kill the autobrackets // from https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/issues/2040#issuecomment-394118060

gistfile1.txt

javascript: var cell = Jupyter.notebook.get_selected_cell();
var config = cell.config;
var patch = {
      CodeCell:{
          cm_config:{autoCloseBrackets:{pairs: ""}}
      }
    };
config.update(patch);