vuctmd-skills 0.2.1

AI agent skills for the Vulcan data platform

vulcan-skills

AI agent skills for the Vulcan data platform.

Teach any AI agent (Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot) how to work with Vulcan correctly — writing models, using the CLI, following best practices.

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Install

pip install vuctmd-skills

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Usage

→ Full Usage Guide — Complete guide with examples, best practices, and troubleshooting

Install a skill into your project

vuctmd-skills install data-quality
vuctmd-skills install cli-commands sql-models incremental-patterns

Skills land as markdown files in .vulcan/skills/ — your AI agent reads them automatically.

List available skills

vuctmd-skills list

See what's active in your project

vuctmd-skills show

Add your own business rules

vuctmd-skills create acme-naming-rules
# Opens editor — write your rules in markdown
# Commit .vulcan/skills/acme-naming-rules.md to share with your team

Remove a skill

vuctmd-skills remove data-quality

Update installed skills

vuctmd-skills update

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Available Skills

Skill	What It Teaches
cli-commands	All Vulcan CLI commands with examples
sql-models	How to write SQL models in Vulcan
python-models	How to write Python models
incremental-patterns	Incremental model patterns and best practices
data-quality	Writing checks, audits, and tests
model-properties	Model properties and configuration
semantics	How to define semantic layers
macros	Writing and using Jinja macros
bigquery	BigQuery-specific patterns
snowflake	Snowflake-specific patterns
databricks	Databricks-specific patterns

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Project Structure After Install

your-vulcan-project/
├── models/
├── checks/
├── vulcan.yaml
└── .vulcan/
    └── skills/
        ├── data-quality.md          ← public skill (from this package)
        ├── incremental-patterns.md  ← public skill (from this package)
        └── acme-naming-rules.md     ← your custom skill (stays in your repo)

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Agent Setup

Cursor

Add to your .cursorrules:

Before helping with any Vulcan task, read all files in .vulcan/skills/

Claude (MCP)

Vulcan's MCP server exposes .vulcan/skills/ to Claude automatically.

Any other agent

Point your agent's context to read .vulcan/skills/*.md before every Vulcan-related task.

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Contributing

Skills live in skills/ as plain markdown files. To contribute:

1. Fork this repo
2. Add or improve a skill in skills/
3. Open a pull request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

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License

Apache 2.0