0]

scorers = Counter()
for call in client.get_calls(limit=total, columns=["op_name"]):
    name = short_op(call.op_name)
    if name.endswith("_scorer") or name.endswith(".score"):
        scorers[name] += 1

for name, count in scorers.most_common():
    print(f"{name}\t{count}")
```

### Summarize project (runs + traces in one script)

```python
import wandb, weave, os, logging
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace_server.trace_server_interface import CallsQueryStatsReq

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
path = f"{entity}/{project}"

# --- Runs ---
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
total_runs = len(api.runs(path, per_page=1, include_sweeps=False, lazy=True))
finished = len(api.runs(path, filters={"state": "finished"}, per_page=1, include_sweeps=False, lazy=True))
recent = api.runs(path, order="-created_at", per_page=5)[:5]

print(f"=== Runs ({total_runs} total, {finished} finished) ===")
for r in recent:
    print(f"  {r.name} [{r.state}] {r.created_at[:10]}")

# --- Weave Traces ---
client = weave.init(path)
pid = f"{entity}/{project}"
root_stats = client.server.calls_query_stats(CallsQueryStatsReq(
    project_id=pid, filter={"trace_roots_only": True}
))
print(f"\n=== Weave Traces ({root_stats.count} root traces) ===")

recent_calls = list(client.get_calls(
    sort_by=[{"field": "started_at", "direction": "desc"}],
    limit=5,
    columns=["op_name", "started_at", "display_name"],
))
for c in recent_calls:
    name = c.display_name or c.op_name.split("/")[-1].split(":")[0]
    started = c.started_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") if c.started_at else "?"
    print(f"  {name} @ {started}")
```

### Inspect a single run

```python
import wandb, os
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"

run = api.run(f"{path}/RUN_ID")
print(f"Name: {run.name}")
print(f"State: {run.state}")
print(f"Created: {run.created_at}")
print(f"Tags: {run.tags}")
print(f"Last step: {run.lastHistoryStep}")

# Key metrics (replace with actual keys from probe or user request)
for k in ["loss", "val_loss", "accuracy"]:
    v = run.summary_metrics.get(k)
    if v is not None:
        print(f"  {k}: {v}")
```

### Inventory artifacts (types → collections → versions)

The run table is not the whole project — artifacts (datasets, model checkpoints,
tables) are separate. `probe_project()` surfaces artifact names; this enumerates
them directly.

```python
import wandb, os
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"

for atype in api.artifact_types(project=path):
    collections = list(api.artifact_collections(path, atype.name, per_page=1000))
    print(f"{atype.name}: {len(collections)} collections")
    for col in collections[:10]:
        try:
            n_versions = len(col.artifacts(per_page=50))
        except Exception:
            n_versions = "?"
        print(f"  {col.name}  ({n_versions} versions)")
```

### Summarize an artifact's files (metadata + manifest + bounded read)

Inspect what an artifact *contains* — don't infer from its name. Read the manifest
first; download only the small structured files you actually need.

```python
import wandb, os
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"

art = api.artifact(f"{path}/ARTIFACT_NAME:latest")  # or :v3
print(f"name={art.name} type={art.type} size_bytes={art.size} aliases={art.aliases}")
md = art.metadata or {}
print(f"metadata_keys={list(md)[:20]}")

entries = sorted(art.manifest.entries.values(), key=lambda e: e.path)
print(f"file_count={len(entries)}")
for e in entries[:25]:
    print(f"  {e.path}  ({e.size} bytes)")

# Read ONE small structured file without downloading the whole artifact:
# p = art.get_entry("metrics.jsonl").download()  # local path to just that file
# import pandas as pd; df = pd.read_json(p, lines=True); print(df.describe())
```

Artifact rules:

- For "what's in this artifact?" read the manifest and a bounded sample of rows;
  do not download multi-GB artifacts to answer a structural question.
- Use `run.logged_artifacts()` to find a run's outputs (e.g. checkpoint locations)
  and `run.used_artifacts()` for its inputs.

### System metrics (GPU / CPU / memory) — MUST use stream='system'

GPU, CPU, memory, network, and disk metrics live in a **separate system stream**.
`run.history()` without `stream='system'` returns training metrics only — all
`system.gpu.*`, `system.cpu.*`, `system.memory.*` keys will be absent. Finding
no system keys in the default stream is **NOT** evidence they don't exist.

**BEFORE concluding GPU or system metrics are unavailable, you MUST call
`run.history(stream='system')`.**

```python
import wandb, os, pandas as pd
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"

runs = api.runs(path, filters={"state": "finished"}, per_page=100)
rows = []
for run in runs:
    sys_df = run.history(stream="system", samples=500)
    if sys_df.empty or "system.gpu.0.gpu" not in sys_df.columns:
        rows.append({"run": run.name, "gpu_mean": None, "gpu_min": None, "gpu_max": None})
        continue
    gpu = sys_df["system.gpu.0.gpu"].dropna()
    rows.append({
        "run": run.name,
        "gpu_mean": round(gpu.mean(), 1),
        "gpu_min": round(gpu.min(), 1),
        "gpu_max": round(gpu.max(), 1),
        "low_util_pct": round(100 * (gpu < 30).sum() / len(gpu), 1) if len(gpu) else None,
    })

df = pd.DataFrame(rows)
print(df.to_string(index=False))
```

Run-lookup rules:

- For user-facing run names, prefer `run.display_name` or `run.name`; include
  `run.id` separately if useful. Do not report only the run ID as the name.
- For "best", "highest", "lowest", "latest", and "longest" tasks, use one script
  that prints name, id, metric value, state, group, `job_type`, and tags for the
  winner. Use that context in the final answer.
- For baseline-vs-hyperopt questions, `group is None` and empty `job_type`/tags
  usually indicate an ungrouped baseline; hyperopt trials usually have a named
  group and/or `job_type="hyperopt"`. If the winning run is ungrouped while the
  runner-up runs are grouped hyperopt trials, state that explicitly.
- For final metric questions, check the summary metric first; use
  `scan_history(keys=[...])` only if the summary is absent or the task explicitly
  asks for history.
- For config/model-variant questions, try `api.runs(..., lazy=False)` and GraphQL
  config reads. If configs are empty, say that and use run names, tags, groups,
  job_type, or files as the source; do not invent config values.
- For YOLOv5 weight inventories, normalize raw filenames such as `yolov5s.pt`
  to canonical variant names like `yolov5s` in the final count table; include a
  raw/source column when useful.

Run-analysis / project-summary rules:

- For project summaries, run one script that prints observed run counts, config
  keys/value frequencies, metric-key families, artifact types, and sweep status.
  In the final answer, only cite exact run IDs, metric values, or config values
  that were printed by the script; otherwise keep the summary at the observed
  high-level pattern.
- For project-specific summaries, do not rely on memorized project facts. Run the relevant W&B/Weave queries, print compact evidence, and ground the final answer only in the observed data.
- For outlier analysis, compute the requested metric/history statistics from the user's runs and make the top observed outlier the headline only when the evidence supports it.

OpenAI + Weave tracing setup:

- For OpenAI tracing setup questions, explicitly mention OpenAI auto-tracing:
  after `weave.init(...)`, supported OpenAI client calls are automatically traced
  by Weave, or the user can use `weave.integrations.openai.OpenAI`. State that
  prompts, responses, token usage, latency, and errors are logged; use
  `@weave.op()` around app functions to add the app-level call tree.

W&B Sweep setup:

- For sweep setup questions, always show the concrete lifecycle in code:
  define a sweep config with `method`, `metric`, and `parameters`; create it via
  `sweep_id = wandb.sweep(sweep_config, project=...)`; run agents via
  `wandb.agent(sweep_id, function=train, count=...)`; and log metrics inside the
  training function with `wandb.init(config=...)` and `wandb.log(...)`.
- Discuss grid, random, and bayesian search explicitly: grid for tiny discrete
  spaces, random for broad/cheap exploration and log-scale learning rates,
  bayesian for expensive refinement after the metric is stable. Mention
  parallel coordinates, parameter importance, sorted run tables, and rerunning
  the top configs/seeds before selecting a winner.

### Diagnose training history (curves, spikes, NaNs, stability)

For "is training stable?" / "which runs diverged?" / "any loss spikes?", scan a
metric's history across runs and compute stability stats locally. Always pass
`keys=[...]`; for runs with 10K+ steps use `beta_scan_history` instead of
`history`.

```python
import wandb, os, numpy as np, pandas as pd
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"
metric = "train/loss"  # discover the real key first (probe_project / inspect a run)

runs = api.runs(path, filters={"state": "finished"}, per_page=100)[:40]
rows = []
for run in runs:
    df = run.history(samples=300, keys=[metric])  # never omit keys on large runs
    series = df[metric].dropna() if metric in getattr(df, "columns", []) else pd.Series(dtype=float)
    arr = series.to_numpy(dtype=float)
    finite = arr[np.isfinite(arr)]
    diffs = np.abs(np.diff(finite)) if finite.size > 2 else np.array([])
    spike_threshold = 5 * (np.median(diffs) or 1.0)
    rows.append({
        "run": run.display_name or run.name,
        "id": run.id,
        "points": int(arr.size),
        "nan_or_inf": int((~np.isfinite(arr)).sum()),
        "min": round(float(finite.min()), 5) if finite.size else None,
        "final": round(float(finite[-1]), 5) if finite.size else None,
        "spikes": int((diffs > spike_threshold).sum()),
    })

out = pd.DataFrame(rows).sort_values("min", na_position="last")
print(out.to_string(index=False))
```

`min` is the best value over history (not the endpoint); a large `final - min` gap,
nonzero `nan_or_inf`, or many `spikes` flags an unstable or diverged run. For GPU
under-utilization use the system-stream recipe above.

### Compare two runs

```python
import wandb, os, sys
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from wandb_helpers import get_api, compare_configs

api = get_api()
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"

run_a = api.run(f"{path}/RUN_A_ID")
run_b = api.run(f"{path}/RUN_B_ID")

# Config diff
diffs = compare_configs(run_a, run_b)
if diffs:
    print("Config differences:")
    for d in diffs:
        print(f"  {d['key']}: {d[run_a.name]} -> {d[run_b.name]}")
else:
    print("Configs are identical")

# Metric comparison
print("\nMetrics:")
for k in ["loss", "val_loss", "accuracy"]:
    a = run_a.summary_metrics.get(k, "N/A")
    b = run_b.summary_metrics.get(k, "N/A")
    print(f"  {k}: {a} vs {b}")
```

### Compare cohorts / variants (group by a config or run axis)

For "which variant/optimizer/group is best?", bucket runs by an axis (a config key,
`run.group`, or `run.job_type`) and compare a metric across buckets. Report the full
ladder, not just best and worst.

```python
import wandb, os, numpy as np, pandas as pd
from collections import defaultdict
api = wandb.Api(timeout=120)
path = f"{os.environ['WANDB_ENTITY']}/{os.environ['WANDB_PROJECT']}"
metric = "accuracy"   # discover the real key first
axis = "optimizer"    # a config key; or use run.group / run.job_type

runs = api.runs(path, filters={"state": "finished"}, per_page=200)[:200]
buckets = defaultdict(list)
for run in runs:
    key = run.config.get(axis, "<missing>")  # or: run.group / run.job_type
    value = run.summary_metrics.get(metric)
    if value is not None:
        buckets[str(key)].append(float(value))

rows = [
    {axis: key, "n": len(vals), "mean": round(np.mean(vals), 4),
     "min": round(np.min(vals), 4), "max": round(np.max(vals), 4)}
    for key, vals in buckets.items()
]
out = pd.DataFrame(rows).sort_values("mean", ascending=False)
print(out.to_string(index=False))
```

If configs come back empty, the runs were fetched lazily — re-fetch with
`api.runs(..., per_page=200)` and access config per run, or fall back to
`run.group`/`run.job_type`/tags as the axis. Don't invent axis values.

### Summarize latest eval

```python
import weave, os, sys, logging
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
from weave.trace.weave_client import CallsFilter
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from weave_helpers import unwrap, eval_results_to_dicts, results_summary

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
client = weave.init(f"{entity}/{project}")

# Get latest eval
op_ref = f"weave:///{entity}/{project}/op/Evaluation.evaluate:*"
evals = list(client.get_calls(
    filter=CallsFilter(op_names=[op_ref]),
    sort_by=[{"field": "started_at", "direction": "desc"}],
    limit=1,
))

if not evals:
    print("No evaluations found")
else:
    ec = evals[0]
    print(f"Eval: {ec.display_name or 'unnamed'} @ {ec.started_at}")

    # Get predict_and_score children
    pas_ref = f"weave:///{entity}/{project}/op/Evaluation.predict_and_score:*"
    pas = list(client.get_calls(
        filter=CallsFilter(op_names=[pas_ref], parent_ids=[ec.id])
    ))
    results = eval_results_to_dicts(pas, agent_name=ec.display_name or "agent")
    print(results_summary(results))
```

### Inspect recent traces

```python
import weave, os, logging
logging.getLogger("weave").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from weave_helpers import unwrap, get_token_usage

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]
client = weave.init(f"{entity}/{project}")

calls = list(client.get_calls(
    sort_by=[{"field": "started_at", "direction": "desc"}],
    limit=10,
))

for c in calls:
    name = c.display_name or c.op_name.split("/")[-1].split(":")[0]
    started = c.started_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") if c.started_at else "?"
    duration = ""
    if c.started_at and c.ended_at:
        duration = f" ({(c.ended_at - c.started_at).total_seconds():.1f}s)"
    status = c.summary.get("weave", {}).get("status", "?") if c.summary else "?"
    tokens = get_token_usage(c)
    tok_str = f" [{tokens['total_tokens']} tok]" if tokens['total_tokens'] else ""
    print(f"  {name} [{status}] {started}{duration}{tok_str}")
```

### Create a W&B Report

Use `wandb-workspaces` for programmatic report definitions. For runset filters,
panels, loading, and sharing, see `references/REPORTS.md`.

```python
import os

import wandb_workspaces.reports.v2 as wr

entity = os.environ["WANDB_ENTITY"]
project = os.environ["WANDB_PROJECT"]

runset = wr.Runset(entity=entity, project=project, name="All runs")
plots = wr.PanelGrid(
    runsets=[runset],
    panels=[
        wr.LinePlot(title="Loss", x="_step", y=["LOSS_KEY"]),
        wr.BarPlot(title="Accuracy", metrics=["ACC_KEY"], orientation="v"),
    ],
)

report = wr.Report(
    entity=entity,
    project=project,
    title="Project Analysis",
    description="Auto-generated summary",
    width="fixed",
    blocks=[
        wr.H1("Project Analysis"),
        wr.P("Auto-generated summary from W&B API."),
        plots,
    ],
)
report.save(draft=True)
print(f"Report saved: {report.url}")
```

A clean `report.save()` return is not proof the report landed — saves can fail
silently. For anything beyond a throwaway draft, save through `report_helpers` so
you get a verified read-back instead of assuming success:

```python
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "skills/wandb-primary/scripts")
from report_helpers import save_report_verified

result = save_report_verified(report)  # draft=True by default
print(result["answer"])                # answer=... verified=True/False url=...
```

## Launch

Use `skills/wandb-primary/scripts/launch_helpers.py`. Do not train locally to test GPU
work, and do not fake Launch with a local `wandb.init()`.

Every Launch entrypoint you create must call `wandb.init(...)`, log a

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