# Discover Data

> Automatically discover data pipeline and ETL skills when working with ETL, data pipelines, streaming, batch processing, data validation, or pipeline orchestration. Activates for data development tasks.

- Skill: `rand/discover-data` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add rand/discover-data`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/rand/discover-data/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- License: MIT
- Author: rand (https://skillmd.com/u/rand)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/rand/discover-data

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# Data Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive data skills.

## When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- ETL
- data pipelines
- batch processing
- stream processing
- data validation
- orchestration
- Airflow
- timely dataflow
- differential dataflow
- streaming aggregations
- windowing
- real-time analytics

## Available Skills

### Quick Reference

The Data category contains 9 skills:

1. **batch-processing** - Orchestrating complex data pipelines with dependencies
2. **data-validation** - Validating data schema before processing
3. **dataflow-coordination** - Coordination patterns for distributed dataflow systems
4. **differential-dataflow** - Differential computation for incremental updates and efficient joins
5. **etl-patterns** - Designing data extraction from multiple sources
6. **pipeline-orchestration** - Coordinating complex multi-step data workflows
7. **stream-processing** - Processing real-time event streams (Kafka, Flink)
8. **streaming-aggregations** - Windowing, sessionization, time-series aggregation
9. **timely-dataflow** - Low-latency streaming computation with progress tracking

### Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

Read ../data/INDEX.md


This loads the full Data category index with:
- Detailed skill descriptions
- Usage triggers for each skill
- Common workflow combinations
- Cross-references to related skills

### Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:


# Traditional ETL/Batch
Read ../data/batch-processing.md
Read ../data/data-validation.md
Read ../data/etl-patterns.md
Read ../data/pipeline-orchestration.md

# Stream Processing
Read ../data/stream-processing.md
Read ../data/streaming-aggregations.md

# Advanced Dataflow Systems
Read ../data/timely-dataflow.md
Read ../data/differential-dataflow.md
Read ../data/dataflow-coordination.md


## Common Workflow Combinations

### Real-Time Analytics Pipeline
# Load these skills together:
Read ../data/stream-processing.md          # Kafka setup
Read ../data/streaming-aggregations.md     # Windowing patterns
Read ../data/dataflow-coordination.md      # Coordination


### Incremental Computation System
# Load these skills together:
Read ../data/timely-dataflow.md           # Foundation
Read ../data/differential-dataflow.md     # Incremental updates
Read ../data/dataflow-coordination.md     # Distributed coordination


### Hybrid Batch + Stream
# Load these skills together:
Read ../data/batch-processing.md          # Batch jobs
Read ../data/stream-processing.md         # Stream processing
Read ../data/pipeline-orchestration.md    # Overall coordination


## Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:
- **Level 1**: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
- **Level 2**: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
- **Level 3**: Load specific skills as needed

## Usage Instructions

1. **Auto-activation**: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects data work
2. **Browse skills**: Run `Read ../data/INDEX.md` for full category overview
3. **Load specific skills**: Use bash commands above to load individual skills


**Next Steps**: Run `Read ../data/INDEX.md` to see full category details.