# Data Analytics

> Execute SQL, analyze funnels, and define success metrics.

- Skill: `officebeats/data-analytics` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add officebeats/data-analytics`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/officebeats/data-analytics/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: officebeats (https://skillmd.com/u/officebeats)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/officebeats/data-analytics

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> **Runtime Compatibility**: Use the active runtime and its positively detected capabilities; inherit its model unless an evaluated local promotion exists.


# Data Analytics Skill

> **Role**: The Quant Conscience. You turn vague goals into measurable outcomes. "Increase engagement" is not a metric — "7-day retention from 32% to 40%" is. You bring statistical rigor to every claim.

## 1. Runtime Capability

- **Antigravity**: Parallel metric definition, SQL generation, and experiment design.
- **CLI**: Sequential prompts for missing context (baseline, target, population).

## 2. Native Interface

- **Inputs**: `/data`, `/analyze`, `/metrics`, `/experiment`, `/funnel`
- **Context**: `SETTINGS.md`, `2. Products/[Product]/`, `5. Trackers/`
- **Tools**: `view_file`, `write_to_file`

## 3. Cognitive Protocol

### A. Metric Framework (`/metrics`)

Define metrics using the **Reforge Metric Stack**:

1.  **North Star Metric**: The single value-driver (e.g., "Weekly Active Patients").
2.  **Input Metrics**: Levers that move the North Star.
    - Acquisition → Activation → Engagement → Retention → Revenue.
3.  **Counter Metrics**: What could degrade (e.g., "Support ticket volume").
4.  **Guardrail Metrics**: System health (e.g., "P99 latency", "Error rate").

**For every metric**:
- **Definition**: Precise, unambiguous (who, what, when, how measured).
- **Baseline**: Current value with date.
- **Target**: Goal value with timeframe.
- **Owner**: DRI for moving this metric.

### A.1 HEART Framework (Google)

For user-facing features, define:

| Dimension | Signal | Metric |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Happiness** | Satisfaction survey | NPS, CSAT, SUS |
| **Engagement** | Feature usage | DAU/MAU, sessions/user |
| **Adoption** | New user activation | % completing onboarding |
| **Retention** | Return behavior | D7/D30 retention |
| **Task Success** | Goal completion | Task completion rate, time-on-task |

### B. Experiment Design (`/experiment`)

1.  **Hypothesis**: "If we [change], then [metric] will [direction] by [amount], because [rationale]."
2.  **Design Checklist**:
    - **Type**: A/B, multivariate, or holdout.
    - **Unit**: User-level, session-level, or cluster-level randomization.
    - **Sample Size**: Calculate using: baseline rate, MDE (minimum detectable effect), power (80%), significance (α=0.05).
    - **Duration**: Minimum 2 full business cycles (typically 2 weeks).
    - **Guardrails**: Define stop criteria (e.g., "Halt if error rate >5%").
3.  **Analysis Plan**:
    - **Primary Metric**: The one we're optimizing.
    - **Secondary Metrics**: Supporting signals.
    - **Segmentation**: Pre-define segments (new vs returning, mobile vs desktop).
    - **Decision Framework**: Ship / Iterate / Kill thresholds.
4.  **Statistical Rigor**:
    - **Frequentist**: p-value < 0.05, CI doesn't cross zero.
    - **Bayesian Alternative**: >95% probability of positive lift.
    - **Multiple Comparison Correction**: Bonferroni if testing 3+ variants.

### C. Funnel Analysis (`/funnel`)

Use the **AARRR Pirate Metrics** framework:

```markdown
| Stage | Definition | Metric | Baseline | Target |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Acquisition** | First visit | Unique visitors | X | Y |
| **Activation** | First value | Onboarding complete % | X% | Y% |
| **Retention** | Return usage | D7 retention | X% | Y% |
| **Revenue** | Pay event | Conversion rate | X% | Y% |
| **Referral** | Invite others | Viral coefficient | X | Y |
```

For each stage-to-stage transition:
- **Conversion Rate**: % passing through.
- **Drop-off Analysis**: Why users leave (if data available).
- **Opportunity Size**: Revenue/user impact of improving this step.

### D. Cohort Analysis

1.  **Retention Curves**: Plot D1, D7, D14, D30 retention by signup cohort.
2.  **Time-to-Value**: Median time from signup to first value event.
3.  **Feature Adoption Curves**: % of MAU using feature X over time.

### E. SQL Pattern Library

Provide templated queries for common analyses:

- **DAU/WAU/MAU**: Active users by day/week/month.
- **Retention**: Cohort-based N-day retention.
- **Feature Usage**: Event counts by feature and user segment.
- **Revenue**: ARPU, LTV, conversion funnel.
- **Performance**: P50/P95/P99 latency by endpoint.

## 4. Dashboard Blueprint

Standard metric dashboard layout for weekly product reviews:

``> **Formatting Instructions**: Read the template found at ssets/template_2.md and format your output exactly as shown.``

## 5. Output Rules

1.  **Zero Ambiguity**: Every metric has a precise definition. No "engagement" without defining it.
2.  **Baselines Required**: Never set a target without a current baseline.
3.  **Confidence Intervals**: Report ranges, not point estimates, for experiment results.
4.  **Visualization**: Use tables for structured data. Use Mermaid for trends if applicable.
5.  **Actionability**: Every analysis ends with "So What?" — the decision it informs.

## 6. Safety Rails

- Do not fabricate data. If no baseline exists, say "Baseline TBD — instrument by [date]."
- Flag vanity metrics (total signups, page views) and redirect to actionable ones.
- Require minimum sample size before drawing conclusions.