data-explore SKILL.md skillA
data-explore from amd/gaia is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add amd/gaia/data-explore@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- amd/gaia
- Path
hub/skills/data-explore/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 18, 2026
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- 2,537 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,593
- License
- MIT
Load messy tabular data into SQL scratchpad tables and answer questions with real queries instead of eyeballing. Use when the user has a CSV, spreadsheet, export, or pasted table and asks for totals, trends, outliers, or a breakdown.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Data Explore
An LLM reading numbers off a table gets them subtly wrong. An LLM writing SQL
against those numbers does not. Always move the data into a table first.
## Procedure
1. **Look before you load.** Read the first few rows. Identify the columns, their
types, and which one is the key. Say out loud what you think each column
means and let the user correct you — a misread column poisons every later
answer.
2. **Create the table** with `create_table(table_name, columns)`. Use explicit
types. Store money as a number, not a string with a currency symbol; store
dates as ISO `YYYY-MM-DD`.
3. **Insert with `insert_data(table_name, data)`.** Load everything, not a
sample — the outliers are usually the point.
4. **Verify the load.** `list_tables()` to confirm the schema landed as you
intended, then `query_data("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM scratch_<table>")` and
compare to the source row count. If they differ, find out why before
answering anything.
5. **Answer with `query_data(sql)`.** One query per question. Show the SQL you
ran alongside the result so the user can check your reasoning.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add amd/gaia/data-explore@sha256:986f78aa4f28d817The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 18, 2026.
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Source
amd/gaia · 1,593 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_blfay5zw5zzfoow7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=amd/gaia/data-explore GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/986f78aa4f28d817efa55b2f41e1553dd46bf4fe0952042f5e109ed9e8dd47c8
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