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dbt-agent-skills
A curated collection of Agent Skills for working with dbt, to help AI agents understand and execute dbt workflows more effectively.
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- 16 skills (16 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 63 forks (63 forks)
- Today last update (Last updated today)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --skill auditing-skills — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skillscp -r "dbt-agent-skills/.claude/skills/auditing-skills" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the auditing-skills skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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auditing-skills
Use when checking skills for security or quality issues, reviewing audit results from skills.sh or Tessl, or remediating findings across published skills.
.claude/skills/auditing-skills/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
creating-mermaid-dbt-dag
Generates a Mermaid flowchart diagram of dbt model lineage using MCP tools, manifest.json, or direct code parsing as fallbacks. Use when visualizing dbt model lineage and dependencies as a Mermaid diagram in markdown format.
skills/dbt-extras/skills/creating-mermaid-dbt-dag/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
migrating-dbt-core-to-v2
Use when a user needs help triaging dbt-core to dbt v2 migration errors. Runs dbt-autofix first, then classifies remaining errors into actionable categories (auto-fixable, guided fixes, needs input, blocked).
skills/dbt-migration/skills/migrating-dbt-core-to-v2/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
migrating-dbt-project-across-platforms
Use when migrating a dbt project from one data platform or data warehouse to another (e.g., Snowflake to Databricks, Databricks to Snowflake) using dbt Fusion's real-time compilation to identify and fix SQL dialect differences.
skills/dbt-migration/skills/migrating-dbt-project-across-platforms/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
upgrading-dbt
Use when a user wants to upgrade, update, or migrate a dbt project to the latest version — e.g. "upgrade my dbt project," "migrate this off dbt 1.5," "get this project running on the latest dbt," "bump the dbt version." Upgrades a dbt v1 project (on 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, or 1.7) all the way to 1.12, applying the required breaking, behavior, and deprecated changes from a data-driven issue corpus. In…
skills/dbt-migration/skills/upgrading-dbt/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
adding-dbt-unit-test
Creates unit test YAML definitions that mock upstream model inputs and validate expected outputs. Use when adding unit tests for a dbt model or practicing test-driven development (TDD) in dbt.
skills/dbt/skills/adding-dbt-unit-test/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
answering-natural-language-questions-with-dbt
Writes and executes SQL queries against the data warehouse using dbt's Semantic Layer or ad-hoc SQL to answer business questions. Use when a user asks about analytics, metrics, KPIs, or data (e.g., "What were total sales last quarter?", "Show me top customers by revenue"). NOT for validating, testing, or building dbt models during development.
skills/dbt/skills/answering-natural-language-questions-with-dbt/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
building-dbt-semantic-layer
Use when creating or modifying dbt Semantic Layer components — semantic models, metrics, dimensions, entities, measures, or time spines. Covers MetricFlow configuration, metric types (simple, derived, cumulative, ratio, conversion), and validation for both latest and legacy YAML specs.
skills/dbt/skills/building-dbt-semantic-layer/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
configuring-dbt-mcp-server
Generates MCP server configuration JSON, resolves authentication setup, and validates server connectivity for dbt. Use when setting up, configuring, or troubleshooting the dbt MCP server for AI tools like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or VS Code.
skills/dbt/skills/configuring-dbt-mcp-server/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
fetching-dbt-docs
Retrieves and searches dbt documentation pages in LLM-friendly markdown format. Use when fetching dbt documentation, looking up dbt features, or answering questions about dbt Cloud, dbt Core, or the dbt Semantic Layer.
skills/dbt/skills/fetching-dbt-docs/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
maintaining-dbt-documentation
Audits dbt documentation coverage and drafts missing model/column descriptions in the project's own house style, one folder at a time, for human review. Use when documenting undocumented models, backfilling missing YAML descriptions, auditing doc coverage, or keeping schema YAML in sync with model SQL — especially on multi-contributor projects where new models routinely land undocumented.
skills/dbt/skills/maintaining-dbt-documentation/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
running-dbt-commands
Formats and executes dbt CLI commands, selects the correct dbt executable, and structures command parameters. Use when running models, tests, builds, compiles, or show queries via dbt CLI. Use when unsure which dbt executable to use or how to format command parameters.
skills/dbt/skills/running-dbt-commands/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
troubleshooting-dbt-job-errors
Diagnoses dbt Cloud/platform job failures by analyzing run logs, querying the Admin API, reviewing git history, and investigating data issues. Use when a dbt Cloud/platform job fails and you need to diagnose the root cause, especially when error messages are unclear or when intermittent failures occur. Do not use for local dbt development errors.
skills/dbt/skills/troubleshooting-dbt-job-errors/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
using-dbt-for-analytics-engineering
Builds and modifies dbt models, writes SQL transformations using ref() and source(), creates tests, and validates results with dbt show. Use when doing any dbt work - building or modifying models, debugging errors, exploring unfamiliar data sources, writing tests, or evaluating impact of changes.
skills/dbt/skills/using-dbt-for-analytics-engineering/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
using-dbt-state
Use when a user is enabling, configuring, optimizing, or debugging dbt State (the server-backed reuse mechanism that clones or skips nodes instead of rebuilding them). Use when they conflate dbt State with the `state:modified` selector or `--state` deferral. Use when asked about models rebuilding unexpectedly, views with `select *` rebuilding, volatile SQL (`current_timestamp()`, `random()`) rebu…
skills/dbt/skills/using-dbt-state/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
working-with-dbt-mesh
Use when changing a dbt model in a way that could break its consumers — renaming, removing, or retyping a column, or changing a model that downstream models, exposures, dashboards, or BI tools depend on — to judge whether the change is breaking and who it affects. Also use when versioning a model (model versions, latest_version, latest_version_pointer, deprecation_date, migration windows), enforc…
skills/dbt/skills/working-with-dbt-mesh/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.