From b3e90a706ec11f473cd265a450017c08b248fb1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nigel Jones <jonesn@uk.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:23:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: prevent execution of readme_generator during pytest
 collection (#592)

---
 docs/examples/aLora/example_readme_generator.py | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/examples/aLora/example_readme_generator.py b/docs/examples/aLora/example_readme_generator.py
index b3adcdcac..fbfe5e025 100644
--- a/docs/examples/aLora/example_readme_generator.py
+++ b/docs/examples/aLora/example_readme_generator.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 
 from cli.alora.readme_generator import generate_readme, make_readme_jinja_dict
 
-generate_readme(
-    dataset_path="stembolt_failure_dataset.jsonl",
-    base_model="granite-4.0-micro",
-    prompt_file=None,
-    output_path="stembolts_model_readme.md",
-    name="your-username/stembolts-alora",
-    hints=None,
-)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    generate_readme(
+        dataset_path="stembolt_failure_dataset.jsonl",
+        base_model="granite-4.0-micro",
+        prompt_file=None,
+        output_path="stembolts_model_readme.md",
+        name="your-username/stembolts-alora",
+        hints=None,
+    )

From 03134a362f67aa47fcb5abde607b61293e529732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nigel Jones <jonesn@uk.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:24:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: respect 'skip' marker during example collection

---
 docs/examples/conftest.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/examples/conftest.py b/docs/examples/conftest.py
index fffc3baf0..212c310ff 100644
--- a/docs/examples/conftest.py
+++ b/docs/examples/conftest.py
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ def _should_skip_collection(markers):
     if "qualitative" in markers and gh_run == 1:
         return True, "Skipping qualitative test in CI (CICD=1)"
 
+    # Explicitly skip if 'skip' marker is present
+    if "skip" in markers:
+        return True, "Example marked with skip marker"
+
     # Skip slow tests if SKIP_SLOW=1 environment variable is set
     if "slow" in markers and int(os.environ.get("SKIP_SLOW", 0)) == 1:
         return True, "Skipping slow test (SKIP_SLOW=1)"