In case anyone else is interested. We found two alternative solutions:
Repeating the first steps but from within a Docker container ( docker run -it --rm python:3.9 bash ) worked for me.alternatively
The example tasks (or at least those I've tried) that appear in the clear ml examples within a new workspace have clearml==0.17.5 (an old clearml version) listed in "INSTALLED PACKAGES". Updating the clearml package within the task to 1.5.0 let me run the clear-ml agent daemon locally without issue.Thanks AgitatedDove14 !