dbt Agent Skills plugin for Grok Build

Name: dbt Agent Skills
Author: dbt-labs

Community Claude Code plugin, installs in GrokPluginAutomation

A curated collection of Agent Skills for working with dbt, to help AI agents understand and execute dbt workflows more effectively.

How to install dbt Agent Skills in Grok Build

1. Add this repo as a plugin marketplace in Grok Build (once per computer):

grok plugin marketplace add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills

2. Install the plugin:

grok plugin install dbt@dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --trust

✓ Install-checked in Grok Buildchecked Oct 18, 2026

Review before you trust it. --trust lets this plugin's hooks, MCP servers and scripts run code on your computer. It's a community repo that neither xAI nor GrokStacks has reviewed, so read its code first.

This repo's marketplace has 3 plugins; we checked dbt, dbt-extras, dbt-migration. Install another the same way: grok plugin install <name>@dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --trust (names under 'What it contains'). Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Inside Grok Build: type /plugins, open the Marketplace tab, press a and add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills, then select dbt and press i.

Command format: Grok Build's plugin guide

What we checked: on Oct 18, 2026 it installed with grok 1.0.62 and Grok found 16 skills. That's an install check only: we haven't run it in a live Grok session.

What it contains

Skills (16)

adding-dbt-unit-test — Creates unit test YAML definitions that mock upstream model inputs and validate expected outputs. Use when adding unit tests for a dbt model or practicing test-driven development (TDD) in dbt.
answering-natural-language-questions-with-dbt — Writes and executes SQL queries against the data warehouse using dbt's Semantic Layer or ad-hoc SQL to answer business questions. Use when a user asks about analytics, metrics, KPIs, or data (e.g., "What were total sales last quarter?", "Sh
building-dbt-semantic-layer — Use when creating or modifying dbt Semantic Layer components — semantic models, metrics, dimensions, entities, measures, or time spines. Covers MetricFlow configuration, metric types (simple, derived, cumulative, ratio, conversion), and val
configuring-dbt-mcp-server — Generates MCP server configuration JSON, resolves authentication setup, and validates server connectivity for dbt. Use when setting up, configuring, or troubleshooting the dbt MCP server for AI tools like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor
fetching-dbt-docs — Retrieves and searches dbt documentation pages in LLM-friendly markdown format. Use when fetching dbt documentation, looking up dbt features, or answering questions about dbt Cloud, dbt Core, or the dbt Semantic Layer.
maintaining-dbt-documentation — Audits dbt documentation coverage and drafts missing model/column descriptions in the project's own house style, one folder at a time, for human review. Use when documenting undocumented models, backfilling missing YAML descriptions, auditi
querying-the-dbt-information-schema — Use when answering questions about a dbt v2 project's own metadata — which models, sources, tests, columns, configs, tags, packages or lineage exist, what is untested or undocumented, what depends on what, how long models took in the last r
running-dbt-commands — Formats and executes dbt CLI commands, selects the correct dbt executable, and structures command parameters. Use when running models, tests, builds, compiles, or show queries via dbt CLI. Use when unsure which dbt executable to use or how
troubleshooting-dbt-job-errors — Diagnoses dbt Cloud/platform job failures by analyzing run logs, querying the Admin API, reviewing git history, and investigating data issues. Use when a dbt Cloud/platform job fails and you need to diagnose the root cause, especially when
using-dbt-for-analytics-engineering — Builds and modifies dbt models, writes SQL transformations using ref() and source(), creates tests, and validates results with dbt show. Use when doing any dbt work - building or modifying models, debugging errors, exploring unfamiliar data
using-dbt-state — Use when a user is enabling, configuring, optimizing, or debugging dbt State (the server-backed reuse mechanism that clones or skips nodes instead of rebuilding them). Use when they conflate dbt State with the `state:modified` selector or `
working-with-dbt-mesh — Use when changing a dbt model in a way that could break its consumers — renaming, removing, or retyping a column, or changing a model that downstream models, exposures, dashboards, or BI tools depend on — to judge whether the change is brea
migrating-dbt-core-to-v2 — Use when a user needs help triaging dbt-core to dbt v2 migration errors. Runs dbt-autofix first, then classifies remaining errors into actionable categories (auto-fixable, guided fixes, needs input, blocked).
migrating-dbt-project-across-platforms — Use when migrating a dbt project from one data platform or data warehouse to another (e.g., Snowflake to Databricks, Databricks to Snowflake) using dbt Fusion's real-time compilation to identify and fix SQL dialect differences.
upgrading-dbt — Use when a user wants to upgrade, update, or migrate a dbt project to the latest version — e.g. "upgrade my dbt project," "migrate this off dbt 1.5," "get this project running on the latest dbt," "bump the dbt version." Upgrades a dbt v1 pr
creating-mermaid-dbt-dag — Generates a Mermaid flowchart diagram of dbt model lineage using MCP tools, manifest.json, or direct code parsing as fallbacks. Use when visualizing dbt model lineage and dependencies as a Mermaid diagram in markdown format.

Plugins in this marketplace (3)

dbt — Skills for analytics engineering with dbt — building models, writing tests, querying the semantic layer, troubleshooting jobs, and more.
dbt-migration — Skills for migrating dbt projects — moving from dbt Core to the Fusion engine or across data platforms.
dbt-extras — Miscellaneous skills for dbt.

About this listing

dbt Agent Skills is a community plugin on GitHub by dbt-labs, written as a Claude Code plugin that Grok Build installs. We install-checked it in Grok; we haven't run it in a live session or reviewed its code. When we installed it, Grok found 16 skills, 3 plugins in this marketplaces. Its license is Apache-2.0. We checked commit 7c7b5fa39e61. It's one of 82 listings in the Automation category on GrokStacks.

dbt Agent Skills FAQ

How do I install dbt Agent Skills in Grok Build?

Add the repo as a marketplace with grok plugin marketplace add dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills, then run grok plugin install dbt@dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --trust. This repo's marketplace has 3 plugins; we checked dbt, dbt-extras, dbt-migration. Install another the same way: grok plugin install <name>@dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills --trust (names under 'What it contains'). Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Is dbt Agent Skills an official Grok Build plugin?

No. dbt Agent Skills is a community plugin on GitHub by dbt-labs, not in xAI's official Grok Build marketplace. We checked that it installs and what Grok loads from it, but haven't run it in a live Grok session or reviewed its code.

What does dbt Agent Skills include?

According to what Grok loaded in our install check, dbt Agent Skills includes 16 skills, 3 plugins in this marketplaces: adding-dbt-unit-test, answering-natural-language-questions-with-dbt, building-dbt-semantic-layer, configuring-dbt-mcp-server, fetching-dbt-docs, maintaining-dbt-documentation….

Details

Type: Plugin
Category: Automation
Source: Community Claude Code plugin, installs in Grok
License: Apache-2.0
Author: dbt-labs
Source repo: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills
Checked commit: 7c7b5fa39e61
Checked by GrokStacks: Install-checked in Grok Build on Oct 18, 2026; not run in a live session

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