Jupyter Notebook Scaffolding: Create Notebooks from Templates

What This Skill Does

Create and scaffold Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) from templates. Generates clean starting notebooks for experiments, data exploration, tutorials, and prototyping.

When to Use It

• Creating new Jupyter notebooks from templates
• Scaffolding notebooks for data science experiments
• Setting up tutorial or workshop notebooks
• Building exploration/prototyping notebooks with proper structure

Key Features

Template-Based Creation

Bundled templates for common notebook patterns — data exploration, ML experiments, tutorials.

Clean Structure

Generated notebooks include proper markdown headers, import cells, configuration sections, and documentation cells.

Helper Script

Use new_notebook.py to generate notebooks programmatically with consistent structure.

Best Practices

• Start from templates rather than blank notebooks
• Include a setup/imports cell at the top
• Document assumptions and decisions in markdown cells
• Use meaningful cell ordering — setup → load → explore → analyze → conclude