Reusable helper scripts collected from across the zoomcamps. Each is
self-contained — copy the folder you need into a camp, or run it from here.
Python scripts use uv (uv run <script>.py).
| Script | From | What it does |
|---|---|---|
bootstrap-cohort/ |
this repo | Preview and apply cohort creation or outgoing-curriculum archival without copying unchanged lessons into each delivery. See its README for source-schema prerequisites. |
check-zoomcamp/ |
this repo | Checks a course repository against the curriculum conventions in ../STRUCTURE.md: layout, manifests, unit page shape, link and image containment. Run it locally before pushing; every course repo also runs it on pull requests through a pinned reusable workflow. |
generate-thumbnails/ |
Data Engineering | Self-hosts YouTube thumbnails: downloads the raw frame, overlays a play button, commits it under images/, and rewrites the markdown link. Idempotent. Replaces the flaky external thumbnail service. |
youtube-upload/ |
LLM | Video publishing pipeline: rename clips, clip transcripts, add chapters, and upload to YouTube from a manifest. |
chop-specs/ |
LLM | chop.sh plus per-module .spec files to chop long recordings into per-lesson clips. See ../docs/video-lesson-chopping.md. |
generate-pages/ |
ML, MLOps | Notebooks that generate course pages / descriptions from the module structure. |
- Python tooling uses
uv, either with a committedpyproject.toml+uv.lock(seegenerate-thumbnails) or with PEP 723 inline metadata in the script itself (seecheck-zoomcamp, which is run straight from a URL and so must carry its own dependencies). - Keep scripts idempotent where possible so they can be re-run safely.
- When you improve a script in one camp, update it here so the others benefit.