Official agent skill

Databricks Apps

by databricks in databricks/databricks-agent-skills

Build apps on Databricks Apps platform. An agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Databricks Apps

skills CLI
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-apps -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-apps --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/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-apps .claude/skills/databricks-apps && 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
databricks-apps
GitHub stars
345
Token cost
~5.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,428 words
Files
21 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Build apps on Databricks Apps platform. An agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: Ask the user whether the app needs… → If confirmed, ask whether to reuse an… → Scaffold with --features lakebase and… → …
  • Asked to create data apps
  • SKILL.md covers Required Reading by Phase, Generic Guidelines, Project Structure (after… and Project Structure (after…, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls databricks, npx and npm

What it does

Databricks Apps is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Build apps on Databricks Apps platform. Use when asked to create data apps, analytics tools, or custom interactive visualizations. A plain "create a dashboard" request means a managed AI/BI (Lakeview) dashboard → use databricks-aibi-dashboards, not this skill. Evaluates data access patterns (analytics vs Lakebase synced tables) before scaffolding. Invoke BEFORE starting implementation.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 24 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/appkit/agents.md` and `references/appkit/appkit-sdk.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires databricks CLI (= v0.294.0)

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding. It works with Databricks, SQL and macOS. The repository describes itself as: Databricks AI Tools: skills and plugins for building on Databricks with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and other AI coding agents.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to create data apps
  • Analytics tools
  • Custom interactive visualizations

Example prompts

  • “create a dashboard”
  • “/databricks-apps”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.294.0)

Workflow steps

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

  1. Ask the user whether the app needs persistent storage (Lakebase) before scaffolding. Do not silently add Lakebase.
  2. If confirmed, ask whether to reuse an existing Lakebase project or create a new one (same as the Genie flow below) — never create one…
  3. Scaffold with --features lakebase and pass --set lakebase.postgres.branch= --set lakebase.postgres.database=.
  4. If the app also reads from Unity Catalog tables, proceed to the Data Access Decision Gate below to determine whether to add --features…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f4fcec5. 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:

    • databricks
    • npx
    • npm
    • tsc

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.294.0)

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Databricks Apps loads about 5.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~44k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 101 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,428 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~101
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~44k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,428 words (~5,397 tokens).

“FIRST: Use the parent databricks-core skill for CLI basics, authentication, and profile selection.”

— opening of SKILL.md by databricks, Custom licence
name
databricks-apps
compatibility
Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.294.0)
metadata.version
0.1.3
parent
databricks-core

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 20 other files (references, assets) in skills/databricks-apps of databricks/databricks-agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/databricks.png
  • assets/databricks.svg
  • references/appkit/agents.md
  • references/appkit/appkit-sdk.md
  • references/appkit/custom-endpoints.md
  • references/appkit/files.md
  • references/appkit/frontend.md
  • references/appkit/genie.md
  • references/appkit/jobs.md
  • references/appkit/lakebase.md
  • references/appkit/metric-views.md
  • references/appkit/model-serving.md
  • references/appkit/overview.md
  • references/appkit/proto-contracts.md
  • references/appkit/proto-first.md
  • … and 4 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f4fcec5

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Categories

Questions about Databricks Apps

What does Databricks Apps do?

Build apps on Databricks Apps platform. An agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills. Databricks Apps is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Build apps on Databricks Apps platform.

When should I use Databricks Apps?

Databricks Apps fits situations like: asked to create data apps; analytics tools; custom interactive visualizations.

How do I install Databricks Apps in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Databricks Apps in Codex?

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

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

What does Databricks Apps need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Databricks Apps needs the command-line tools its instructions call (databricks, npx, npm and tsc). Our summary lists: Node.js. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.294.0).

Does Databricks Apps access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Databricks Apps 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 Databricks Apps use?

Databricks Apps has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Databricks Apps use?

About 5.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 22k 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 38k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Databricks Apps?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Databricks Apps: Jeecg Codegen New (jeecgboot/skills, 237 stars), Register Generated Program (myunwang/LLMPET, 123 stars), Register Generated Program (myunwang/LLMPET, 123 stars) and Azure Synapse Analytics (MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, 775 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Databricks Apps?

databricks (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in databricks/databricks-agent-skills, which has 345 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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