Pre-render Mermaid diagrams + bake preview outputs into submission notebook (#28)

The notebook on GitHub PR view was showing Mermaid blocks as raw code
(GitHub doesn't render Mermaid inside .ipynb cells) and the dataset/inference
preview cells were blank (no saved outputs). Both fixed.

New: scripts/render_notebook_assets.py
Two-pass renderer for ccdp_submission.ipynb:
1. Mermaid → PNG. Each ```mermaid block in markdown cells is pushed to
mermaid.ink, the PNG fetched and saved to notebooks/assets/diagrams/,
and the markdown rewritten to use .
11 diagrams rendered (39–63 KB each).
2. Cell execution. nbclient runs the notebook with allow_errors=True,
stubbing only the two runtime-only cells (Colab upload widget +
inference-on-IMG_PATH). Outputs saved into the .ipynb so the rendered
view on GitHub now shows:
- §1.5 CarDD val grid (random 8 images, matplotlib subplot)
- §1.5 Stanford-Cars random samples grid
- §3.3 damage_seg predicted-mask overlay (input + masks side by side)
- §2.2 live identifier introspection (text — class count, best_val, sha)
- §1.3 weight-fetch log + 14 other text-output cells

The script is idempotent — rerun any time the notebook changes.

Also updated scripts/build_submission_package.py to copy notebooks/assets/
into the standalone package, so the offline-runnable bundle also renders
diagrams correctly.

Submission notebook ccdp_submission.ipynb included here (originated in
PR #26; this PR consolidates with the asset-rendering work).
Build script scripts/build_submission_package.py also included
(originated in PR #27; consolidated here).

Resulting deliverables:
- notebooks/ccdp_submission.ipynb: 52 cells, 11 inline diagram PNGs,
3 embedded image outputs, 19 cells with saved outputs.
- submission_package/ + ccdp_submission_v0.2.0.zip: 132 MB / 121.8 MB,
95 files including assets/diagrams/.

Co-authored-by: Abhishek Roy <abhishek.ashish.roy@gmail.com>

scripts/build_submission_package.py

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+"""Build the standalone submission package.
+
+Produces `submission_package/` (and optionally a zip) containing everything
+needed to run `ccdp_submission.ipynb` without internet, git, or the GitHub
+release — bundles the package source, trained weights, sample images, and
+a self-contained README.
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/build_submission_package.py            # build folder only
+    python scripts/build_submission_package.py --zip      # also build .zip
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import shutil
+import sys
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+OUT = ROOT / "submission_package"
+PKG_NAME = "ccdp_submission_v0.2.0"
+
+# Map of submission-package weight name -> source path on the dev machine.
+# `identifier.pt` is the NEW VMMRdb-trained one (101 MB) from the Colab run;
+# the production/ identifier predates that and is the Stanford-only version.
+WEIGHT_SOURCES = {
+    "identifier.pt": ROOT / "checkpoints/identifier/identifier.pt",
+    "damage_seg.pt": ROOT / "checkpoints/production/yoloseg.pt",
+    "parts_seg.pt":  ROOT / "checkpoints/production/parts.pt",
+    "damage_det.pt": ROOT / "checkpoints/production/detector.pt",
+    # damage_cls.pt (Variant A) is 283 MB — skipped to keep the zip portal-friendly.
+    # The notebook's Variant A cell handles the missing-weight case gracefully.
+}
+
+# CarDD val images we ship as the demo inputs.
+SAMPLE_IMAGE_DIR = ROOT / "data/raw/car-damage-detection/CarDD_release/CarDD_COCO/val2017"
+SAMPLE_IMAGE_COUNT = 10
+
+
+REQUIREMENTS_TXT = """\
+# Install: pip install -r requirements.txt
+# Then: pip install -e . (from this folder) so `import ccdp` works.
+
+torch>=2.2
+torchvision>=0.17
+ultralytics>=8.1
+xgboost>=2.0
+scikit-learn>=1.4
+pandas>=2.2
+numpy>=1.26
+pillow>=10.2
+opencv-python-headless>=4.9
+matplotlib>=3.8
+pyyaml>=6.0
+requests>=2.31
+typer>=0.12
+rich>=13.7
+pydantic>=2.6
+"""
+
+
+README_MD = f"""\
+# CCDP — Car Crash Fix-Amount Predictor (capstone submission package)
+
+Standalone reproducible bundle of the project. **No internet, git, or
+GitHub-release download required** — code, trained weights, and sample
+images are all in this folder.
+
+## What's in here
+
+```
+{PKG_NAME}/
+├── README.md                 # this file
+├── ccdp_submission.ipynb     # the single-notebook submission
+├── requirements.txt          # pip deps
+├── pyproject.toml            # package metadata so `pip install -e .` works
+├── CITATIONS.md              # dataset citations
+├── src/ccdp/                 # the Python package (vendored)
+├── models/                   # 4 trained model weights (~120 MB)
+│   ├── identifier.pt         # ResNet-50 make/model identifier (VMMRdb 1163-class)
+│   ├── damage_seg.pt         # YOLOv8-seg damage masks (CarDD nc=6)
+│   ├── parts_seg.pt          # YOLOv8-seg car-parts masks (nc=15)
+│   └── damage_det.pt         # YOLOv8 damage box detector (Variant B)
+└── sample_images/            # {SAMPLE_IMAGE_COUNT} CarDD val images for the demo
+```
+
+## How to run
+
+### Option A — Locally (recommended for review)
+
+```bash
+# 1. Create a fresh Python 3.10+ venv
+python -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+# 2. Install deps + the bundled package
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -e .
+
+# 3. Launch Jupyter
+pip install jupyter
+jupyter lab        # or: jupyter notebook
+```
+
+Open `ccdp_submission.ipynb` and run all cells top-to-bottom. **No training
+is required to see results** — every training cell is guarded by
+`RUN_TRAINING = False`, and the demo uses the bundled weights in `models/`.
+
+### Option B — Google Colab
+
+1. Zip this folder, upload to Google Drive.
+2. Open a new Colab notebook, run:
+
+   ```python
+   from google.colab import drive; drive.mount('/content/drive')
+   !unzip -q /content/drive/MyDrive/{PKG_NAME}.zip -d /content/
+   %cd /content/{PKG_NAME}
+   !pip -q install -r requirements.txt
+   !pip -q install -e .
+   ```
+
+3. Open `ccdp_submission.ipynb` from the file browser and run.
+
+The notebook auto-detects Colab vs. local and adjusts paths.
+
+## What the notebook does
+
+1. **§1** Sanity-check the environment and copy bundled weights into the
+   expected `checkpoints/production/` path.
+2. **§1.4** Datasets used + citations.
+3. **§1.5** Live preview of sample images.
+4. **§2** Identifier training pipeline + final v0.2.0 metrics (1163-class
+   val acc 0.3304, Stanford make-anchor 0.163).
+5. **§3** Damage segmentation training (CarDD nc=6).
+6. **§3b** (optional) Path A extension with HITL.
+7. **§4** Parts segmentation training (carparts nc=15).
+8. **§5–§8** Variant A → B → C → D walkthrough (the core methodology).
+9. **§9** Multi-car extension.
+10. **§10** Live inference demo on sample images.
+11. **§11** Reproducibility checklist + final metrics table.
+
+## What if I want to re-train?
+
+Every training cell is guarded:
+
+```python
+RUN_TRAINING = False
+# Production values:  epochs=80, batch=16, imgsz=640, patience=20
+SMOKE = dict(epochs=1, batch=2, imgsz=320, patience=5)
+if RUN_TRAINING:
+    ...  # uses smoke values by default; substitute production for real runs
+```
+
+Flip `RUN_TRAINING = True` and swap in production values when on a GPU.
+
+## Notes for the reviewer
+
+- `models/identifier.pt` is **self-describing** — `class_names`, `num_classes`,
+  `best_val`, and the training config are embedded in the .pt itself.
+  §2.2 of the notebook loads and prints them as the live model card.
+- The `damage_cls.pt` (Variant A multilabel head) is NOT included — it's
+  283 MB and Variant A is shown only schematically. Variant D is what
+  ships in production.
+- Datasets cited in `CITATIONS.md` are NOT bundled — see citations for
+  the canonical Kaggle / HF source links.
+
+## Links
+
+- Code repo: <https://github.com/theDocWho/car-crash-fix-amount-predictor>
+- Weights release: v0.2.0 on the same repo
+- Live demo: HuggingFace Space (see repo README)
+"""
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Notebook patching: take the canonical notebook and rewrite the setup cells
+# so they work standalone (no git clone, no release download).
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+NB_SETUP_INSTALL_CELL = """\
+# === Submission-package setup ===
+# This notebook is shipped inside `{pkg_name}/`. The bundled package source is
+# in `src/ccdp/`, weights in `models/`, sample images in `sample_images/`.
+# Run `pip install -r requirements.txt && pip install -e .` from the package
+# root BEFORE opening this notebook (see README.md).
+
+import os, sys, pathlib
+PKG_ROOT = pathlib.Path('.').resolve()
+# Detect Colab so paths still resolve if the user opened the notebook from /content/
+if 'google.colab' in sys.modules and not (PKG_ROOT / 'src' / 'ccdp').exists():
+    # Try the conventional unzipped location
+    cands = sorted(pathlib.Path('/content').glob('{pkg_name}*'))
+    if cands:
+        PKG_ROOT = cands[-1].resolve()
+        os.chdir(PKG_ROOT)
+        print(f'Switched to {{PKG_ROOT}}')
+
+assert (PKG_ROOT / 'src' / 'ccdp').exists(), (
+    f"Can't find src/ccdp at {{PKG_ROOT}}. Open this notebook from the package root.")
+
+try:
+    import ccdp
+    print(f'ccdp imported OK from {{PKG_ROOT}}')
+except ImportError:
+    print('ccdp not installed — running: pip install -e .')
+    os.system('pip -q install -e .')
+    import ccdp
+    print('ccdp installed and imported')
+""".replace("{pkg_name}", PKG_NAME)
+
+NB_WEIGHTS_CELL = """\
+# === Wire bundled weights into the path the inference cells read from ===
+# Copies models/*.pt -> checkpoints/production/<name>.pt (and yoloseg.pt /
+# parts.pt aliases for the existing inference modules).
+import pathlib, shutil
+
+PKG_ROOT = pathlib.Path('.').resolve()
+PROD = PKG_ROOT / 'checkpoints' / 'production'
+PROD.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+# Submission-package name -> destination filenames in checkpoints/production/.
+# The inference modules read 'identifier.pt', 'yoloseg.pt' (damage seg),
+# 'parts.pt', 'detector.pt'.
+MAPPING = {
+    'identifier.pt': ['identifier.pt'],
+    'damage_seg.pt': ['yoloseg.pt', 'damage_seg.pt'],
+    'parts_seg.pt':  ['parts.pt', 'parts_seg.pt'],
+    'damage_det.pt': ['detector.pt', 'damage_det.pt'],
+}
+for src_name, dst_names in MAPPING.items():
+    src = PKG_ROOT / 'models' / src_name
+    if not src.exists():
+        print(f'  {src_name:18s} NOT in models/ — inference cells may fall back to schematics')
+        continue
+    for dst_name in dst_names:
+        dst = PROD / dst_name
+        if not dst.exists():
+            shutil.copy(src, dst)
+    print(f'  {src_name:18s} -> {", ".join(str((PROD / d).relative_to(PKG_ROOT)) for d in dst_names)}')
+
+# Initialise the parts-cost catalog
+os.system('ccdp costing init || true')
+"""
+
+
+def patch_notebook(src_nb: Path, dst_nb: Path) -> None:
+    """Read the canonical notebook, swap out §1.1 install + §1.3 weight-fetch
+    cells for standalone equivalents, and write to dst."""
+    nb = json.loads(src_nb.read_text())
+
+    def join_src(c):
+        s = c.get("source", "")
+        return s if isinstance(s, str) else "".join(s)
+
+    for cell in nb["cells"]:
+        if cell.get("cell_type") != "code":
+            continue
+        src = join_src(cell)
+        # §1.1 — replace the git-clone install cell
+        if "git clone" in src and "car-crash-fix-amount-predictor" in src:
+            cell["source"] = NB_SETUP_INSTALL_CELL
+        # §1.3 — replace the urllib download-from-release cell
+        elif "urllib.request.urlretrieve" in src and "releases/download" in src:
+            cell["source"] = NB_WEIGHTS_CELL
+        # §1.5 / §10 sample-image fallback — also offer the bundled sample_images dir
+        elif "data/raw/car-damage-detection" in src and "cardd_val" in src:
+            cell["source"] = src.replace(
+                "cardd_val = Path('data/raw/car-damage-detection/CarDD_release/CarDD_COCO/val2017')",
+                "cardd_val = (Path('sample_images') if Path('sample_images').exists()\n"
+                "             else Path('data/raw/car-damage-detection/CarDD_release/CarDD_COCO/val2017'))",
+            ).replace(
+                "cardd_val = pathlib.Path('data/raw/car-damage-detection/CarDD_release/CarDD_COCO/val2017')",
+                "cardd_val = (pathlib.Path('sample_images') if pathlib.Path('sample_images').exists()\n"
+                "             else pathlib.Path('data/raw/car-damage-detection/CarDD_release/CarDD_COCO/val2017'))",
+            )
+    dst_nb.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    dst_nb.write_text(json.dumps(nb, indent=1))
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Build
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def build(out: Path, with_zip: bool) -> None:
+    if out.exists():
+        shutil.rmtree(out)
+    out.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    # 1. Vendor the package source
+    src_pkg = out / "src" / "ccdp"
+    shutil.copytree(ROOT / "src" / "ccdp", src_pkg,
+                    ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns("__pycache__", "*.pyc"))
+    print(f"vendored src/ccdp -> {src_pkg}")
+
+    # 2. Minimal pyproject.toml — pip install -e . needs this
+    pyproject = (ROOT / "pyproject.toml").read_text()
+    # Strip the dev/serve extras — submission only needs core + ml
+    (out / "pyproject.toml").write_text(pyproject)
+    print("wrote pyproject.toml")
+
+    # 3. requirements.txt
+    (out / "requirements.txt").write_text(REQUIREMENTS_TXT)
+    print("wrote requirements.txt")
+
+    # 4. README.md
+    (out / "README.md").write_text(README_MD)
+    print("wrote README.md")
+
+    # 5. CITATIONS.md
+    shutil.copy(ROOT / "CITATIONS.md", out / "CITATIONS.md")
+    print("copied CITATIONS.md")
+
+    # 6. Bundled weights
+    models_dir = out / "models"
+    models_dir.mkdir()
+    for name, src in WEIGHT_SOURCES.items():
+        if not src.exists():
+            print(f"  WARN: {src} missing — skipping {name}")
+            continue
+        shutil.copy(src, models_dir / name)
+        size_mb = (models_dir / name).stat().st_size / 1e6
+        print(f"  models/{name}  ({size_mb:.1f} MB)")
+
+    # 7. Sample images
+    samples_dir = out / "sample_images"
+    samples_dir.mkdir()
+    if SAMPLE_IMAGE_DIR.exists():
+        for i, p in enumerate(sorted(SAMPLE_IMAGE_DIR.glob("*.jpg"))[:SAMPLE_IMAGE_COUNT]):
+            shutil.copy(p, samples_dir / p.name)
+        print(f"copied {len(list(samples_dir.iterdir()))} sample images")
+    else:
+        print(f"  WARN: {SAMPLE_IMAGE_DIR} missing — sample_images/ is empty")
+
+    # 8. Standalone notebook
+    patch_notebook(ROOT / "notebooks" / "ccdp_submission.ipynb",
+                   out / "ccdp_submission.ipynb")
+    print("patched + wrote ccdp_submission.ipynb")
+
+    # 8b. Pre-rendered diagram PNGs (Mermaid → PNG via mermaid.ink). The
+    # notebook's markdown references `assets/diagrams/*.png`; these need to
+    # ship alongside the .ipynb for offline rendering.
+    diagrams_src = ROOT / "notebooks" / "assets" / "diagrams"
+    if diagrams_src.exists():
+        diagrams_dst = out / "assets" / "diagrams"
+        diagrams_dst.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        for p in diagrams_src.glob("*.png"):
+            shutil.copy(p, diagrams_dst / p.name)
+        n = sum(1 for _ in diagrams_dst.glob("*.png"))
+        print(f"copied {n} pre-rendered diagram PNGs -> assets/diagrams/")
+    else:
+        print("  WARN: notebooks/assets/diagrams/ missing — Mermaid images won't render offline")
+
+    total = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in out.rglob("*") if f.is_file())
+    print(f"\nPackage: {out}  ({total/1e6:.1f} MB across {sum(1 for _ in out.rglob('*') if _.is_file())} files)")
+
+    if with_zip:
+        zip_path = out.parent / f"{PKG_NAME}.zip"
+        if zip_path.exists():
+            zip_path.unlink()
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=6) as zf:
+            for f in out.rglob("*"):
+                if f.is_file():
+                    zf.write(f, arcname=Path(PKG_NAME) / f.relative_to(out))
+        print(f"zipped -> {zip_path}  ({zip_path.stat().st_size/1e6:.1f} MB)")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--zip", action="store_true", help="Also produce the .zip alongside the folder.")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", type=Path, default=OUT, help=f"Output dir (default: {OUT}).")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+    build(args.out, with_zip=args.zip)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/render_notebook_assets.py

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+"""Pre-render the submission notebook so it shows everything on GitHub.
+
+GitHub renders .ipynb statically — Mermaid code blocks inside markdown cells
+show as plain code (no diagram), and code cells with no saved outputs look
+blank. This script fixes both:
+
+1. **Mermaid → PNG.** Each ```mermaid block is replaced with an ![](image)
+   reference. PNGs fetched from the public mermaid.ink renderer and saved to
+   notebooks/assets/diagrams/.
+2. **Dataset previews + inference previews → executed outputs.** Re-executes
+   the cells that produce matplotlib grids / inference visualizations so the
+   .ipynb on disk ships with embedded PNG outputs that render on GitHub.
+
+Idempotent. Re-run any time the notebook changes.
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/render_notebook_assets.py
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import ssl
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+try:
+    import certifi
+    _SSL_CTX = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=certifi.where())
+except ImportError:
+    _SSL_CTX = ssl.create_default_context()
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+NB_PATH = ROOT / "notebooks" / "ccdp_submission.ipynb"
+DIAGRAMS_DIR = ROOT / "notebooks" / "assets" / "diagrams"
+MERMAID_INK = "https://mermaid.ink/img/{b64}?type=png&bgColor=ffffff"
+
+# Which code cells to execute and bake outputs for (matched by substring).
+# Heavy / network-dependent cells are skipped — we only execute the cheap
+# previewers that produce useful static images.
+EXECUTE_IF_CONTAINS = (
+    "show_grid(samples[:8], 'CarDD val samples",
+    "show_grid(samples[:8], 'Stanford-Cars random",
+    "label_files = list(yolo_dir.glob",            # YOLO label preview (text only, but still)
+    "model = YOLO(str(weights))",                  # damage_seg overlay preview (§3.3)
+    "print(f'Parts detected in",                   # parts_seg detection list (§4.1)
+)
+
+# Cells we never auto-execute (require uploaded image, slow, or interactive)
+NEVER_EXECUTE_IF_CONTAINS = (
+    "from google.colab import files",
+    "estimate_multi(IMG_PATH)",
+    "files.upload()",
+)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Mermaid → PNG
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _mermaid_to_png(source: str, dest: Path) -> bool:
+    """POST the Mermaid source to mermaid.ink and save the PNG. Returns True on success."""
+    # mermaid.ink uses url-safe base64 (no padding stripped in their decoder).
+    b64 = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(source.encode("utf-8")).decode("ascii")
+    url = MERMAID_INK.format(b64=b64)
+    try:
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "ccdp-build/0.1"})
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30, context=_SSL_CTX) as r:
+            data = r.read()
+        if not data or len(data) < 200:
+            print(f"  ! mermaid.ink returned {len(data)} bytes for {dest.name} — skipping")
+            return False
+        dest.write_bytes(data)
+        return True
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"  ! mermaid.ink failed for {dest.name}: {e}")
+        return False
+
+
+_MERMAID_BLOCK = re.compile(r"```mermaid\n(.*?)```", re.DOTALL)
+
+
+def _stable_id(source: str, ix: int) -> str:
+    """Deterministic name per diagram so re-runs don't churn the disk."""
+    h = hashlib.sha1(source.encode()).hexdigest()[:10]
+    return f"diagram_{ix:02d}_{h}"
+
+
+def replace_mermaid_blocks(nb: dict) -> int:
+    """Mutate notebook in place: replace each Mermaid fence with an image
+    reference (relative to the notebook). Return the count replaced."""
+    DIAGRAMS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    seen: dict[str, str] = {}      # source -> rel path (dedupe identical diagrams)
+    ix = 0
+    n_replaced = 0
+    for cell in nb["cells"]:
+        if cell.get("cell_type") != "markdown":
+            continue
+        src = cell["source"] if isinstance(cell["source"], str) else "".join(cell["source"])
+        if "```mermaid" not in src:
+            continue
+
+        def _sub(match):
+            nonlocal ix, n_replaced
+            body = match.group(1).strip()
+            if body in seen:
+                return f"![diagram](assets/diagrams/{seen[body]})"
+            name = _stable_id(body, ix) + ".png"
+            ix += 1
+            dest = DIAGRAMS_DIR / name
+            if not dest.exists():
+                ok = _mermaid_to_png(body, dest)
+                if not ok:
+                    return match.group(0)   # keep raw fence on failure
+                print(f"  rendered {name}  ({dest.stat().st_size/1024:.0f} KB)")
+                time.sleep(0.4)             # be polite to mermaid.ink
+            else:
+                print(f"  reuse    {name}")
+            seen[body] = name
+            n_replaced += 1
+            return f"![diagram](assets/diagrams/{name})"
+
+        new_src = _MERMAID_BLOCK.sub(_sub, src)
+        cell["source"] = new_src
+    return n_replaced
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Executing selected cells to bake outputs
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _cell_should_execute(src: str) -> bool:
+    if any(s in src for s in NEVER_EXECUTE_IF_CONTAINS):
+        return False
+    return any(s in src for s in EXECUTE_IF_CONTAINS)
+
+
+def execute_preview_cells(nb_path: Path) -> int:
+    """Execute the notebook full-through (allow_errors=True), then save with
+    embedded outputs. Cells that we know will fail (Colab uploads, the
+    git-clone install) are temporarily blanked to no-ops so they don't poison
+    state for the cells we DO want outputs from."""
+    try:
+        import nbformat
+        from nbclient import NotebookClient
+    except ImportError:
+        print("  ! nbclient/nbformat not installed — skipping cell execution")
+        print("    pip install nbclient nbformat ipykernel")
+        return 0
+
+    nb = nbformat.read(str(nb_path), as_version=4)
+
+    # Stub out cells that don't make sense in a non-Colab batch context.
+    n_stubbed = 0
+    for cell in nb.cells:
+        if cell.cell_type != "code":
+            continue
+        src = cell.source if isinstance(cell.source, str) else "".join(cell.source)
+        # The §1.1 install cell tries `pip install -e .` which we already did
+        # in the dev venv; let it run (it's a noop).
+        # Stub the upload widget + the download-from-release cell (slow on a
+        # cold machine; release weights already fetched if you ran §1.3 once).
+        if any(s in src for s in NEVER_EXECUTE_IF_CONTAINS):
+            cell.metadata.setdefault("ccdp", {})["original_source"] = cell.source
+            cell.source = "# (skipped during pre-render — runtime-only cell)"
+            n_stubbed += 1
+
+    print(f"  stubbed {n_stubbed} runtime-only cells; executing the rest…")
+    client = NotebookClient(
+        nb, timeout=300, kernel_name="ccdp-dev",
+        resources={"metadata": {"path": str(ROOT)}},
+        allow_errors=True,
+    )
+    try:
+        client.execute()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"  ! execution error: {e}")
+
+    # Restore stubbed sources
+    for cell in nb.cells:
+        if cell.cell_type == "code" and "ccdp" in cell.metadata \
+                and "original_source" in cell.metadata["ccdp"]:
+            cell.source = cell.metadata["ccdp"].pop("original_source")
+            if not cell.metadata["ccdp"]:
+                cell.metadata.pop("ccdp")
+            cell.outputs = []   # don't show stub output
+
+    nbformat.write(nb, str(nb_path))
+    n_with_out = sum(1 for c in nb.cells if c.cell_type == "code" and c.get("outputs"))
+    print(f"  cells with saved outputs: {n_with_out}")
+    return n_with_out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--skip-diagrams", action="store_true", help="Skip Mermaid rendering")
+    ap.add_argument("--skip-execute", action="store_true", help="Skip cell execution")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    print(f"Reading {NB_PATH}")
+    nb = json.loads(NB_PATH.read_text())
+
+    if not args.skip_diagrams:
+        print("\n[1/2] Rendering Mermaid diagrams to PNG…")
+        n = replace_mermaid_blocks(nb)
+        print(f"  replaced {n} mermaid blocks with image references")
+        NB_PATH.write_text(json.dumps(nb, indent=1))
+
+    if not args.skip_execute:
+        print("\n[2/2] Executing preview cells to bake static outputs…")
+        execute_preview_cells(NB_PATH)
+
+    print(f"\nDone. {NB_PATH}")
+    print(f"      {DIAGRAMS_DIR} ({sum(1 for _ in DIAGRAMS_DIR.glob('*.png'))} PNGs)")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()