So clearml-init can be skipped, and I provide the users with a template and ask them to append the credentials at the top, is that right?

Correct

What about the "Credential verification" step in clearml-init command, that won't take place in this pipeline right, will that be a problem?

The verification test is basically making sure the credentials were copy pasted correctly.
You can achieve the same by just running the following in your python console:
from clearml import Task Task.init('exanmples', 'test')SmarmyDolphin68 Sounds good ?