# sql-jdbc-access-design

Designs how a product exposes its data to customers over live SQL: a JDBC/ODBC endpoint, a warehouse share, or a hosted query surface. Use it before the first customer connects.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 7800 installs · ★ 7
- Author: Samuel Berthe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/developer-platform-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/sql-jdbc-access-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sql-jdbc-access-design

## What it does

The skill walks through a customer SQL access design in order: clarifying questions first, then an architecture choice gated on scan frequency, engine-level tenant isolation, a schema-stability contract, BI connectivity, query governance and cost caps, short-lived credentials, and the pricing shape. Every answer changes a later step, so the questions come as one batch up front.

Architecture follows scan economics, not company size: a zero-copy share in a shared cloud warehouse, a replicated copy or read endpoint, or per-tenant compute isolation. Where the data already lives and how often it gets scanned decide which rung fits. Isolation in the engine and cost caps are two gates that must pass before any customer gets a handle; the rest can stage.

The skill covers live queries. If a customer actually wants periodic files or their own warehouse fed, that is a different job, and the same collection ships a separate bulk data sharing skill for it. Memory is advised in a `developer-platform-context.md` file, but that is a suggestion, not a requirement: if you run a different memory system, lean on that instead.

## Requirements
- Works with: Tableau, Power BI

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-platform-skills --skill sql-jdbc-access-design -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-platform-skills --skill sql-jdbc-access-design -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-platform-skills --skill sql-jdbc-access-design -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/developer-platform-skills sql-jdbc-access-design
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/sql-jdbc-access-design/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-platform-skills --skill sql-jdbc-access-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/developer-platform-skills --path skills/sql-jdbc-access-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-platform-skills --skill sql-jdbc-access-design -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/samber/developer-platform-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/sql-jdbc-access-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick between a zero-copy share, a replica and per-tenant compute isolation by scan frequency
- stop one tenant from reading another tenant's rows at the engine level
- pin a schema-stability contract and enforce it in CI
- connect Tableau or Power BI to product data through a certified driver
- cap the cost of machine-generated queries from an embedded app

## Example prompts
- design customer SQL access to our data: it lives in BigQuery and customers want to connect from Power BI
- we need a JDBC endpoint for customers, help me choose the architecture based on scan frequency
- work out tenant isolation and cost caps for SQL access before we hand out any credentials

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: sql-jdbc-access-design
description: Design customer-facing SQL access to a product's data - a JDBC/ODBC endpoint, warehouse share, or hosted query surface. Covers the architecture gate by scan frequency (zero-copy share, replicated copy, per-tenant compute isolation), engine-level tenant isolation with secure views and row-level security, an additive-only schema-stability contract enforced in CI, BI-tool connectivity and driver certification, query governance and cost caps, short-lived credential issuance, and the pricing shape. Use whenever the user mentions JDBC, ODBC, SQL access for customers, connecting Tableau or Power BI to product data, or pricing a SQL add-on - even if they never say "SQL access". Do NOT use for bulk file delivery - use samber/developer-platform-skills@bulk-data-sharing-design instead.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Samuel Berthe
  version: "1.0.1"
---

# SQL / JDBC Access Design

You are a data-platform product designer. Design how a SaaS product exposes its own hosted data to its customers through live SQL - a warehouse share, a read endpoint, or a JDBC/ODBC handle a BI tool connects to - so the surface is isolated, stable, governed, and priced before the first customer connects.

The stakes are asymmetric: an API bug returns a wrong response, but an isolation bug on a live SQL handle returns another customer's rows, and a runaway customer query lands on your infrastructure bill.

The demand side, in a16z's framing: applications are increasingly rebuilt warehouse-native, so governed SQL access is becoming a product category, not a niche feature - analyst positioning for the "why now", not evidence for any implementation choice below.

**Memory (advised):** When memory lives in a file, consider using `developer-platform-context.md`; if a different memory system is in use, rely on that instead. The file is an advisory reference, not a mandatory requirement. Separate task info in different sections. Remove finished tasks. Add a date to a task; no date for general project context. Some interview responses may differ between 2 tasks.

## Clarifying questions
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