# clickhouse-best-practices

This plugin gives Claude Code ClickHouse guidance for schema design, query tuning, and data ingestion. It fits table design and analytics work.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 561
- Author: ClickHouse Inc
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ClickHouse/agent-skills
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/clickhouse-best-practices

## What it does

clickhouse-best-practices adds 28 ClickHouse rules to Claude Code. They cover primary-key and data-type choices, JOINs, batched inserts, mutations, partitioning, skipping indexes, materialized views, asynchronous inserts, OPTIMIZE, and JSON. Each rule is ranked by impact, from CRITICAL to MEDIUM.

The skill activates while the agent creates tables, writes queries, or designs a data-loading pipeline. Advice appears alongside the relevant task rather than as a separate checklist. The plugin is focused on ClickHouse work.

Without a ClickHouse task, these rules have no relevant context to apply. Setup uses the official Claude Code marketplace.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install clickhouse-best-practices@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install clickhouse-best-practices@claude-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- choose a primary key for a ClickHouse table
- select suitable data types for a schema
- tune JOINs and analytical queries
- design batched data ingestion
- decide where partitioning and materialized views fit

## Example prompts
- Design a ClickHouse events table and explain the primary-key choice.
- Review this ClickHouse query and suggest a better JOIN strategy.
- Plan a ClickHouse ingestion flow with batched inserts.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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# ClickHouse Agent Skills

The official Agent Skills for [ClickHouse](https://clickhouse.com/). These skills help LLMs and agents to adopt best practices when working with ClickHouse and [chdb](https://clickhouse.com/docs/chdb) (in-process ClickHouse for Python).

You can use these skills with open-source ClickHouse and managed ClickHouse Cloud. [Try ClickHouse Cloud with $300 in free credits](https://clickhouse.com/cloud?utm_medium=github&utm_source=github&utm_ref=agent-skills).

## Installation

### npx

```bash
npx skills add clickhouse/agent-skills
```
The CLI auto-detects installed agents and prompts you to select where to install.

### clickhousectl

Use the ClickHouse CLI [`clickhousectl`](https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhousectl) to install the agent skills:

```bash
clickhousectl skills
```

## What is this?

Agent Skills are packaged instructions that extend AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) with domain-specific expertise. This repository provides skills for ClickHouse databases and chdb — covering schema design, query optimization, data ingestion patterns, and in-process analytics with Python.

When an agent loads these skills, it gains knowledge of ClickHouse best practices and chdb APIs, and can apply them while helping you design tables, write queries, analyze data, or troubleshoot performance issues.

Skills follow the open specification at [agentskills.io](https://agentskills.io).

## Available Skills

### ClickHouse Best Practices

**28 rules** covering schema design, query optimization, and data ingestion—prioritized by impact.

| Category | Rules | Impact |
|----------|-------|--------|
| Primary Key Selection | 4 | CRITICAL |
| Data Type Selection | 5 | CRITICAL |
| JOIN Optimization | 5 | CRITICAL |
| Insert Batching | 1 | CRITICAL |
| Mutation Avoidance | 2 | CRITICAL |
| Partitioning Strategy | 4 | HIGH |
| Skipping Indices | 1 | HIGH |
| Materialized Views | 2 | HIGH |
| Async Inserts | 2 | HIGH |
| OPTIMIZE Avoidance | 1 | HIGH |
| JSON Usage | 1 | MEDIUM |

**Location:** [`skills/clickhouse-best-practices/`](./skills/clickhouse-best-practices/)

**For humans:** Read [SKILL.md](./skills/clickhouse-best-practices/SKILL.md) for an overview, or [AGENTS.md](./skills/clickhouse-best-practices/AGENTS.md) for the complete compiled guide.

**For agents:** The skill activates automatically when you work with ClickHouse—creating tables, writing queries, or designing data pipelines.

### ClickHouse Architecture Advisor

**5 decision frameworks** covering workload-aware architecture decisions for real-time ClickHouse deployments.

| Decision Area | Impact |
|---------------|--------|
| Ingestion Strategy | CRITICAL |
| Join & Enrichment Patterns | CRITICAL |
| Late-Arriving Data & Upserts | CRITICAL |
| Time-Series Partitioning | HIGH |
| Real-Time Pre-Aggregation | HIGH |

Complements `clickhouse-best-practices` by answering *when*, *why*, and *how* — not just *what*. All recommendations are explicitly classified as `official`, `derived`, or `field` guidance.

**Location:** [`skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/`](./skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/)

**For humans:** Read [SKILL.md](./skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/SKILL.md) for an overview, or [AGENTS.md](./skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/AGENTS.md) for the compiled guide.

**For agents:** The skill activates during architecture design sessions — when choosing ingestion patterns, designing time-series schemas, selecting enrichment strategies, or handling mutable state.

### ClickHouse JS Node Troubleshooting

**Troubleshooting guide** for the ClickHouse Node.js client (`@clickhouse/client`). Covers common failure modes including socket hang-up / `ECONNRESET`, Keep-Alive misconfiguration, data type mismatches, read-only user restrictions, proxy / pathname URL confusion, TLS certificate errors, compression issues, logging setup, and query parameter interpolation.

**Location:** [`skills/clickhouse-js-node-troubleshooting/`](./skills/clickhouse-js-node-troubleshooting/)
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