Official agent skill

Basin

Build and troubleshoot Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL.

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Install Basin

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cloudflare/skills basin --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/cloudflare/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/basin .claude/skills/basin && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "basin" agent skill from https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin into .claude/skills/basin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "basin", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cloudflare/skills basin --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/basin .agents/skills/basin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "basin" agent skill from https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin into .agents/skills/basin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "basin", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cloudflare/skills basin --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/basin .cursor/skills/basin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "basin" agent skill from https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin into .cursor/skills/basin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "basin", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git --path skills/basin

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cloudflare/skills basin --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/basin .gemini/skills/basin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "basin" agent skill from https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin into .gemini/skills/basin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "basin", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cloudflare/skills basin

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/basin .github/skills/basin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "basin" agent skill from https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin into .github/skills/basin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "basin", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cloudflare/skills basin --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/basin .opencode/skills/basin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "basin" agent skill from https://github.com/cloudflare/skills/tree/main/skills/basin into .opencode/skills/basin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "basin", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: basin
GitHub stars: 3k
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~684 tokens
SKILL.md length: 267 words
Files: 16 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 16
Repo updated: Oct 1, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Build and troubleshoot Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL.

Streaming data into R2 Iceberg tables
SKILL.md covers Rebrand and Choose the workflow
Calls wrangler; needs WRANGLER_BASIN_SQL_AUTH_TOKEN
Managing catalogs

What it does

Basin is an agent skill from cloudflare/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Build and troubleshoot Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL. Use for streaming data into R2 Iceberg tables, managing catalogs, or querying those tables; also use for requests using the former Data Platform, Pipelines, R2 Data Catalog, or R2 SQL names.

Its SKILL.md is about 680 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 19 other files, including reference files (for example `references/catalog/README.md`, `references/catalog/api.md` and `references/catalog/configuration.md`).

It sits in Databases, covering SQL and Data governance. It works with Cloudflare, SQL, Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare R2. The repository describes itself as: Skills for teaching agents how to build on Cloudflare. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Streaming data into R2 Iceberg tables
Managing catalogs
Querying those tables
Also use for requests using the former Data Platform

Example prompts

“/basin”

Requirements

A credential in WRANGLER_BASIN_SQL_AUTH_TOKEN

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 41e0d19. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- wrangler
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- developers.cloudflare.com
- github.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- WRANGLER_BASIN_SQL_AUTH_TOKEN
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Basin loads about 684 tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 267 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~684
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~13k

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

The full file from cloudflare/skills at commit 41e0d19, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© cloudflare). 267 words, ~684 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/basin/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 15 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: basin
description: Build and troubleshoot Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL. Use for streaming data into R2 Iceberg tables, managing catalogs, or querying those tables; also use for requests using the former Data Platform, Pipelines, R2 Data Catalog, or R2 SQL names.

Cloudflare Basin

Basin ingests and transforms events, manages Apache Iceberg tables in R2, and queries them with distributed SQL. Start with the Basin overview and retrieve the relevant current docs before implementing changes, especially for limits, pricing, permissions, and CLI syntax. While PR #33850 remains open, use the proposed pages in that PR if the new URLs have not been published.

Rebrand

Cloudflare Data Platform is now Basin. Cloudflare Pipelines, R2 Data Catalog, and R2 SQL are now Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL. Existing resources and configurations continue to work. The prior Wrangler command families also continue to work: wrangler pipelines, wrangler r2 bucket catalog, and wrangler r2 sql. Use the new Basin commands and documentation URLs in new guidance. Legacy API identifiers and metrics names may still use the old terms; check the current docs for deprecation details. The migration is documented in cloudflare-docs PR #33850.

Choose the workflow

Need	Product	Reference	Current docs
Receive events, transform rows, and deliver to R2	Basin Pipelines	Pipelines guide	Basin Pipelines
Manage Iceberg metadata, table maintenance, and engine access	Basin Catalog	Catalog guide	Basin Catalog
Query Iceberg tables with analytical SQL	Basin SQL	SQL guide	Basin SQL

Typical flow: Basin Pipelines → Basin Catalog tables in R2 → Basin SQL or a compatible external engine. Begin with the Basin getting started guide for an end-to-end setup.

The proposed Wrangler command families are wrangler basin pipelines, wrangler basin catalog, and wrangler basin sql. Basin SQL uses WRANGLER_BASIN_SQL_AUTH_TOKEN; its REST query path is /basin-sql/query/{BUCKET}. Check the installed Wrangler version and current reference pages before running commands because the migration is ongoing.

Files

SKILL.md and 15 other files (references) in skills/basin of cloudflare/skills.

SKILL.md
references/catalog/README.md
references/catalog/api.md
references/catalog/configuration.md
references/catalog/gotchas.md
references/catalog/patterns.md
references/pipelines/README.md
references/pipelines/api.md
references/pipelines/configuration.md
references/pipelines/gotchas.md
references/pipelines/patterns.md
references/sql/README.md
references/sql/api.md
references/sql/configuration.md
references/sql/gotchas.md
references/sql/patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 41e0d19

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in cloudflare/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

fcakyon/claude-codex-settingsplugins/cloudflare-skills/skills/basin

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Questions about Basin

What does Basin do?

Build and troubleshoot Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL. Basin is an agent skill from cloudflare/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Build and troubleshoot Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL.

When should I use Basin?

Basin fits situations like: streaming data into R2 Iceberg tables; managing catalogs; querying those tables; also use for requests using the former Data Platform.

How do I install Basin in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/basin in cloudflare/skills) into .claude/skills/basin in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Basin in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/basin in cloudflare/skills) into .agents/skills/basin in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Basin 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 cloudflare/skills --skill basin -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/basin, .gemini/skills/basin, .github/skills/basin and .opencode/skills/basin in your project.

What does Basin need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Basin needs the command-line tools its instructions call (wrangler) and credentials named WRANGLER_BASIN_SQL_AUTH_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A credential in WRANGLER_BASIN_SQL_AUTH_TOKEN.

Does Basin access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: developers.cloudflare.com and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Basin 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 Basin use?

Basin is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Basin use?

About 684 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 13k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Basin?

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Who maintains Basin?

cloudflare (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cloudflare/skills, which has 2,999 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: cloudflare/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Basin

Install Basin

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Cloudflare Basin

Rebrand

Choose the workflow

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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Questions about Basin

Install Basin

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Cloudflare Basin

Rebrand

Choose the workflow

Files

Used in 1 other repository

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

More from cloudflare/skills

Related

Questions about Basin