// Databricks CLI operations: auth, profiles, data exploration, and bundles. Contains up-to-date guidelines for Databricks-related CLI tasks.
Author and maintain DevHub templates published at `developers.databricks.com/templates`. A template is the public name for any of three internal entry kinds — atomic snippets, multi-step end-to-end walkthroughs, and full deployable example apps. Use when creating, updating, or reorganizing any template-tier content.
Build apps on Databricks Apps platform. Use when asked to create dashboards, data apps, analytics tools, or visualizations. Auto-detects need for Lakebase when app stores state; evaluates data access patterns (analytics vs Lakebase synced tables) before scaffolding. Invoke BEFORE starting implementation.
Develop and deploy Lakeflow Jobs on Databricks via DABs, Python SDK, or the CLI. Use when creating data engineering jobs with notebooks, Python wheels, SQL, dbt, or pipelines. Invoke BEFORE starting implementation.
Generate on-brand 16:9 placeholder preview images for DevHub resources (recipes, cookbooks, examples) when a real app screenshot is not available. Use when you need to add, regenerate, or improve a resource's previewImageLightUrl / previewImageDarkUrl. Produces a light and a dark PNG at 1920x1080 that passes `npm run verify:images`, wires the images into `src/lib/recipes/recipes.ts`, and verifies them with agent-browser.
Develop Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines (formerly Delta Live Tables) on Databricks. Use when building batch or streaming data pipelines with Python or SQL. Invoke BEFORE starting implementation.
Build apps on Databricks Apps platform. Use when asked to create dashboards, data apps, analytics tools, or visualizations. Invoke BEFORE starting implementation.
| name | databricks-core |
| description | Databricks CLI operations: auth, profiles, data exploration, and bundles. Contains up-to-date guidelines for Databricks-related CLI tasks. |
| compatibility | Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.292.0) |
| metadata | {"version":"0.1.0"} |
Core skill for Databricks CLI, authentication, and data exploration.
For specific products, use dedicated skills:
CLI installed: Run databricks --version to check.
Authenticated: databricks auth profiles
NEVER auto-select a profile.
databricks auth profilesEach Bash command runs in a separate shell session.
# WORKS: --profile flag
databricks apps list --profile my-workspace
# WORKS: chained with &&
export DATABRICKS_CONFIG_PROFILE=my-workspace && databricks apps list
# DOES NOT WORK: separate commands
export DATABRICKS_CONFIG_PROFILE=my-workspace
databricks apps list # profile not set!
Use these instead of manually navigating catalogs/schemas/tables:
# discover table structure (columns, types, sample data, stats)
databricks experimental aitools tools discover-schema catalog.schema.table --profile <PROFILE>
# run ad-hoc SQL queries
databricks experimental aitools tools query "SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 10" --profile <PROFILE>
# find the default warehouse
databricks experimental aitools tools get-default-warehouse --profile <PROFILE>
See Data Exploration for details.
⚠️ CRITICAL: Some commands use positional arguments, not flags
# current user
databricks current-user me --profile <PROFILE>
# list resources
databricks apps list --profile <PROFILE>
databricks jobs list --profile <PROFILE>
databricks clusters list --profile <PROFILE>
databricks warehouses list --profile <PROFILE>
databricks pipelines list --profile <PROFILE>
databricks serving-endpoints list --profile <PROFILE>
# ⚠️ Unity Catalog — POSITIONAL arguments (NOT flags!)
databricks catalogs list --profile <PROFILE>
# ✅ CORRECT: positional args
databricks schemas list <CATALOG> --profile <PROFILE>
databricks tables list <CATALOG> <SCHEMA> --profile <PROFILE>
databricks tables get <CATALOG>.<SCHEMA>.<TABLE> --profile <PROFILE>
# ❌ WRONG: these flags/commands DON'T EXIST
# databricks schemas list --catalog-name <CATALOG> ← WILL FAIL
# databricks tables list --catalog <CATALOG> ← WILL FAIL
# databricks sql-warehouses list ← doesn't exist, use `warehouses list`
# databricks execute-statement ← doesn't exist, use `experimental aitools tools query`
# databricks sql execute ← doesn't exist, use `experimental aitools tools query`
# When in doubt, check help:
# databricks schemas list --help
# get details
databricks apps get <NAME> --profile <PROFILE>
databricks jobs get --job-id <ID> --profile <PROFILE>
databricks clusters get --cluster-id <ID> --profile <PROFILE>
# bundles
databricks bundle init --profile <PROFILE>
databricks bundle validate --profile <PROFILE>
databricks bundle deploy -t <TARGET> --profile <PROFILE>
databricks bundle run <RESOURCE> -t <TARGET> --profile <PROFILE>
| Error | Solution |
|---|---|
cannot configure default credentials | Use --profile flag or authenticate first |
PERMISSION_DENIED | Check workspace/UC permissions |
RESOURCE_DOES_NOT_EXIST | Verify resource name/id and profile |
| Task | READ BEFORE proceeding |
|---|---|
| First time setup | CLI Installation |
| Auth issues / new workspace | CLI Authentication |
| Exploring tables/schemas | Data Exploration |
| Deploying jobs/pipelines | Declarative Automation Bundles |