| name | ktx-analytics |
| description | Use when answering a question that needs data from a ktx-connected database - investigating, analyzing, "how many", "show me", "what's the breakdown of", finding records by value, exploring tables, comparing periods, explaining metrics, or any data-analysis request. Triggers even when the user does not say "analytics"; if the answer requires querying a configured ktx connection, this skill applies. |
ktx Analytics Workflow
You have access to ktx MCP tools for data discovery, semantic-layer analysis, raw read-only SQL, wiki context, and memory ingest. Follow this workflow.
1. **Discover** - call `discover_data` first to see what exists across wiki pages, semantic-layer sources, metrics, dimensions, raw tables, and columns. Returns refs only.
2. **Inspect top hits in parallel** - for each promising ref:
- `kind: 'wiki'` -> `wiki_read`
- `kind: 'sl_source'`, `kind: 'sl_measure'`, or `kind: 'sl_dimension'` -> `sl_read_source`
- `kind: 'table'` or `kind: 'column'` -> `entity_details`
- For tables you intend to query, sample a few rows (`entity_details` plus a small `sql_execution` sample) to confirm date encoding, null prevalence in join/filter keys, and the real enum values — see the `` Schema-discovery rules.
3. **Resolve business values** - if the user named a value such as "Acme Corp", "enterprise", or "status=shipped", call `dictionary_search` to find which column holds it.
4. **Plan the analysis** - identify the grain, metrics, dimensions, filters, time window, and expected row limits before querying. Confirm each filter/join column's real type before comparing it (see the `` Schema-discovery rules). **Write down the exact output-column list first** — enumerate, from the question, every column the answer must have (each requested metric/attribute; for every grouped or named entity BOTH its id and its name; every input to each derived value) and treat that list as the contract your final `SELECT` must match column-for-column. Decide this list *before* writing SQL, not after — building the projection to a pre-stated list is far more reliable than reviewing for omissions at the end.
5. **Query** -
- Prefer `sl_query` when the semantic layer covers the question.
- Use `sql_execution` only for questions the semantic layer does not cover.
- Before writing raw `sql_execution` SQL against a connection, call `sql_dialect_notes` with its connection id to get that engine's FQTN, identifier-quoting, date, top-N, series/calendar, rolling-window, safe-cast, and JSON conventions.
- When authoring raw SQL, apply the `` rules: build incrementally, keep window ordering deterministic, compute at full precision, and match the answer's grain to the question.
6. **Validate and explain** - sanity-check totals, filters, null handling, and time zones. **Always run the final completeness check before emitting:** re-read the question and confirm every requested output, each named entity's identity, each derived value's inputs, and the question's grain are all in the projection — see the `` Final completeness check. If a result is unexpectedly empty or its grain looks wrong, work through the `` Answer-completeness rules to diagnose. State the source tables or semantic-layer objects used.
7. **Capture durable learnings** - call `memory_ingest` whenever a turn produces something worth remembering (business rules, metric definitions, schema gotchas, recurring findings) **or** whenever the user asks you to remember something. Pass markdown in `content` including any source context the memory agent should weigh. Each call is a feedback loop; better notes today mean smarter `discover_data` and `wiki_search` results tomorrow.
- Always run `discover_data` before writing SQL. Do not guess table names.
- Prefer the semantic layer over raw SQL when both can answer the question; measures are the source of truth.
- Read entity details before writing SQL against an unfamiliar table. Do not assume column names.
- Treat `sql_execution` as read-only. Writes are rejected by the server.
- Validate value mentions with `dictionary_search` instead of guessing case or spelling. Treat a `dictionary_search` miss as non-authoritative. The index is built from profile-sampled values, so a missing value may simply have been outside the sample. Follow up with `sql_execution` against the most plausible columns before concluding the value is absent.
- `connectionId` scoping when `connection_list` shows multiple connections:
- Always pass it: `entity_details`, `sl_read_source`, `sql_execution`.
- Pass it when intent pins a warehouse, otherwise omit for unscoped discovery: `sl_query`, `discover_data`, `dictionary_search`.
- `memory_ingest`: pass it for warehouse-specific knowledge (e.g. "in our warehouse"); without it the memory lands as wiki-only and cannot update the semantic layer.
- Never pass it: `connection_list`, `wiki_search`, `wiki_read`, `memory_ingest_status`.
- If scoping is required but intent is ambiguous, ask which warehouse before calling.
- Show compact result tables for small outputs. For broad results, summarize the top findings and mention the applied limit.
- Ask a concise clarification only when the metric, date range, entity, or grain is genuinely ambiguous and cannot be inferred from context.
**Input:** "How many orders did Acme Corp place last month?"
