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Add Cursor rule for Pixeltable (rules/pixeltable.mdc).

Summary

  • Tool: Pixeltable — Declarative multimodal AI data engine for tables, computed columns, and embedding search.
  • Rule File: rules/pixeltable.mdc
  • Scope: Python and Jupyter notebook development (globs: ["**/*.py", "**/*.ipynb"])
  • Hygiene Checks: Passed both check-rule-hygiene.mjs and check-readme-hygiene.mjs.

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  • Documentation
    • Added Pixeltable guidance covering declarative multimodal data tables, computed columns, native media types, and built-in versioning.
    • Documented embedding search and retrieval-augmented generation workflows.
    • Added examples for table creation, schema updates, service workflows, and reusable Python functions.
    • Included recommendations for avoiding inefficient row-by-row processing, external vector databases, and deprecated Pixeltable APIs.
    • Added Pixeltable to the documented Database and API resources.

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Pixeltable guidance was added for Python and notebook files. The guidance covers tables, computed columns, UDFs, embedding search, CLI workflows, and prohibited patterns. The README now links to the rule under Database and API.

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Pixeltable Rule

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pixeltable guidance and catalog entry
rules/pixeltable.mdc, README.md
Adds Pixeltable guidance for schemas, computed columns, UDFs, embedding search, CLI workflows, and anti-patterns. Lists the rule in the README under Database and API.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e03c2

The UDF example can fail when copied. Removing the unsupported decorator argument is a small documentation correction recommended before merge.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Description check ⚠️ Warning The description provides a summary, identifies the rule file, states the scope, and reports hygiene checks. It omits the required Contribution Type, Value To Cursor Users, Added Or Changed Files, Qual… Add all required template sections. Select the applicable contribution type, explain the reusable workflow value for Cursor users, list the changed files and their purpose, complete each quality checklist item, and add maintainer notes or s…
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding a Pixeltable Cursor rule.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The description provides a summary, identifies the rule file, states the scope, and reports hygiene checks. It omits the required Contribution Type, Value To Cursor Users, Added Or Changed Files, Quality Checklist, and Notes For Maintainers sections.

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Add all required template sections. Select the applicable contribution type, explain the reusable workflow value for Cursor users, list the changed files and their purpose, complete each quality checklist item, and add maintainer notes or state that there are none.

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In `@rules/pixeltable.mdc`:
- Line 60: Update the t.image.similarity call assigned to sim to pass the query
via the explicit string parameter instead of the deprecated positional item
argument, preserving the existing similarity query.
- Line 44: Update the `@pxt.udf` decorator in the clean_text example to remove the
unsupported return_type keyword, while preserving the existing -> str return
annotation.
- Line 56: Update the add_embedding_index call to use the documented clip
embedding UDF interface, such as clip.using(...) or the configured UDF directly,
instead of referencing the nonexistent clip.clip_text and clip.clip_image
attributes; preserve the image column and index creation behavior.
- Around line 67-68: Update the Pixeltable CLI workflow documentation to include
the command that updates the declared services after scaffolding with `pxt
service example --out app.py`; replace the schema command’s `<table_name>`
placeholder with the correct target namespace or application-name argument, and
ensure the documented sequence completes the service workflow.

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- Wrap custom Python functions in `@pxt.udf`:
```python
@pxt.udf(return_type=pxt.String)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the supported @pxt.udf syntax.

@pxt.udf does not accept return_type; unknown decorator keywords raise RequestError. The -> str annotation already provides the return type. This example fails before clean_text is defined. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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-  `@pxt.udf`(return_type=pxt.String)
+  `@pxt.udf`
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In `@rules/pixeltable.mdc` at line 44, Update the `@pxt.udf` decorator in the
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Thanks for the review! Updated to use , explicit , and the complete CLI sequence.

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