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archaeology from ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst
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- git:20260827.7ff2e25, committed Aug 27, 2026
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- 322
- License
- MIT
Retrieve proven SQL patterns, table cheatsheets, and join patterns from .knowledge/query-archaeology/ so past work gets reused. Fire as a pre-flight step before writing ANY SQL. Also trigger on "do we have a known query for X", "how do we usually join these tables", "have we computed this metric before". If the store is empty or missing, exit silently. Also owns the writer convention: after a validated analysis, curate the final SQL here.
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What the file says
# Skill: Query Archaeology ## Purpose Retrieve proven SQL patterns, table cheatsheets, and join patterns from the query archaeology store so agents reuse validated work instead of writing SQL from scratch. The skill also defines the store's local write path: after a validated analysis, the final SQL is curated back into the store (the Writer Convention below), which is what makes the retrieval loop close. ## When to Use - **Automatically** before any analysis agent writes SQL (pre-flight step) - **Manually** when the user asks about known patterns for a table or join - **After a validated analysis**, to curate the proven SQL (Writer Convention) ## Instructions ### Step 1: Check the Index Read `.knowledge/query-archaeology/curated/index.yaml`. Parse counters: `cookbook_entries`, `table_cheatsheets`, `join_patterns`. **If all three are zero (or the file is missing), stop here.** Return nothing and do not mention archaeology to the user. ### Step 2: Identify Search Terms From the current analysis context, extract: - **Table names** the agent is about to query (e.g., `orders`, `events`) - **Query intent tags** (e.g., `funnel`, `retention`, `revenue`, `cohort`) …
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How to install
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Source
ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst · 322 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-30 · branch main
API
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