Te Docs

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Asks about TE docs
• Tabular Editor features
• TE3 preferences
• Workspace database settings

Example prompts

• “TE docs”
• “Tabular Editor features”
• “TE3 preferences”
• “/te-docs”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Install pbi-search (recommended): see bin/README.md for install instructions via cargo install or GitHub Releases at data-goblin/pbi-search
2. 2Search without the CLI: use the microsoft-learn MCP tools (microsoft_docs_search, microsoft_docs_fetch) for Microsoft Learn content, or…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a301717. 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

  Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • cargo

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

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • docs.tabulareditor.com
  • dax.guide
  • sqlbi.com
  • data-goblins.com

  Also links to:

  • github.com

  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

Te Docs loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 102 tokens; SKILL.md has 467 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~102

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

~1.7k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~4k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development at commit a301717, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© data-goblin). 467 words, ~1,669 tokens.

name

te-docs

description

Tabular Editor documentation search and configuration file guidance (.tmuo, Preferences.json, UiPreferences.json, Layouts.json). Automatically invoke when the user asks about "TE docs", "Tabular Editor features", "TE3 preferences", ".tmuo files", "workspace database settings", "DAX editor settings", "per-model TE3 configuration", or needs to search Tabular Editor documentation for how-to guidance.

pbi-search --version

pbi-search sync        # ~13s

# Search all sources
pbi-search search "creating measures"

# Search only Tabular Editor docs
pbi-search search "BPA rules" --source te-docs

# Search TE blog + TE docs
pbi-search search "incremental refresh" --source te-docs --source te-blog

# JSON output for structured use in agents
pbi-search search "workspace mode" --source te-docs --json

# Include content excerpts
pbi-search search "calculated columns" --source te-docs --excerpts

# Tabular Editor doc by bare path (from search results)
pbi-search fetch features/Best-Practice-Analyzer

# Any supported URL
pbi-search fetch https://docs.tabulareditor.com/features/workspace-mode
pbi-search fetch https://dax.guide/calculate/

# Extract a specific section
pbi-search fetch features/Best-Practice-Analyzer --section "Creating rules"

# Truncate for context budget
pbi-search fetch features/creating-measures --max-chars 3000 --json

pbi-search sync --descriptions   # fetches meta descriptions; ~30s extra

{
  "UseWorkspace": true,
  "WorkspaceConnection": "localhost",
  "WorkspaceDatabase": "MyModel_Workspace_JohnDoe",
  "Deployment": {
    "TargetConnectionString": "powerbi://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/Workspace",
    "TargetDatabase": "MyModel",
    "DeployPartitions": false,
    "DeployModelRoles": true
  },
  "DataSourceOverrides": {
    "SQL Server": {
      "ConnectionString": "Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=DevDB"
    }
  }
}

© data-goblin, GPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references) in plugins/tabular-editor/skills/te-docs of data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development.

• SKILL.md
• bin/README.md
• references/doc-structure.md
• references/url-redirects.md
• schema/README.md
• schema/layouts-schema.json
• schema/preferences-schema.json
• schema/recentfiles-schema.json
• schema/recentservers-schema.json
• schema/tmuo-schema.json
• schema/uipreferences-schema.json
• scripts/validate_config.py
• scripts/validate_tmuo.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a301717