# altimate-data-engineering-skills

Structured workflows for data teams using dbt and Snowflake. Guides the assistant through building staging models, diagnosing build errors, and tuning warehouse queries.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2000 installs · ★ 5
- Author: reason-machines
- License: LicenseRef-Unknown · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills

## What it 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.

## Requirements
- Works with: Snowflake

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install reason-machines/data-skills altimate-data-engineering-skills
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills --path skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/data-skills --skill altimate-data-engineering-skills -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/altimate-data-engineering-skills/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- 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
- 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

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