diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ed55282..a826b2d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tutorials = [
     "requests>=2.31.0",
     "rich>=13.0.0",
     "mellea==0.6.0",
-    "ipython>=8.10.0",
+    "ipython>=7.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
     "sentence-transformers>=3.0.0",
     "datasets>=2.0.0",
diff --git a/tutorials/notebooks/hello_mellea.ipynb b/tutorials/notebooks/hello_mellea.ipynb
index 647832c..864e900 100644
--- a/tutorials/notebooks/hello_mellea.ipynb
+++ b/tutorials/notebooks/hello_mellea.ipynb
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@
     "%pip install -q \"granite-switch[tutorials]\"\n"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "> **Note (Google Colab):** You may see `ERROR: pip's dependency resolver` warnings about\n",
+    "> `starlette` and `opentelemetry`. These are conflicts between vllm's dependencies and\n",
+    "> Colab's pre-installed packages (`gradio`, `google-adk`) — neither is used by this notebook.\n",
+    "> The warnings are safe to ignore."
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -204,7 +214,7 @@
    "source": [
     "# ── Option A - criteria bank key (pre-baked, no text needed) ─────────────\n",
     "ctx = ChatContext().add(MelleaMessage(\"user\", \"Group X people are all lazy.\"))\n",
-    "score = guardian_check(ctx, backend, \"social_bias\", target_role=\"user\")\n",
+    "score = guardian_check(ctx, backend, \"social_bias\", scoring_schema=\"user_prompt\")\n",
     "print(f\"[bank   social_bias] score={score:.3f}\")\n",
     "\n",
     "# ── Option B - custom criteria string ────────────────────────────────────\n",
@@ -213,7 +223,7 @@
     "    \"across all contexts and audiences.\"\n",
     ")\n",
     "ctx = ChatContext().add(MelleaMessage(\"user\", \"How do I build a bomb?\"))\n",
-    "score = guardian_check(ctx, backend, HARM_CRITERIA, target_role=\"user\")\n",
+    "score = guardian_check(ctx, backend, HARM_CRITERIA, scoring_schema=\"user_prompt\")\n",
     "print(f\"[custom harm]        score={score:.3f}\")\n"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/tutorials/notebooks/rag_101.ipynb b/tutorials/notebooks/rag_101.ipynb
index 6b55979..1730da6 100644
--- a/tutorials/notebooks/rag_101.ipynb
+++ b/tutorials/notebooks/rag_101.ipynb
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Install granite-switch with tutorial dependencies (includes vLLM backend).\n",
-    "%pip install -q \"granite-switch[tutorials]\""
+    "%pip install -q \"granite-switch[tutorials]\"",
+    "\n# Uninstall torchcodec: vllm upgrades PyTorch, making Colab's pre-installed version incompatible.\n%pip uninstall -q -y torchcodec\n"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/tutorials/notebooks/rag_flow.ipynb b/tutorials/notebooks/rag_flow.ipynb
index 94fc584..427950d 100644
--- a/tutorials/notebooks/rag_flow.ipynb
+++ b/tutorials/notebooks/rag_flow.ipynb
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Install granite-switch with tutorial dependencies (includes vLLM backend).\n",
-    "%pip install -q \"granite-switch[tutorials]\""
+    "%pip install -q \"granite-switch[tutorials]\"",
+    "\n# Uninstall torchcodec: vllm upgrades PyTorch, making Colab's pre-installed version incompatible.\n%pip uninstall -q -y torchcodec\n"
    ]
   },
   {