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Workflow: Install MyST (CLI)

Purpose: Install the MyST command-line tools for building and converting documents.

Note: If you ran bash scripts/setup_env.sh in the ballpark repo, the MyST CLI (mystmd) was installed automatically via npm, and myst-parser and jupytext were installed in the Python venv. Use this workflow only if you need to install manually or troubleshoot.


Verify first

myst --version
jupytext --version

If both commands print version numbers, you’re done.


Manual install (if needed)

MyST CLI (mystmd)

Requires node/npm:

npm install -g mystmd

MyST parser (Python)

pip install myst-parser

Jupytext (notebook-to-MyST converter)

pip install jupytext

Troubleshooting