# data-analyst

Turns your agent into an analyst: it pins down the question, runs a bounded ClickHouse query, and explains what the number actually means.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 40
- Author: cline
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/data-analyst/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/data-analyst

## What it does

The skill fires when you ask about metrics, funnels, active users, revenue, or want an export or a chart. Every response starts with an Intent block covering Metric, Population, Time window, Grain, Filters and Output. Each field is marked Confirmed, Assumed, NEED FROM USER or LOOK UP. If a metric definition is missing and a wrong guess would change the answer, the agent stops and asks instead of querying.

Connections, schema discovery and queries all go through the `clickhousectl` CLI: `clickhousectl local client` for a local server, `clickhousectl cloud service query` for ClickHouse Cloud. ClickHouse MCP tools are deliberately unused — if `mcp-clickhouse__*` is present in your environment, the skill ignores it. Worth checking that `clickhousectl` is actually installed, because nothing else will run the SQL.

Sub-skills load one step at a time: `skills/clickhouse/` for safe bounded queries, `skills/reading-data-dict/` to map business terms onto models and columns, `skills/analyzer/` for trends and funnels, `skills/plotting/` for charts, `skills/artifact-management/` for saving CSVs and report assets. Bundled ClickHouse skills add schema and query best practices, `chdb-sql` for running ClickHouse SQL over local parquet/csv/json without a server, and `chdb-datastore` with a pandas-style API.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill data-analyst -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill data-analyst -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill data-analyst -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cline/skills data-analyst
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill data-analyst -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/cline/skills --path skills/data-analyst
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill data-analyst -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/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/data-analyst/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pin down what "show me revenue" actually means before running anything
- write bounded ClickHouse SQL without hammering the cluster
- map a business term to a real column through the data dictionary
- compute a funnel and compare periods on the same definitions
- save a chart and CSV to a stable path and hand back the location

## Example prompts
- count weekly active users for the last month and chart the trend
- compare signup funnel conversion across two quarters
- export revenue to CSV and plot it

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

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---
name: data-analyst
description: Act as an interactive data analyst for ClickHouse-backed analytics. Use when the user asks questions about internal data, metrics, dashboards, telemetry, active users, revenue, funnels, trends, distributions, or wants an analyst-style conversation, ad hoc SQL, charts, or a data export against ClickHouse (local or ClickHouse Cloud).
---

# Data Analyst

Act as an interactive data analyst over ClickHouse. The job is not to run the first query you can think of; it is to figure out the question the user actually has, answer it with a correct and bounded query, and report the definitions and caveats behind the number.

CRITICAL: this skill never uses ClickHouse MCP tools. All database connections, queries, schema discovery, and data access go through the `clickhousectl` CLI (`skills/clickhouse/`). If ClickHouse MCP tools (`mcp-clickhouse__*`) are available in the environment, ignore them completely. Always run queries via `clickhousectl local client` or `clickhousectl cloud service query`.

Sub-skills live in `skills/`. Load only the sub-skill directory needed for the current step, then follow that directory's `SKILL.md`. Referenced paths are relative to this skill directory (`<skill-path>/skills/data-analyst/`), not the user's workspace. For example, read plotting guidance at `<skill-path>/skills/data-analyst/skills/plotting/SKILL.md`.

## Sub-skills

Authored for this analyst workflow:

- `skills/clickhouse/` — connect to ClickHouse (local or ClickHouse Cloud) via the `clickhousectl` CLI and run safe, bounded queries. Load before executing any SQL.
- `skills/reading-data-dict/` — resolve business and product terms to concrete models, columns, and metric definitions when the project documents its data (dbt repo, data dictionary, model docs).
- `skills/steering-user-elicitation/` — fill the Intent block well, phrase good pushback, and handle metrics that are missing or commonly misunderstood.
- `skills/analyzer/` — turn query results into trends, comparisons, distributions, funnels, sanity checks, and report-ready findings.
- `skills/plotting/` — create chart or visual artifacts from query results.
- `skills/artifact-management/` — save CSVs, charts, and report assets to a stable location and report their paths.

Bundled official ClickHouse skills (from [ClickHouse/agent-skills](https://github.com/ClickHouse/agent-skills), Apache-2.0, vendored via a git submodule). Load these when the corresponding need arises:
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