altimate-data-engineering-skills — Claude Code skill: setup & use
Structured workflows for data teams using dbt and Snowflake. Guides the assistant through building staging models, diagnosing build errors, and tuning warehouse queries.
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a claude-codeWhat altimate-data-engineering-skills does
This package provides eleven targeted routines for data pipeline engineering. Seven instructions focus on dbt development: scaffolding models across layers, handling migration from raw SQL, writing tests, generating column docs, and refactoring dependencies. Rather than stopping at compilation, the workflow runs dbt build directly and reviews sample rows with dbt show.
Three specialized tasks handle Snowflake workloads. They locate resource-heavy executions by scanned data volume, inspect query profiles by identifier, and rewrite SQL statements without breaking data semantics. Another instruction delegates larger autonomous jobs to the external altimate-code tool.
Delegation needs Node 20 or higher alongside npm install -g altimate-code. The debugging workflow imposes a strict guardrail: after three unsuccessful build attempts, the process halts to rethink the solution.
What it helps with
- convert legacy SQL scripts into structured dbt models
- pinpoint heavy Snowflake queries by scanned bytes or execution runtime
- attach schema tests and documentation to dbt marts
- resolve compilation errors across upstream dbt dependencies
- tune a slow query directly from its Snowflake query history identifier
Example prompts for the agent
- Build a staging dbt model from our raw transactions table
- Investigate this dbt compilation error and check dependencies
- Tune this Snowflake query using its query ID
How to install altimate-data-engineering-skills
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install reason-machines/data-skills altimate-data-engineering-skills2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills --path skills/altimate-data-engineering-skillsManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about altimate-data-engineering-skills
How to install altimate-data-engineering-skills in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a claude-code. The skill definition is placed into ~/.claude/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md.
What does altimate-data-engineering-skills do?
It equips the coding agent with predefined procedures for building dbt models, adding schema tests, and troubleshooting pipeline errors. It also provides methods for optimizing Snowflake queries.
What is required to run the altimate-code delegation skill?
You need Node 20 or later and the CLI tool installed globally with npm install -g altimate-code.