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setup-timescaledb-hypertables is agent-read markdown (skill) from timescale/pg-aiguide: Use this skill when creating database schemas or tables for Timescale, TimescaleDB, TigerData, or Tiger Cloud, especially for time-series, IoT, metrics, events, or log data. Use this to improve the performance of any insert-heavy table. **Trigger when user asks to:** - Create or design SQL schemas/tables AND Timescale/TimescaleDB/TigerData/Tiger Cloud is available - Set up hypertables, compression, retention policies, or continuous aggregates - Configure partition columns, segment_by, order_by,.

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# TimescaleDB Complete Setup

Instructions for insert-heavy data patterns where data is inserted but rarely changed:

- **Time-series data** (sensors, metrics, system monitoring)
- **Event logs** (user events, audit trails, application logs)
- **Transaction records** (orders, payments, financial transactions)
- **Sequential data** (records with auto-incrementing IDs and timestamps)
- **Append-only datasets** (immutable records, historical data)

## Step 1: Create Hypertable

```sql
CREATE TABLE your_table_name (
    timestamp TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL,
    entity_id TEXT NOT NULL,          -- device_id, user_id, symbol, etc.
    category TEXT,                    -- sensor_type, event_type, asset_class, etc.
    value_1 DOUBLE PRECISION,         -- price, temperature, latency, etc.
    value_2 DOUBLE PRECISION,         -- volume, humidity, throughput, etc.
    value_3 INTEGER,                  -- count, status, level, etc.
    metadata JSONB                    -- flexible additional data
) WITH (
    tsdb.hypertable,
    tsdb.partition_column='timestamp',
    tsdb.enable_columnstore=true,     -- Disable if table has vector columns
…

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Source

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timescale/pg-aiguide · 1,849 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-25 · branch main

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