# cellview explore


Launch a Jupyter notebook for interactive data exploration.


``` bash
cellview explore [OPTIONS] [[PLATE_IDS]...]...
```


PLATE_IDS are plate IDs, or a notebook name such as plates_3602_3603 from which the IDs are extracted.


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    Usage: cellview explore [OPTIONS] [PLATE_IDS]...

      Launch a Jupyter notebook for interactive data exploration.

      PLATE_IDS are plate IDs, or a notebook name such as plates_3602_3603 from
      which the IDs are extracted.

    Options:
      --experiment EXPERIMENT  Explore all plates from an experiment (name or ID).
      --template NAME          Template notebook to use.  [default: cellcycle]
      --fresh                  Regenerate the notebook even if it already exists.
      --no-napari              Skip launching napari.
      --code                   Open the notebook folder in VS Code instead of
                               JupyterLab.
      --json                   Print a JSON context snapshot (schema, conditions,
                               stats, notebooks) to stdout and exit. Used by the
                               agentic skill.
      --help                   Show this message and exit.


# Arguments


`[PLATE_IDS]…: TEXT`  
Optional.


# Options


`--experiment: TEXT`  
Explore all plates from an experiment (name or ID).

`--template: TEXT = cellcycle`  
Template notebook to use.

`--fresh`  
Regenerate the notebook even if it already exists.

`--no-napari`  
Skip launching napari.

`--code`  
Open the notebook folder in VS Code instead of JupyterLab.

`--json`  
Print a JSON context snapshot (schema, conditions, stats, notebooks) to stdout and exit. Used by the agentic skill.