dbt-labsOfficial·24 Agent Skills Included

dbt-agent-skills

AI agent skills for building, testing, and migrating dbt projects

Builds dbt models, unit tests, documentation, and semantic layer metrics through your AI agent. Diagnoses dbt Cloud job failures and migrates projects from dbt Core to Fusion or across data warehouses. Eliminates manual YAML writing, error triage, and version-upgrade guesswork with step-by-step validated workflows.

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npx skills add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --all -g -y

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Tells the AI agent how to author and validate new skills in this repo, enforcing frontmatter rules, naming conventions, and pressure-testing before deployment.

All Skills in This Repository (24)

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running-dbt-commands

Execute dbt CLI commands with correct flavors, selectors, and flags.

troubleshooting-dbt-job-errors

Diagnose root causes of failed dbt Cloud jobs using MCP Admin API and logs.

migrating-dbt-core-to-fusion

Migrate dbt Core projects to Fusion using dbtf debug, parse, autofix, and compile.

fetching-dbt-docs

Fetch dbt documentation pages via .md URLs and script-driven cached searches.

configuring-dbt-mcp-server

Configure the dbt MCP server for AI tools across local and remote environments.

adding-dbt-unit-test

Define and run dbt model unit tests with YAML fixtures.

building-dbt-semantic-layer

Create and modify dbt Semantic Layer components using MetricFlow.

using-dbt-for-analytics-engineering

Plan and execute dbt analytics engineering tasks with software engineering discipline.

answering-natural-language-questions-with-dbt

Answer business questions by querying the semantic layer and dbt models.

auditing-skills

Audit published skills against security scanners and quality reviewers, then remediate findings.

creating-mermaid-dbt-dag

Generate Mermaid flowchart diagrams of dbt model lineage from MCP tools, manifest.json, or code parsing.

upgrading-dbt-core

Migrates dbt-core projects from versions 1.3-1.7 to dbt-core 1.12.

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How to install dbt-agent-skills?▼

Run `npx skills add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --all -g -y` in your terminal to install all dbt skills globally for your AI agent.

What can AI agents do with dbt skills?▼

Your agent can build and modify dbt models, add unit tests, write documentation, create semantic layer metrics, troubleshoot job failures, and run dbt CLI commands correctly.

Can AI migrate my dbt Core project to Fusion?▼

Yes. The migration skills run dbt-autofix, classify remaining errors into fixable categories, and guide upgrades from dbt Core 1.3-1.7 to the latest version or across warehouses like Snowflake to Databricks.

Does dbt-agent-skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?▼

Yes. All skills follow the open Agent Skills specification and work with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and 30+ other compatible AI agents.

Do I need to invoke these dbt skills manually?▼

No. Once installed, the agent automatically loads the right skill when your plain-English request matches its use case, such as asking to fix a failing dbt job.