Official agent skill

Databricks Serverless Migration

by databricks in databricks/databricks-agent-skills

Migrate Databricks workloads from classic compute to serverless compute.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Databricks Serverless Migration

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-serverless-migration --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-serverless-migration .claude/skills/databricks-serverless-migration && 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-serverless-migration
GitHub stars
345
Token cost
~16k tokens
SKILL.md length
6,235 words
Files
14 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Migrate Databricks workloads from classic compute to serverless compute.

  • Works in 5 steps: Ingest — Gather Workload Context → 5: Handle Multi-Notebook Workloads → Analyze — Scan for Serverless Readiness → …
  • Migrating notebooks
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Where to Run This Skill, Understanding Migration Blockers and Decision Tree: Is My Workload…, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls gh, databricks and apt

What it does

Databricks Serverless Migration is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Migrate Databricks workloads from classic compute to serverless compute. Use when migrating notebooks, jobs, pipelines, or Scala JARs (sparkjartask) from classic clusters to serverless, checking if existing code is serverless-compatible, or writing new serverless-compatible code. Provides concrete fixes for the serverless Spark Connect architecture and guides the full migration. Not for classic DBR version upgrades or cluster configuration changes within classic compute.

Its SKILL.md is about 16k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/code-patterns.md` and `references/compatibility-checks.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires databricks CLI (= v0.292.0)

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Serverless. It works with Databricks. 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

  • Migrating notebooks
  • Scala JARs (sparkjartask) from classic clusters to serverless
  • Checking if existing code is serverless-compatible
  • Writing new serverless-compatible code

Example prompts

  • “/databricks-serverless-migration”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Docker
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.292.0)

Workflow steps

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

  1. Ingest — Gather Workload Context
  2. 5: Handle Multi-Notebook Workloads
  3. Analyze — Scan for Serverless Readiness
  4. Test — Two-Branch Strategy
  5. Validate — Confirm and Monitor

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:

    • gh
    • databricks
    • apt
    • yum
    • dbt
    • pip

    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):

    • docs.databricks.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.

  • Compatibility

    Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.292.0)

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Databricks Serverless Migration loads about 16k tokens when it runs, and up to ~52k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 128 tokens; SKILL.md has 6,235 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~128
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~16k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~52k

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 6,235 words (~15,845 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-serverless-migration
compatibility
Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.292.0)
metadata.version
0.1.0
parent
databricks-core

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files (references, assets) in skills/databricks-serverless-migration of databricks/databricks-agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/databricks.png
  • assets/databricks.svg
  • references/code-patterns.md
  • references/compatibility-checks.md
  • references/configuration-guide.md
  • references/failure-reporting.md
  • references/install-in-databricks-genie-code.md
  • references/jar-migration.md
  • references/mlflow-uc-patterns.md
  • references/multi-source-enumeration.md
  • references/networking-and-security.md
  • references/streaming-migration.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f4fcec5

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Questions about Databricks Serverless Migration

What does Databricks Serverless Migration do?

Migrate Databricks workloads from classic compute to serverless compute. Databricks Serverless Migration is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Migrate Databricks workloads from classic compute to serverless compute.

When should I use Databricks Serverless Migration?

Databricks Serverless Migration fits situations like: migrating notebooks; scala JARs (sparkjartask) from classic clusters to serverless; checking if existing code is serverless-compatible; writing new serverless-compatible code.

How do I install Databricks Serverless Migration in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Databricks Serverless Migration in Codex?

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

Can I use Databricks Serverless Migration 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-serverless-migration -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-serverless-migration, .gemini/skills/databricks-serverless-migration, .github/skills/databricks-serverless-migration and .opencode/skills/databricks-serverless-migration in your project.

What does Databricks Serverless Migration need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Databricks Serverless Migration needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh, databricks, apt, yum, dbt and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.292.0).

Does Databricks Serverless Migration access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.databricks.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Databricks Serverless Migration 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 Serverless Migration use?

Databricks Serverless Migration 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 Serverless Migration use?

About 16k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 63k 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 36k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Databricks Serverless Migration?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Databricks Serverless Migration: Cookbook Compute (databricks-solutions/databricks-apps-cookbook, 183 stars), Neon (smontlouis/bible-strong, 171 stars), Azure Synapse Analytics (MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, 775 stars) and AWS Serverless Eda (zxkane/aws-skills, 367 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Databricks Serverless Migration?

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.