# clickhouse-js-node-coding

Guides the agent through @clickhouse/client code: client setup, row inserts, selects, query parameters.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 7000 installs · ★ 561
- Author: ClickHouse
- 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/tree/HEAD/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding

## What it does

The skill routes the agent through reference files in the repository. It matches your task to a row in the Task Index, reads that file first, then checks the answer against the checklist inside. Imports always come from `@clickhouse/client`, the client is created with `createClient({ url })` and closed with `await client.close()`.

For typical inserts and selects it prefers `JSONEachRow`, leaving raw byte streaming in CSV, TSV or Parquet for the cases that need it. User-supplied values belong in `query_params`. Template-literal interpolation into SQL is a SQL injection risk, and the skill requires the agent to say so even when you only asked about syntax. Method choice follows the job: `insert()` to write rows, `query()` with `.json()`, `.text()` or `.stream()` to read, `command()` for DDL, `ping()` for a health check.

Scope is Node.js only: Next.js Node runtime, React Server Components, Server Actions, plain processes. Browser components, Web Workers, the Next.js Edge runtime, Cloudflare Workers and `@clickhouse/client-web` are outside it, and that package is the right one there. Version notes are part of the reference: `pathname` needs client `>= 1.0.0`, `BigInt` in `query_params` needs `>= 1.15.0`, `Time` and `Time64` need ClickHouse server `>= 25.6`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ClickHouse/agent-skills --skill clickhouse-js-node-coding -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ClickHouse/agent-skills --skill clickhouse-js-node-coding -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ClickHouse/agent-skills --skill clickhouse-js-node-coding -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ClickHouse/agent-skills clickhouse-js-node-coding
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ClickHouse/agent-skills --skill clickhouse-js-node-coding -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ClickHouse/agent-skills --path skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ClickHouse/agent-skills --skill clickhouse-js-node-coding -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/ClickHouse/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/clickhouse-js-node-coding/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create and configure a ClickHouse client
- insert rows with JSONEachRow
- bind query parameters without string interpolation
- choose between insert, query and command
- check server availability with ping

## Example prompts
- Set up a `@clickhouse/client` connection to ClickHouse and add a `ping()` health check
- Show me how to insert an array of objects with `JSONEachRow`
- Rewrite this query to pass values through `query_params` instead of interpolating them

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

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---
name: clickhouse-js-node-coding
description: >
  Write idiomatic application code with the ClickHouse Node.js client
  (`@clickhouse/client`). Use this skill whenever a user is *building* against
  the Node.js client — configuring the client, pinging, inserting rows in JSON
  or raw formats, selecting and parsing results, binding query parameters,
  managing sessions and temporary tables, working with data types or
  customizing JSON parsing. Do NOT use for browser/Web client code.
---

# ClickHouse Node.js Client — Coding

Reference: https://clickhouse.com/docs/integrations/javascript

> **⚠️ Node.js runtime only.** This skill covers the `@clickhouse/client`
> package running in a **Node.js runtime** exclusively — including **Next.js
> Node runtime** API routes, React Server Components, Server Actions, and
> standard Node.js processes. Do **not** apply this skill to browser client
> components, Web Workers, **Next.js Edge runtime**, Cloudflare Workers, or
> any usage of `@clickhouse/client-web`. For browser/edge environments, the
> correct package is `@clickhouse/client-web`.

---

## How to Use This Skill

1. **Match the user's intent** to a row in the Task Index below and read the
   corresponding reference file before writing code. After reading it, scan any
   **Answer checklist** in that reference and make sure the final answer covers
   each relevant item; those checklists capture details users usually need but
   are easy to omit in short answers.
2. **Always import from `@clickhouse/client`** (never `@clickhouse/client-web`)
   and create a client with `createClient({ url })` or rely on
   supported defaults when appropriate. Close it with `await client.close()`
   preferably when it's no longer needed or during graceful shutdown for global resources.
3. **Prefer `JSONEachRow` for typical row inserts/selects** unless the user
   has already chosen another format or is streaming raw bytes (CSV / TSV /
   Parquet — see `examples/node/performance/`).
   **Note on `clickhouse_settings`:** settings passed to `createClient` are
   defaults for every request; they can be overridden per-call by passing
   `clickhouse_settings` directly to `insert()`, `query()`, or `command()`.
   Always mention this when the user configures settings at the client level.
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