The Mercury uses `nbconvert` internally to convert notebooks, so you don't need to execute them manually. It also adds additional features to make it more user-

The Mercury uses `nbconvert` internally to convert notebooks, so you don't need to execute them manually. It also adds additional features to make it more user-friendly: - you can add widgets (parameters) to the notebook, without rewriting the notebook, - you can easily schedule the notebook, - you can convert notebook to PDF with mouse click, - you can serve interactive HTML notebooks with a Django-based server.