capture-sqlserver-create SKILL.md skillA

capture-sqlserver-create from estuary/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add estuary/agent-skills/capture-sqlserver-create@git:20260924.c6e4810

Pins git:20260924.c6e4810 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
estuary/agent-skills
Path
skills/capture-sqlserver-create/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260924.c6e4810, committed Sep 24, 2026
First version recorded
May 5, 2026
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Repository stars
7
License
Apache-2.0

Create a SQL Server CDC capture using flowctl. Use when setting up real-time streaming from SQL Server, Azure SQL, Amazon RDS SQL Server, or Google Cloud SQL. Use when user says "capture SQL Server", "stream from MSSQL", "SQL Server CDC", or "connect SQL Server to Estuary".

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

# Create SQL Server Capture

Create an Estuary capture from Microsoft SQL Server using Change Data Capture (CDC).

**Applies to**: source-sqlserver, source-amazon-rds-sqlserver, source-google-cloud-sql-sqlserver, source-azure-sqlserver

## Step 0: Load Connector Documentation

Before proceeding, fetch the official connector docs for prerequisites, config reference, and cloud-specific setup.

**Always load the main page:**
https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/capture-connectors/SQLServer/

**Then load the variant subpage based on the user's SQL Server type:**

| Variant | Docs URL |
|---------|----------|
| Self-hosted SQL Server | Main page covers this |
| Azure SQL Database | Main page covers this |
| Amazon RDS SQL Server | https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/capture-connectors/SQLServer/amazon-rds-sqlserver/ |
| Google Cloud SQL | https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/capture-connectors/SQLServer/google-cloud-sql-sqlserver/ |

Use WebFetch to load these pages. Together they cover:

- Prerequisites (CDC enable at database and table level, user permissions)
- Full config property reference
- Cloud-specific setup instructions
- SSH tunnel configuration
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add estuary/agent-skills/capture-sqlserver-create@sha256:acd9d3e325531131

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260924.c6e4810, 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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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 5, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026, about one every 142 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8228 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

GitHub

estuary/agent-skills · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vuqqnlqgbbp4vxmm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=estuary/agent-skills/capture-sqlserver-create
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/acd9d3e325531131c458bbc6e7c5089721abf0c7d5e45c1d9794f3ffa68f5862

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