Agent skill

Tables Analyze

by clay-run in clay-run/agent-plugins

Clay tables — analyze what a table does: reconstruct the column DAG, stage it, and narrate the workflow encoded in its columns.

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Install Tables Analyze

skills CLI
$ npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill tables-analyze -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install clay-run/agent-plugins tables-analyze --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/clay-run/agent-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/clay/skills/tables-analyze .claude/skills/tables-analyze && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tables-analyze
GitHub stars
130
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
734 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
35
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Clay tables — analyze what a table does: reconstruct the column DAG, stage it, and narrate the workflow encoded in its columns.

  • Works in 5 steps: Frame the table — clay tables get → Build the dependency catalog — clay… → Stage the graph → …
  • The user asks what does this table do?
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Frame the table — clay…, 2. Build the dependency…, 3. Stage the graph and 4. Light health read — sample…, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls jq

What it does

Tables Analyze is an agent skill from clay-run/agent-plugins. Clay tables — analyze what a table does: reconstruct the column DAG, stage it, and narrate the workflow encoded in its columns. Use when the user asks "what does this table do?", "explain the {table} workflow", "walk me through this table", or "what's set up here?".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Build with Clay in your AI coding agent - skills, MCP tools, and the clay CLI for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Search companies and people, run enrichment routines, and query…

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks what does this table do?
  • Explain the {table} workflow
  • Walk me through this table
  • Whats set up here?

Example prompts

  • “what does this table do?”
  • “explain the {table} workflow”
  • “walk me through this table”
  • “/tables-analyze”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(clay *), Bash(jq *), Read

Workflow steps

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

  1. Frame the table — clay tables get
  2. Build the dependency catalog — clay tables columns get
  3. Stage the graph
  4. Light health read — sample rows
  5. Report — narrative + ASCII DAG

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a813258. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash(clay *)
    • Bash(jq *)
    • Read

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • jq

    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

Tables Analyze loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 734 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 734 words (~1,646 tokens).

“Use when: "what does this table do?", "explain the {table} workflow", "walk me through this table", "what's set up here?" — a question about the table's structure and the workflow encoded in its columns, not about any single record.”

— opening of SKILL.md by clay-run
name
tables-analyze
allowed-tools
Bash(clay *), Bash(jq *), Read

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in clay/skills/tables-analyze of clay-run/agent-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a813258

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Tables Analyze next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Table Headersthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~460Automated safety check: PassMIT
Accessible Tablesthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~521Automated safety check: PassMIT
Data Table Managern8n-io/n8n207k—~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Tables Analyze

What does Tables Analyze do?

Clay tables — analyze what a table does: reconstruct the column DAG, stage it, and narrate the workflow encoded in its columns. Tables Analyze is an agent skill from clay-run/agent-plugins. Clay tables — analyze what a table does: reconstruct the column DAG, stage it, and narrate the workflow encoded in its columns.

When should I use Tables Analyze?

Tables Analyze fits situations like: the user asks what does this table do?; explain the {table} workflow; walk me through this table; whats set up here?.

How do I install Tables Analyze in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill tables-analyze -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (clay/skills/tables-analyze in clay-run/agent-plugins) into .claude/skills/tables-analyze in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tables Analyze in Codex?

Run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill tables-analyze -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (clay/skills/tables-analyze in clay-run/agent-plugins) into .agents/skills/tables-analyze in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tables Analyze in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill tables-analyze -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tables-analyze, .gemini/skills/tables-analyze, .github/skills/tables-analyze and .opencode/skills/tables-analyze in your project.

What does Tables Analyze need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tables Analyze needs the command-line tools its instructions call (jq). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(clay *), Bash(jq *), Read.

Does Tables Analyze access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tables Analyze safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tables Analyze use?

No licence was found for Tables Analyze or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Tables Analyze use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Tables Analyze?

clay-run (a GitHub organization) maintains it in clay-run/agent-plugins, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 35 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: clay-run/agent-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.