Notebook Cell Skip

Mark Jupyter notebook cells to be skipped during "Run All" while keeping them individually executable.

Perfect for cells containing one-time setup, debugging snippets, or exploratory code that shouldn't run as part of your full notebook pipeline.

Features

Cycle Cell Tag

Click the skip icon in the cell toolbar (right side of each code cell) to cycle through tags: skip → debug → setup → misc → (no tag). The current tag and skip status are shown in the cell's status bar (e.g. [setup] Skipped on Run All).

Run All (Skip Selected)

Located in the notebook toolbar next to the built-in Run All. Runs all cells except those tagged with a currently skipped tag.

Select Tags to Skip

Click the filter icon in the notebook toolbar to open a dropdown where you can:

• Check/uncheck tags to control which are skipped on Run All
• Add new tags to extend the tag list
• Remove tags you no longer need
• Skip untagged cells to only run explicitly tagged cells that aren't marked for skipping

Add Tagged Cell

Available from the command palette (Notebook Cell Skip: Add Tagged Cell). Inserts a new code cell pre-tagged with the first available tag.

Reset Tags to Defaults

Available from the command palette (Notebook Cell Skip: Reset Tags to Defaults). Resets the tag list and skip selections back to defaults.

How It Works

• Tags are stored as standard Jupyter cell tags, so they persist across saves, reopens, and version control.
• By default, all four tags (skip, debug, setup, misc) are selected for skipping.
• The available tag list and skip selections are stored per workspace.
• No dependency on specific Jupyter extension versions — uses only stable VS Code Notebook APIs.
• Running a tagged cell individually works exactly as normal. Tags only affect the "Run All (Skip Selected)" command.

License

MIT