Official agent skill

Databricks Genie Agents

by databricks in databricks/databricks-agent-skills

Create, manage, and query Databricks Genie Agents — curated, per-data natural-language agents (formerly Genie Spaces): build, export/import, migrate across workspaces, and ask questions of a…

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Install Databricks Genie Agents

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-genie-agents --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-genie-agents .claude/skills/databricks-genie-agents && 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-genie-agents
GitHub stars
345
Token cost
~980 tokens
SKILL.md length
324 words
Files
11 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Create, manage, and query Databricks Genie Agents — curated, per-data natural-language agents (formerly Genie Spaces): build, export/import, migrate across workspaces, and ask questions of a…

  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Genie Agent Lifecycle, Prerequisites and Related Skills
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Databricks Genie Agents is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create, manage, and query Databricks Genie Agents — curated, per-data natural-language agents (formerly Genie Spaces): build, export/import, migrate across workspaces, and ask questions of a specific Agent via the Conversation API. For general data questions or finding data across your workspace, use databricks-data-discovery (Genie One) instead.

Its SKILL.md is about 980 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 13 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/create-genie-agent.md` and `references/diagnose-genie-agent.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires databricks CLI (= v1.0.0)

It works with Databricks and SQL. 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.

Example prompts

  • “/databricks-genie-agents”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0)

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

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0)

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Databricks Genie Agents loads about 980 tokens when it runs, and up to ~29k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 324 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~980
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~29k

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 324 words (~980 tokens).

“Create, manage, and query Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) - natural language interfaces for SQL-based data exploration.”

— opening of SKILL.md by databricks, Custom licence
name
databricks-genie-agents
compatibility
Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0)
metadata.version
0.1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 10 other files (references, assets) in skills/databricks-genie-agents of databricks/databricks-agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/databricks.png
  • assets/databricks.svg
  • references/create-genie-agent.md
  • references/diagnose-genie-agent.md
  • references/genie-agent-cicd.md
  • references/optimize-genie-agent.md
  • references/query-genie-agent.md
  • references/serialized-space.md
  • references/uc-persistence.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f4fcec5

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Dbt Databricks PR Readydatabricks/dbt-databricks379—~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Tool Selectiondatabricks-solutions/ai-dev-kit1.9k—~519Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Mendix Odata Pushdownmendixlabs/mxcli128—~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
SQL Correctnessdatabricks-solutions/ai-dev-kit1.9k—~438Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Works with

Questions about Databricks Genie Agents

What does Databricks Genie Agents do?

Create, manage, and query Databricks Genie Agents — curated, per-data natural-language agents (formerly Genie Spaces): build, export/import, migrate across workspaces, and ask questions of a…. Databricks Genie Agents is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create, manage, and query Databricks Genie Agents — curated, per-data natural-language agents (formerly Genie Spaces): build, export/import, migrate across workspaces, and ask questions of a specific Agent via the Conversation API.

How do I install Databricks Genie Agents in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Databricks Genie Agents in Codex?

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

Can I use Databricks Genie Agents 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-genie-agents -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-genie-agents, .gemini/skills/databricks-genie-agents, .github/skills/databricks-genie-agents and .opencode/skills/databricks-genie-agents in your project.

What does Databricks Genie Agents need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Databricks Genie Agents is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0).

Does Databricks Genie Agents 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 Databricks Genie Agents 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 Genie Agents use?

Databricks Genie Agents 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 Genie Agents use?

About 980 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 28k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Databricks Genie Agents?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Databricks Genie Agents: Chdb Datastore (vemetric/vemetric, 394 stars), Dbt Databricks PR Ready (databricks/dbt-databricks, 379 stars), Tool Selection (databricks-solutions/ai-dev-kit, 1.9k stars) and Mendix Odata Pushdown (mendixlabs/mxcli, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Databricks Genie Agents?

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.