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## Title

    Proposed fix: [Django] SynchronousOnlyOperation 'You cannot call this from an async context - use a thread or sync_to_async.' — ORM called from async views, Jupyter, or async agent tools

## Body

    Recommended action: Use the async ORM methods (aget, afilter iteration, etc.) or wrap the sync code in asgiref.sync.sync_to_async; in IPython use %autoawait off. DJANGO_ALLOW_ASYNC_UNSAFE disables the check but is documented as unsafe for production (not recommended).
    
    Option: Wrap in sync_to_async [evidence: official_recommended_action]
    Applies when: See record scope.
    Steps:
    1. from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
    2. result = await sync_to_async(my_sync_fn, thread_sensitive=True)(...)
    Expected: Command proceeds without the error.
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.

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