connect-data skillA
connect-data is agent-read markdown (skill) from ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst: Guided wizard to connect a new dataset to the AI Analyst system. Use this skill whenever the user wants to add a new data source, connect a database, set up data access, or configure a new dataset for analysis. This skill handles the full connection workflow: choosing connection type (CSV, DuckDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, SQL Server, MySQL), collecting credentials, validating connectivity, profiling schema, and setting up the knowledge brain. Trigger this skill when.
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
> Once a CSV folder is registered, it is SQL-queryable through `ConnectionManager().query(sql)`:
> each file becomes a table named after its file stem (`orders.csv` -> `orders`), and the
> manifest's `files:` list is the table inventory. Every query is auto-logged for provenance.
# Skill: Connect Data
## Purpose
**This is an interactive setup wizard, not a documentation generator.** Guide the user through the actual connection process by executing each step, creating files, testing connectivity, and setting up the knowledge system. Do not just explain what would happen — make it happen.
## When to Use
- User says `/connect-data` or "connect my database" or "add a new dataset"
- First-run welcome suggests connecting data
- After `/switch-dataset` when the target dataset doesn't exist yet
## Invocation
`/connect-data` — start the connection wizard
`/connect-data type=postgres` — skip type selection and go directly to Step 2
**Parameter Handling:** If the user provides `type={connection_type}` (e.g., `type=bigquery`, `type=postgres`), SKIP Step 1 entirely and proceed directly to Step 2 with that connection type already selected.
## Instructions
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/connect-data@git:20260917.a038f7amdr add ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/connect-data@sha256:060cafbae9640f0fPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_gyecbnek5ig2zbmy)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260917.a038f7a latest | 2026-09-17 | a038f7a | 8,159 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.c4b91ef | 2026-09-10 | c4b91ef | 8,135 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.b370de6 | 2026-09-02 | b370de6 | 7,528 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.a35ff4b | 2026-08-28 | a35ff4b | 7,536 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.5669b6b | 2026-08-28 | 5669b6b | 6,824 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8159 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst · 302 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gyecbnek5ig2zbmy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst/connect-data GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/060cafbae9640f0f5664b6c78eb2507e5f0e52de0bd5fb37cb98d60c904bbb6a
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