Datasets

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user invokes /datasets
• Asks questions like what datasets do I have?
• Show me my data sources
• Which datasets are connected?

Example prompts

• “what datasets do I have?”
• “show me my data sources”
• “list datasets”
• “/datasets”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Discover available datasets
2. 2Read the active pointer
3. 3Enrich with manifest data
4. 4Display the list

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 52c0744. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Datasets loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 212 tokens; SKILL.md has 357 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~212

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst at commit 52c0744, republished under its MIT licence (© ai-analyst-lab). 357 words, ~1,008 tokens.

name

datasets

description

List all connected datasets with their status, table counts, and last analysis date. Use this skill whenever the user invokes `/datasets`, or asks questions like "what datasets do I have?", "show me my data sources", "list datasets", "which datasets are connected?", "what data is available?", "show all datasets", "what datasets can I analyze?", "view my datasets", "what data sources are set up?", or any request to see what datasets exist in the system. Also trigger when users mention "switch dataset", "change dataset", "use a different dataset", or "what's my active dataset?" since seeing the list helps them choose. This is a foundational command that should be offered proactively whenever users seem unsure about what data they're working with or when they need to understand what datasets are available before starting analysis.

Connected Datasets:

  * your_dataset (active)
    Your Dataset Name — {table_count} tables, {date_range}
    Connection: {type} ({database})
    Analyses: 0

  - {other_dataset}
    {display_name} — {table_count} tables, {date_range}
    Connection: {type} ({details})
    Analyses: {count}

Commands:
  /switch-dataset {name}  — switch active dataset
  /connect-data           — connect a new dataset
  /data                   — inspect active dataset schema

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/datasets of ai-analyst-lab/ai-analyst.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 52c0744