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title: "Python Scratchpad - Air Market"
description: "Sometimes you need to do a bit of arithmetic, reshape some data, or check a quick script before trusting it. This uses the Python tools already available as a rough working space for exactly that. Re…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/python-scratchpad"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / Python Scratchpad

Skill by [OpenBMB](/@openbmb)

# Python Scratchpad

Work out the numbers before they go anywhere near the answer

## What this does

Sometimes you need to do a bit of arithmetic, reshape some data, or check a quick script before trusting it. This uses the Python tools already available as a rough working space for exactly that. Reach for it when the answer depends on a calculation nobody should be doing in their head.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Run a quick calculation instead of guessing at it
- Reshape some data before I use it
- Check a small script actually does what I think

## Information

**Python Scratchpad at a glance**

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| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [OpenBMB](/@openbmb) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 2 KB |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository | [OpenBMB/ChatDev](https://github.com/OpenBMB/ChatDev/tree/c85e1de2a79cdf9c36940d30214365c1482d62d3/.agents/skills/python-scratchpad) |
| GitHub stars | 34,115 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Python Scratchpad and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Python Scratchpad's check was run against**

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| Commit | c85e1de2a79cdf9c36940d30214365c1482d62d3 |
| Content hash | b7f4139645bec1fa07df19606465fd4a99f4cecc2c690e8fb0ef9cd2ec21e200 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/OpenBMB/ChatDev/blob/c85e1de2a79cdf9c36940d30214365c1482d62d3/.agents/skills/python-scratchpad/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Python Scratchpad](/security/python-scratchpad)

## About Python Scratchpad

This uses the Python execution tools that are already there as a scratchpad: a place to do calculations, transform data, and validate something quickly with a short script.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions
- references/examples.md - reference

## Questions

### Is Python Scratchpad safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Python Scratchpad and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit c85e1de2a79c, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/python-scratchpad.

### How do I install Python Scratchpad?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/python-scratchpad on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/OpenBMB/ChatDev/tree/c85e1de2a79cdf9c36940d30214365c1482d62d3/.agents/skills/python-scratchpad. Install from that link, not the branch.

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