| name | malloy |
| description | Index of all Malloy skills. Use when user asks "malloy help", "what malloy skills are available", "how do I use malloy", or needs guidance on which Malloy skill to use. |
Malloy Skills Index
First-Time Setup
No .malloy files in workspace?
Say "model my data" and the agent will orchestrate the full modeling workflow automatically. Make sure the Malloy Publisher MCP tools are configured first.
Skill Reference
| Skill | Use when... |
|---|
skill:malloy-modeling | Building a semantic model from scratch (the modeling workflow driver) |
skill:malloy-analysis | Answering a data question or exploring data (the analysis workflow driver) |
skill:malloy-discover | Silent data discovery: tables, schemas, distributions, prior art |
skill:malloy-scope | Presenting findings and proposing an analytical focus |
skill:malloy-define | Proposing the source plan and field definitions |
skill:malloy-model | Writing base and joined source .malloy files, review, curate (includes normalized schema support) |
skill:malloy-analyze | Exploratory data analysis: profiling, building views and dashboards |
skill:malloy-charts | Chart selection and renderer reference for Malloy visualizations |
skill:malloy-notebooks | Building Malloy notebooks (.malloynb) |
skill:malloy-debug | Fixing compile errors and interpreting diagnostics |
skill:malloy-patterns | Finding syntax/pattern docs: YoY, cohorts, percent-of-total, window functions |
skill:malloy-document | Adding #(doc) tags for discoverability |
skill:malloy-publish | Moving a finished model into a served package (local-to-served handoff) |
skill:malloy-lookml-review | Prior-art adapter for LookML (field extraction, derived tables, visibility, docs) |
Adapter pattern: Each prior art adapter (LookML, future dbt) follows the same structure: a coordinator SKILL.md plus reference files under reference/ dispatched by phase skills.
Workflows
Two top-level workflows orchestrate the phase and support skills above:
- Model data from scratch: load
skill:malloy-modeling. It drives the full pipeline (discover, scope, define, build, review, curate) and routes to the phase skills.
- Answer a data question or explore: load
skill:malloy-analysis. It drives exploratory analysis, views, and notebooks, using skill:malloy-analyze and skill:malloy-charts.
Publishing is out of scope for open-source Publisher v1. Self-hosters move a finished model into a served package via git and the host's publish path; see skill:malloy-publish.
Syntax Help
Call malloy_searchDocs with your question. Use skill:malloy-patterns to discover available topics.