# query-debugging

Inspects past Honeydew query executions, extracts compiled SQL, and troubleshoots execution failures.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 43
- Author: honeydew-ai
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins/tree/HEAD/skills/query-debugging/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/query-debugging

## What it does

This skill wraps the `list_query_history` tool from the `honeydew` MCP server. Rather than launching fresh queries, it inspects runs that already executed across BI tools like Tableau or Power BI, MCP calls, and deep analysis steps. You can pull the original query string, the compiled warehouse SQL, or the resolved YAML semantic definition.

History queries remain scoped to the active workspace session. Standard users view only their personal activity, while administrators inspect all runs and filter using `user_in`.

When diagnosing failures, the workflow filters by `status_in="FAILED"`, pulls YAML attributes, and halves the field list with `get_data_from_fields` to isolate the offending metric. A connected `honeydew` MCP server is required.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins --skill query-debugging -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins --skill query-debugging -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins --skill query-debugging -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins query-debugging
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins --skill query-debugging -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins --path skills/query-debugging
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins --skill query-debugging -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/honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins/tree/HEAD/skills/query-debugging/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- inspect failed Honeydew runs filtered by status_in="FAILED"
- compare client SQL from Tableau or Power BI with compiled warehouse SQL
- isolate internal query crashes through field bisecting
- trace semantic queries generated during deep analysis steps

## Example prompts
- Show failed queries in the current workspace today along with their compiled SQL.
- Inspect the query Tableau sent to Honeydew on the last run.
- Bisect the failing query fields to find which metric causes the crash.

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

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---
name: query-debugging
description: Use when the user wants to review or inspect past query executions in Honeydew — what ran, from which client (BI tools, SQL interface, MCP, deep analysis), the semantic definition or compiled SQL behind a run, who ran it and when — and to debug failures. Uses the list_query_history MCP tool. For running new queries or analysis use the query skill.
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## Overview

Honeydew records every query executed through the semantic layer — MCP tools, BI tools over the SQL/XMLA interfaces (Tableau, Power BI, …), scheduled jobs, and deep analysis. Use `list_query_history` (from the `honeydew` MCP server) to see **what ran, who ran it, from which client, and how**, and to drill into any run's semantic definition or compiled SQL. Debugging failures is one use, not the only one.

Reach for this skill on questions like:

- "What ran against this domain today, and from which clients?"
- "Which BI tool queried this model, and what did it send?"
- "Show me the queries my last deep analysis generated."
- "Why did my query fail? Show me its SQL."

For running a *new* query, use the **query** skill. This skill inspects queries that already ran.

The tool's description and parameter schema cover the exact arguments and response fields; this skill covers what they can't — **when to reach for it, how to read the results, and the workflows.**

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## Prerequisites

Query history is scoped to the session's workspace — check with `get_session_workspace_and_branch`, and set one via the **workspace-branch** skill if needed. Non-admin callers see only their own queries; admins see all and can filter by `user_in`.

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## Reading the Results

- **client** — where the query came from (`Tableau`, `Power BI`, `MCP`, …); how you tell a dashboard's query from an MCP or deep-analysis run.
- **original SQL vs. compiled SQL** — SQL-interface clients (Tableau, Power BI) carry the *original* SQL the client sent, before compilation; the *compiled* warehouse SQL comes from `include_sql`. Clients that submit a semantic field list (MCP, deep analysis) have no original SQL.
- **semantic definition** — `include_yaml` returns the attributes/metrics/filters the run resolved to — what you reproduce or alter a query from.
- **app link** — always **show it** so the user can open the query in Honeydew.

Keep `include_yaml` / `include_sql` off for the initial scan; enable them only on the run you're drilling into. **Deep analysis lands here too** — each `initiate_analysis` step runs semantic-layer queries, so this is where you inspect what an analysis actually computed per step.

---

## Workflows
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