Data Context Extractor

Data Context Extractor is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in knowledge-work-plugins.

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Install in seconds

Install Data Context Extractor

Copy Data Context Extractor into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/main/data/skills/data-context-extractor ~/.claude/skills/data-context-extractor

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: data/skills/data-context-extractor/SKILL.md in anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/data-context-extractor
Collection: One of 26 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 3670 skills

What Data Context Extractor does

Extract company-specific data knowledge from analysts to create or improve tailored data analysis skills for AI assistants. Helps Claude understand your data warehouse, metrics definitions, and query patterns.

Data Context Extractor is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Data Context Extractor

A meta-skill that extracts company-specific data knowledge from analysts and generates tailored data analysis skills.

How It Works

This skill has two modes:

Bootstrap Mode: Create a new data analysis skill from scratch
Iteration Mode: Improve an existing skill by adding domain-specific reference files

Bootstrap Mode

Use when: User wants to create a new data context skill for their warehouse.

Phase 1: Database Connection & Discovery

Step 1: Identify the database type

Ask: "What data warehouse are you using?"

Common options:

BigQuery
Snowflake
PostgreSQL/Redshift
Databricks

Use ~~data warehouse tools (query and schema) to connect. If unclear, check available MCP tools in the current session.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Data Context Extractor

What else does anthropics publish alongside Data Context Extractor?
Data Context Extractor is one of 26 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Accessibility Review, Analyze Data and Bio-Research Start. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Data Context Extractor does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins page.
How does Data Context Extractor compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Data Context Extractor ranks #262 by stars among the 3670 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Data Context Extractor against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.