Skill Template

---
name: skill-template
description: Template for authoring a new data-engineering skill. Replace this text with a third-person summary of what the skill does and when to use it, including concrete trigger keywords (tools, file types, tasks). Copy this folder to skills/<your-skill-name>/ and rename it.
---

# Skill Title

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## When to use

- Trigger phrase or situation 1 (e.g. "the user asks to optimize a slow query")
- Trigger phrase or situation 2
- Do NOT use when: <cases another skill handles better>

## Workflow

Copy this checklist and track progress:

```
- [ ] Step 1
- [ ] Step 2
- [ ] Step 3
```

1. **Step 1** — what to do and why it matters.
2. **Step 2** — ...
3. **Step 3** — validate the result before finishing.

## Patterns

Show the preferred approach with a short, concrete example. Prefer one good
default over listing many options.

```sql
-- example
```

## Common pitfalls

- Pitfall and the correct alternative.
- Pitfall and the correct alternative.

## References

- [Deep-dive reference](references/REFERENCE.md)