# DuckDB SQL Analytics Agent

> Run analytical SQL queries on local files (CSV, Parquet, JSON) using the DuckDB in-process database engine. Enables fast OLAP-style analysis without a server, directly from flat files on disk.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/duckdb-sql-analytics-agent` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/duckdb-sql-analytics-agent`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/duckdb-sql-analytics-agent/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/duckdb-sql-analytics-agent

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# DuckDB SQL Analytics Agent

Run analytical SQL queries on local files (CSV, Parquet, JSON) using the DuckDB in-process database engine. Enables fast OLAP-style analysis without a server, directly from flat files on disk.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- For development, DuckDB requires [CMake](https://cmake.org), Python 3 and a C++17 compliant compiler. In the root directory, run make to compile the sources. For development, use make debug to build a non-optimized de...

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- DuckDB is available as a [standalone CLI application](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/clients/cli/overview) and has clients for [Python](https://duckdb.org/docs/current/clients/python/overview), [R](https://duckdb.org...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- If you want to install DuckDB, please see [our installation page](https://duckdb.org/docs/installation/) for instructions.
- ## Data Import
- For CSV files and Parquet files, data import is as simple as referencing the file in the FROM clause:

- Source: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/duckdb/duckdb/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/duckdb-sql-analytics-agent/)