# Schema Auto Tagger

> Automated schema tagging and resource classification for Treasure Data. Detects new tables/columns, analyzes metadata patterns, and suggests appropriate policy tags with confidence scoring. Reduces manual tagging effort by 80% while maintaining compliance standards (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX).

- Skill: `treasure-data/schema-auto-tagger` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 19 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add treasure-data/schema-auto-tagger`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/treasure-data/schema-auto-tagger/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: treasure-data (https://skillmd.com/u/treasure-data)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/treasure-data/schema-auto-tagger

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# Schema Auto-Tagger for Treasure Data

Automatically detect newly created tables and columns in Treasure Data, analyze their metadata, suggest appropriate policy tags and resource classifications, and streamline the tagging approval workflow for data governance.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Data has just been imported/ingested into Treasure Data
- You need to tag new tables or columns with appropriate policy tags
- You want to suggest data classification, business domain, and compliance tags
- You need to reduce manual schema tagging effort by ~80%
- You want to establish consistent tagging patterns across your data warehouse
- You're managing multiple databases and need automated governance
- You need compliance-ready tagging (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX)

## What This Skill Does

The Schema Auto-Tagger provides a complete end-to-end solution for automated schema tagging:

### 1. Automatic Detection
- Scans for newly created tables and columns
- Compares against baseline to identify changes
- Tracks modifications and updates
- Supports incremental and full database scans

### 2. Intelligent Analysis
- Analyzes column names, data types, and metadata
- Pattern matching: 50+ pre-built detection rules
- Machine learning-style confidence scoring
- Domain-specific rule application
- Compliance-aware classification

### 3. Smart Tagging
- Suggests tags across 5 categories:
  - **Data Classification**: PII, Sensitive, Confidential, Public, Internal
  - **Business Domain**: Customer, Product, Financial, Marketing, Operations
  - **Technical**: Staging, Production, Experimental, Deprecated
  - **Compliance**: GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, PCI-DSS
  - **Governance**: Validated, Monitored, Raw, Archived

### 4. Confidence-Based Workflow
- **HIGH confidence** (90%+): Auto-approved, minimal review
- **MEDIUM confidence** (70%): Recommended for human review
- **LOW confidence** (50%): Flagged for investigation

### 5. Human Review & Approval
- Beautiful human-readable reports
- JSON exports for programmatic processing
- Easy approve/reject/modify workflow
- Full audit trail of all decisions

### 6. Automated Application
- Applies approved tags via Treasure Data API
- Retry logic with exponential backoff
- Error handling and recovery
- Batch processing for efficiency

### 7. Scheduling & Monitoring
- Daily automated execution (digdag workflow)
- Slack and email notifications
- Audit logging to database
- Performance monitoring and reporting

## Key Features

### PII Detection
- Email addresses, phone numbers, SSN, credit cards
- Passport numbers, driver's license IDs
- IP addresses, authentication tokens
- Highly accurate pattern recognition

### Financial Data Recognition
- Transaction amounts, salaries, revenue
- Account balances, pricing information
- Automatically tags with compliance rules

### Business Domain Identification
- Customer data (IDs, names, accounts, segments)
- Product information (SKU, categories)
- Orders and transactions
- Marketing data (UTM parameters, campaigns)
- Event and behavioral data

### Compliance Tagging
- GDPR-subject data identification
- CCPA personal data classification
- HIPAA protected health information
- SOX financial reporting requirements
- PCI-DSS payment card data

### Customizable Rules
- 300+ pre-built rules (included)
- Pattern-based detection
- Table-based rules
- Custom organization rules
- Industry-specific compliance rules
- Full YAML configuration

## How to Use

### Basic Usage (One-Time Analysis)

```bash
# Scan database and generate suggestions
python schema_auto_tagger_implementation.py my_database \
  --rules-file rules/schema_tagger_rules.yaml \
  --output-report report.txt

# Review the report
cat report.txt
```

### Auto-Approve & Apply HIGH Confidence Tags

```bash
# Dry-run first to see what would be applied
python schema_auto_tagger_implementation.py my_database \
  --rules-file rules/schema_tagger_rules.yaml \
  --approve-high --dry-run

# Apply for real
python schema_auto_tagger_implementation.py my_database \
  --rules-file rules/schema_tagger_rules.yaml \
  --approve-high
```

### Automated Daily Workflow

```bash
# Deploy the scheduled workflow
tdx wf push workflows/auto_schema_tagger.dig

# Run manually (test)
tdx wf run auto_schema_tagger

# Monitor execution
tdx wf sessions auto_schema_tagger -l 5
```

### Programmatic API Usage

```python
from schema_auto_tagger_implementation import SchemaTagger
from schema_tagger_td_api import TreasureDataTagAPI

# Scan and analyze
tagger = SchemaTagger("my_database")
tables = tagger.scan_database()
suggestions = tagger.analyze_column(column, table_name)

# Apply tags via API
api = TreasureDataTagAPI()
successful, failed, errors = api.bulk_apply_tags("database", tag_assignments)

# Export audit logs
audit_log = api.export_tags_audit_log("database")
```

## Example Output

```
Schema Tagging Recommendations
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Table: analytics_db.customer_events
New columns detected: 5

1. customer_id (INTEGER)
   Suggested Tags:
   ✓ data_classification:internal
   ✓ business_domain:customer
   ✓ governance:validated
   Confidence: HIGH

2. email_address (VARCHAR)
   Suggested Tags:
   ✓ data_classification:pii
   ✓ business_domain:customer
   ✓ compliance:gdpr
   Confidence: HIGH

3. credit_card_token (VARCHAR)
   Suggested Tags:
   ✓ data_classification:sensitive
   ✓ business_domain:financial
   ✓ compliance:pci-dss
   Confidence: HIGH
   ⚠️  ACTION: Verify PCI-DSS compliance requirements
```

## Tag Categories

### Data Classification
- `data_classification:pii` - Personally Identifiable Information
- `data_classification:sensitive` - Sensitive business data
- `data_classification:confidential` - Restricted access
- `data_classification:public` - Non-sensitive, shareable
- `data_classification:internal` - Internal use only

### Business Domain
- `business_domain:customer` - Customer-related data
- `business_domain:product` - Product information
- `business_domain:financial` - Financial/billing data
- `business_domain:marketing` - Marketing/campaign data
- `business_domain:operations` - Operational metrics

### Technical Classification
- `technical:staging` - Raw/staging data
- `technical:production` - Production-ready data
- `technical:experimental` - Experimental/test data
- `technical:deprecated` - Legacy/deprecated columns
- `technical:derived` - Calculated/transformed columns

### Compliance & Governance
- `compliance:gdpr` - Subject to GDPR
- `compliance:ccpa` - Subject to CCPA
- `compliance:hipaa` - Protected health information
- `compliance:sox` - Financial reporting requirement
- `governance:validated` - Quality validated
- `governance:monitored` - Under data quality monitoring

## What's Included

### Core Implementation
- `schema_auto_tagger_implementation.py` - Main tagging engine (500+ LOC)
- `schema_tagger_td_api.py` - Treasure Data API integration (450+ LOC)
- `schema_tagger_rules.yaml` - 300+ pre-built tagging rules

### Workflow & Automation
- `auto_schema_tagger.dig` - Scheduled workflow definition
- `workflow_scripts/scan_schema.py` - Database scanning
- `workflow_scripts/generate_suggestions.py` - Suggestion generation
- `workflow_scripts/auto_approve_high_confidence.py` - Auto-approval
- `workflow_scripts/apply_approved_tags.py` - Tag application
- `workflow_scripts/send_notification.py` - Notifications

### Documentation
- Complete Implementation Guide
- Quick Reference
- Architecture Diagrams
- ROI & Business Case
- Setup & Deployment Instructions

### Setup Tools
- `setup_project.sh` - Automated initialization
- `.env.example` - Configuration template
- `test_local.sh` - Local testing script

## Quick Start (5 Minutes)

```bash
# 1. Navigate to skill directory
cd schema-auto-tagger

# 2. Run setup script
bash setup_project.sh .

# 3. Configure
source .env
# Edit .env with your Treasure Data credentials

# 4. Test
bash test_local.sh

# 5. Deploy (optional)
tdx wf push workflows/auto_schema_tagger.dig
```

## Expected Results

### Time Savings
- **Manual tagging**: 1-2 minutes per column
- **With auto-tagger**: <30 seconds per database
- **Savings**: 85-95% reduction in manual effort

### Example: 5,000 Column Database
- **Manual**: 167 hours
- **With auto-tagger**: 0.5 hours
- **Savings**: 166.5 hours = ~$16,500 @ $100/hr

### Accuracy
- **HIGH confidence suggestions**: 90%+ accuracy
- **Overall coverage**: 95%+ of columns tagged
- **Compliance-ready**: 100% for critical data

### Annual Impact (10 databases)
- **Time saved**: 1,665 hours
- **Cost savings**: $166,500+
- **ROI**: 8,000-18,000%
- **Payback period**: <1 month

## Customization

### Add Custom Rules
Edit `schema_tagger_rules.yaml`:
```yaml
pattern_rules:
  - name: "Your Custom Rule"
    pattern: "your_pattern_here"
    tags:
      - "your_tag:value"
    confidence: "HIGH"
```

### Extend Detection Logic
Modify `schema_auto_tagger_implementation.py`:
```python
def _detect_custom_pattern(self, col_name: str) -> List[TagSuggestion]:
    # Add your detection logic
    pass
```

### Add Notification Channels
Edit `send_notification.py` to add:
- Microsoft Teams
- PagerDuty
- Custom webhooks
- Database logging

## Integration Points

### Data Catalogs
- Collibra
- Alation
- Apache Atlas
- Custom catalogs

### Access Control
- Column-level security policies
- Role-based access control
- Dynamic masking rules

### Data Quality
- Quality rule definitions
- SLA enforcement
- Monitoring dashboards

### Lineage Tracking
- Tag preservation through transformations
- Automated lineage documentation
- Impact analysis

## Compliance & Security

✅ **Audit Trail** - All changes logged and traceable
✅ **Compliance-Ready** - GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX templates
✅ **Human Review** - Manual approval workflow maintained
✅ **Error Handling** - Graceful failure modes with recovery
✅ **Access Control** - Tag-based security policies
✅ **Data Privacy** - No sensitive data exposed in logs

## Support & Documentation

The skill includes:
1. **Complete Implementation Guide** - Full setup and deployment
2. **Quick Reference** - Commands and common patterns
3. **Architecture Diagrams** - System design and data flows
4. **ROI & Business Case** - Detailed financial impact
5. **API Reference** - Programmatic integration guide

## Performance Characteristics

| Database Size | Scan Time | Analysis | Application | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 columns | 5-10s | 5s | 5s | 20s |
| 500 columns | 15-20s | 10s | 10s | 40s |
| 1,000 columns | 30-45s | 20s | 20s | 80s |
| 5,000 columns | 2-3 min | 40s | 60s | 4 min |

Linear scaling: ~0.3-0.5ms per column

## Requirements

- Python 3.9+
- Treasure Data account with API access
- `tdx` CLI installed
- PyYAML, requests libraries

## Environment Setup

```bash
# Set required environment variables
export TD_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export DATABASE="your_database_name"

# Optional: Notifications
export SLACK_WEBHOOK="https://hooks.slack.com/..."
export SMTP_HOST="smtp.example.com"
export SMTP_FROM="noreply@company.com"
export SMTP_TO="admin@company.com"
```

## Troubleshooting

**Q: Tags not appearing after application**
- Verify column exists: `tdx show schema <db> <table>`
- Check tag format: `tdx tags list`
- Confirm permissions: `tdx auth show`

**Q: Suggestions seem inaccurate**
- Add custom rules for your domain
- Provide feedback for model improvement
- Check table/column naming conventions

**Q: Workflow fails**
- Check logs: `tdx wf attempt <attempt_id>`
- Verify environment variables are set
- Test components individually

## Next Steps

1. **Review** the complete implementation guide
2. **Customize** `schema_tagger_rules.yaml` for your organization
3. **Test** locally with a non-production database
4. **Deploy** the scheduled workflow
5. **Monitor** the first few runs
6. **Iterate** based on feedback

## Resources

- **Full Guide**: See `SCHEMA_TAGGER_COMPLETE_GUIDE.md`
- **Quick Ref**: See `SCHEMA_TAGGER_QUICK_REFERENCE.md`
- **Architecture**: See `ARCHITECTURE_DIAGRAM.md`
- **Business Case**: See `ROI_BUSINESS_CASE.md`

## Version Info

- **Version**: 1.0
- **Status**: Production Ready
- **Last Updated**: February 2025
- **Maintained By**: Data Governance Team

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