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Using DuckDB

by data-goblin

Using DuckDB is a Data skill for Claude Code, published by data-goblin in power-bi-agentic-development.

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Install Using DuckDB
Copy Using DuckDB 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/data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development/tree/main/plugins/etl/skills/using-duckdb ~/.claude/skills/using-duckdb

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/data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development.git

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

In this catalog

Source file
plugins/etl/skills/using-duckdb/SKILL.md in data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/using-duckdb
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Data668 skills

What Using DuckDB does

Using DuckDB queries Fabric lakehouse and warehouse data in DuckDB, locally or inside a Fabric notebook. Use it for Delta table exploration, raw file reads, freshness checks, and data quality validation.

Using DuckDB is cataloged under Data on DirSkills. Using DuckDB comes from a repository tagged agentic-development, agents, ai, ai-agents and business-intelligence.

Documentation

README

Using DuckDB with Fabric

Query Delta Lake tables and raw files in OneLake using DuckDB. Works both locally (CLI/Python) and inside Fabric notebooks. Read-only; for writes, use the executing-spark skill.

Two Modes

Mode Where it runs Auth Best for
Local Developer machine Azure CLI (az login) Exploration, validation, ad-hoc analysis
In-notebook Fabric Spark container notebookutils.credentials.getToken('storage') Combining DuckDB speed with Spark write-back

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

Frequently asked about Using DuckDB

  • What else does data-goblin publish alongside Using DuckDB?

    Using DuckDB is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Audit Tenant Settings, Connect To Power Bi Desktop and DAX. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Using DuckDB does, and is maintained by data-goblin in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development page.

  • How does Using DuckDB compare to other Data skills?

    Using DuckDB ranks #496 by stars among the 668 Data skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark Methodology, Jupyter Notebook and Solana. 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 Using DuckDB against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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