Investigate SAP ADT REST API endpoints. Use when the user asks about ADT API endpoints, request/response XML formats, content types, or how a specific ADT feature works under the hood. Teaches how to trace from discovery documents → RES_APP classes → handler classes → Simple Transformations → XML schemas. Requires the adt_discovery_export tool output files and standard ABAP tools (get_abap_object_lines, search_abap_objects, search_abap_object_lines).
Create SAP Data Workbooks (.sapwb) for SAP data analysis. Use when the user asks to analyze SAP data, create data quality checks, build reports, compare tables, profile data, or any multi-step SAP data exploration. Workbooks have ABAP SQL cells (queries against SAP) and JavaScript cells (process results). They save as files and can be re-run.
Navigate and understand SAP Customizing (SPRO/IMG). Use when the user asks about customizing settings, SPRO activities, configuration tables, maintenance views, view clusters, or needs to read/understand any customizing data. This skill teaches how to systematically trace from an SPRO activity to the actual tables where config data is stored, and how to find the SPRO menu path for any activity. Load this skill whenever customizing, SPRO, IMG, configuration, or settings maintenance is involved.
Structured process for building ABAP solutions. Use BEFORE writing any ABAP code — reports, classes, function modules, enhancements, or full processes. Guides through requirement validation, system exploration, architecture planning, research of existing objects, and detailed design before any code is written.
ABAP performance best practices for ECC / traditional database systems (Oracle, DB2,MSSQL, MaxDB). Use when writing or reviewing ABAP code on NON-HANA systems.IMPORTANT: First use the SAP system info tool to check the system type — if the system is S/4HANA or runs on HANA DB, load the abap-performance-hana skill instead. Covers database access, buffering, internal table optimization, and ECC-specific patterns.
ABAP performance best practices for S/4HANA and HANA database systems.Use when writing or reviewing ABAP code on HANA-based systems.IMPORTANT: First use the SAP system info tool to check the system type — if the system is ECC or runs on a traditional database (Oracle, DB2, MSSQL), load the abap-performance-ecc skill instead. Covers code pushdown, CDS views, AMDP, advanced SQL, and HANA-optimized patterns.
Techniques for navigating and finding objects in SAP systems. Use when searching for transactions, programs, FMs, classes, error messages, BAPIs, tables, custom objects, or anything in an unfamiliar SAP system. Teaches the mindset and metadata knowledge a senior ABAP developer uses to find anything in any system. Load this skill when the user asks to find something and direct search doesn't work, or when investigating errors, screenshots, or unknown functionality.
Clean ABAP coding standards and best practices. Use when writing ABAP code, reviewing ABAP code, or refactoring ABAP code to ensure it follows SAP's official Clean ABAP style guide. Covers naming conventions, modern language constructs, class/method design, error handling, formatting, comments, and unit testing patterns.