Check env
Verifies required tools (Quarto, uv, Python, R, Stata, TeX) and Jupyter kernels are installed. Use when setting up or troubleshooting.From its SKILL.md
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Check Environment
Verify that all required tools and dependencies are installed and correctly configured.
Steps
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Check each required tool and report its version (or "not found"):
Tool Command Minimum Quarto quarto --version>= 1.4 uv uv --versionany Python python3 --version>= 3.12 R R --versionoptional Stata which stataoptional TeX Live pdflatex --versionoptional (for PDF) GitHub CLI gh --versionoptional -
Check Jupyter kernels by running
uv run jupyter kernelspec listand verify:python3— requiredir— optional (needed for R notebooks)nbstata— optional (needed for Stata notebooks)
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Check the Python virtual environment:
- Verify
.venv/exists - Run
uv run python -c "import numpy; import pandas; import matplotlib; import jupytext; print('Core packages OK')"to confirm importability
- Verify
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Check nbstata configuration (if nbstata kernel is present):
- Verify
~/.config/nbstata/nbstata.confexists - Read it and check that
stata_dirpoints to an existing directory
- Verify
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Report a structured results table:
Tool/Check Status Version/Details ───────────────────────────────────────────────── Quarto PASS 1.6.x uv PASS 0.x.x Python PASS 3.12.x R PASS 4.x.x Stata SKIP not found (optional) TeX Live PASS 2024 GitHub CLI PASS 2.x.x Kernel: python3 PASS installed Kernel: ir PASS installed Kernel: nbstata SKIP not installed .venv/ PASS exists Core Python packages PASS importable nbstata.conf SKIP kernel not installedUse PASS / FAIL / SKIP (SKIP for optional tools that are absent).
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If any required check fails, provide the installation command or link to fix it.
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