Jupyter-skip-extension

This is a Jupyter kernel extension that adds the ability to skip the execution of a cell via the skip magic command.

Load the extension in your notebook:

%load_ext skip_kernel_extension

Run the skip magic command in the cells you want to skip:

%%skip True

You can use a variable to decide if a cell should be skipped by using $:

should_skip = True

%%skip $should_skip 
#skipped


should_skip = False

%%skip $should_skip 
#not skipped

skip_kernel_extension_2.py is an alternative implementation with the same functionality.