# data-pipeline

A skill for building ETL pipelines: extract from APIs and databases, transform, then load into warehouses and sheets. Useful when data from several sources has to land in one place on a schedule.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4900 installs · ★ 540
- Author: claude-office-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/data-pipeline/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-31
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/data-pipeline

## What it does

The skill lays out extract-transform-load patterns and follows n8n workflow templates. Extractors cover PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, REST and GraphQL, CSV, Excel and JSON files, plus Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and Shopify. Transformations include cleaning, field renaming, type conversion, aggregation, enrichment and filtering, with JavaScript examples for normalising and grouping records.

Loaders are listed per destination: BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, Google Cloud Storage, Google Sheets, Airtable and webhooks. A separate section handles cron schedules (hourly, daily, weekly, on demand), dependencies between pipelines and retries. The skill declares an MCP server `data-mcp` with the tools `database_query`, `api_fetch`, `spreadsheet_write` and `file_transform` — without that server the extract and write steps will not run, so check your setup before wiring a pipeline.

The recommended model is `claude-sonnet-4`. Skill languages are English and Chinese. Related skills: `sheets-automation`, `data-analysis`, `airtable-automation`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add claude-office-skills/skills --skill data-pipeline -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add claude-office-skills/skills --skill data-pipeline -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install claude-office-skills/skills data-pipeline
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills --path data-pipeline
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- merge Shopify orders with Stripe payments into one table
- clean a raw export and cast fields to the right types
- sum revenue and order counts by day and category
- schedule a nightly load into BigQuery
- append results to Google Sheets for a report

## Example prompts
- Build an ETL pipeline: pull yesterday's Shopify orders, join them with Stripe payments on order_id and load into BigQuery
- Describe the cleaning steps for a CSV in S3: drop nulls, trim whitespace, deduplicate by key
- Set a daily schedule at 2am with retries when a load fails

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: data-pipeline
description: "Data pipeline and ETL automation - extract, transform, load workflows for data integration and analytics"
version: "1.0.0"
author: claude-office-skills
license: MIT

category: data
tags:
  - etl
  - data-pipeline
  - integration
  - analytics
  - automation
department: Data Engineering

models:
  recommended:
    - claude-sonnet-4

mcp:
  server: data-mcp
  tools:
    - database_query
    - api_fetch
    - spreadsheet_write
    - file_transform

capabilities:
  - data_extraction
  - transformation
  - loading
  - scheduling
  - monitoring

languages:
  - en
  - zh

related_skills:
  - sheets-automation
  - data-analysis
  - airtable-automation
---

# Data Pipeline

Build data pipelines and ETL workflows for data integration, transformation, and analytics automation. Based on n8n's data workflow templates.

## Overview

This skill covers:
- Data extraction from multiple sources
- Transformation and cleaning
- Loading to destinations
- Scheduling and monitoring
- Error handling and alerts

---

## ETL Patterns

### Basic ETL Flow

```
┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐
│   EXTRACT   │───▶│  TRANSFORM  │───▶│    LOAD     │
│             │    │             │    │             │
│ • APIs      │    │ • Clean     │    │ • Database  │
│ • Databases │    │ • Map       │    │ • Warehouse │
│ • Files     │    │ • Aggregate │    │ • Files     │
│ • Webhooks  │    │ • Enrich    │    │ • APIs      │
└─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘
```

### n8n ETL Workflow

```yaml
workflow: "Daily Sales ETL"
schedule: "2am daily"

nodes:
  # EXTRACT
  - name: "Extract from Shopify"
    type: shopify
    action: get_orders
    filter: created_at >= yesterday
    
  - name: "Extract from Stripe"
    type: stripe
    action: get_payments
    filter: created >= yesterday
    
  # TRANSFORM
  - name: "Merge Data"
    type: merge
    mode: combine_by_key
    key: order_id
    
  - name: "Transform"
    type: code
    code: |
      return items.map(item => ({
        date: item.created_at.split('T')[0],
        order_id: item.id,
        customer_email: item.email,
        total: parseFloat(item.total_price),
        currency: item.currency,
````
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