Limitations of defining steps in notebook cells

If you want to run ZenML steps defined in notebook cells remotely (either with a remote orchestrator or step operator), the cells defining your steps must meet the following conditions:

• The cell can only contain python code, no Jupyter magic commands or shell commands starting with a % or !.

• The cell must not call code from other notebook cells. Functions or classes imported from python files are allowed.

• The cell must not rely on imports of previous cells. This means your cell must perform all the imports it needs itself, including ZenML imports like from zenml import step.