seekdb

name	seekdb
description	Overview skill for OceanBase SeekDB. Routes to specialized sub-skills covering the full SeekDB lifecycle — install/deploy on a target machine, build from source, look up documentation, use the seekdb-cli for SQL/schema/vector ops, import CSV/Excel data, and query/export results. Use as a starting point when the user mentions seekdb, pyseekdb, "install seekdb", "build seekdb", "seekdb docs", "seekdb-cli", "import to seekdb", "query seekdb", or wants a lightweight standalone OceanBase-compatible database. For obd-managed seekdb deployments and primary-standby HA, see the separate oceanbase-deploy/seekdb skill instead.
compatibility	Standalone product skill. Each sub-skill has its own platform requirements — see the sub-skill SKILL.md for details.
metadata	{"author":"oceanbase","version":"2.0"}

SeekDB

SeekDB is a lightweight OceanBase-compatible database that can run as a standalone server (Homebrew / Docker / yum / apt / Windows MSI) or as an embedded Python module (pyseekdb). It also supports vector search, hybrid search, and AI functions.

This is the entry point. Pick the sub-skill that matches the user's task.

Skill Index

Sub-skill	Use When
install	Install / deploy SeekDB on a target machine — Homebrew, Docker, yum, apt, Windows MSI, or pip embedded.
build	Build SeekDB binaries and packages from source — macOS, Linux, Android (cross), Windows, Python wheel.
docs	Look up SeekDB documentation (SQL syntax, vector/hybrid search, integrations, SDK APIs, deployment guides) via catalog-based search.
cli	Use seekdb-cli to interact with a SeekDB/OceanBase instance from the shell — SQL, schema exploration, table profiling, vector collections, AI models.
importing	Import CSV / Excel files into SeekDB, with optional column vectorization for semantic search.
querying	Query a SeekDB collection — scalar (metadata) search, hybrid (fulltext + semantic) search, export to CSV / Excel.

When to Use Which Sub-skill

User says...	Go to
"Install seekdb on my Mac / Linux / Windows"	install
"I want to use seekdb from Python"	install — pip embedded mode
"Build seekdb from source" / "make a release rpm/deb/tgz/apk/installer"	build
"How does seekdb's hybrid search / vector index / SQL function X work?"	docs
"Connect to seekdb from shell" / "run SQL via CLI" / "list tables" / "profile this table"	cli
"Import this CSV / Excel into seekdb" / "vectorize a column"	importing
"Search this collection" / "filter by metadata" / "export search results to Excel"	querying
"Deploy seekdb primary-standby with obd, do switchover/failover"	use the separate oceanbase-deploy/seekdb skill at ../oceanbase-deploy/seekdb/SKILL.md. That skill is for obd-managed HA clusters; this skill is for the SeekDB product itself.

Two Directions Under This Skill

The sub-skills naturally split into two directions — pick by what the user wants to do:

• Provisioning (install, build) — get SeekDB running on a machine, or produce a build artifact.
• Data plane (docs, cli, importing, querying) — interact with a running SeekDB: look up documentation, run SQL, ingest data, search.

Default Ports

Port	Purpose
2881	MySQL protocol
2886	HTTP / obshell

References

• Product documentation: https://www.oceanbase.ai/docs/seekdb-overview/
• Software download center: https://mirrors.oceanbase.com/oceanbase/community/stable/
• Upstream ecology plugins (catalog source for docs/): https://github.com/oceanbase/seekdb-ecology-plugins