Competition Workflows

Overview

Use this skill for Kaggle competition workflows from data access through notebook execution and submission. Prioritize reproducibility, rule compliance, and leakage prevention over leaderboard-chasing shortcuts.

Submission from Notebook Output

Use the notebook-kernel submission form when submitting an output file produced by a notebook version:

kaggle competitions submit <competition> -k <owner/slug> -f <file> -v <version> -m "<message>"

Before submission, confirm the notebook run completed successfully, the output file exists, and the version number matches the intended run. Use notebook-lifecycle for status, logs, files, and output download commands.

Competition Data Access

Use Kaggle CLI or kagglehub for competition downloads. Attach competition sources in kernel-metadata.json when the notebook must run on Kaggle. Confirm users accepted competition rules before assuming downloads or submissions will work.