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Unity Catalog governance, access control, and observability.
Install Databricks Unity Catalog
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-unity-catalog --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-unity-catalog .claude/skills/databricks-unity-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "databricks-unity-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalog into .claude/skills/databricks-unity-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "databricks-unity-catalog", 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 install https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalogType 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.
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-unity-catalog --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-unity-catalog .agents/skills/databricks-unity-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "databricks-unity-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalog into .agents/skills/databricks-unity-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "databricks-unity-catalog", 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.
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-unity-catalog --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-unity-catalog .cursor/skills/databricks-unity-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "databricks-unity-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalog into .cursor/skills/databricks-unity-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "databricks-unity-catalog", 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 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git --path skills/databricks-unity-catalog--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-unity-catalog --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-unity-catalog .gemini/skills/databricks-unity-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "databricks-unity-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalog into .gemini/skills/databricks-unity-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "databricks-unity-catalog", 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.
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-unity-catalogInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-unity-catalog .github/skills/databricks-unity-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "databricks-unity-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalog into .github/skills/databricks-unity-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "databricks-unity-catalog", 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.
$ npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install databricks/databricks-agent-skills databricks-unity-catalog --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/databricks-unity-catalog .opencode/skills/databricks-unity-catalog && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "databricks-unity-catalog" agent skill from https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/databricks-unity-catalog into .opencode/skills/databricks-unity-catalog/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "databricks-unity-catalog", 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
databricks-unity-catalog- GitHub stars
- 345
- Token cost
- ~3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 860 words
- Files
- 11 (incl. references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 32
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Unity Catalog governance, access control, and observability.
- Works in 5 steps: Grant minimal access - Apply least… → Filter by date - System tables can be… → Use appropriate retention - Check your… → …
- Revoke access (GRANT/REVOKE)
- SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Reference Files, Quick Start and Running SQL from the CLI, plus 3 more sections
- Calls databricks
What it does
Databricks Unity Catalog is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Unity Catalog governance, access control, and observability. Use to grant or revoke access (GRANT/REVOKE), reason about the privilege model and ownership, set up row-level security and column masks, create external locations and storage credentials, define catalogs/schemas/tables/volumes, answer "who can read this table", and query system tables (audit, lineage, billing) or work with volume files in /Volumes/.
Its SKILL.md is about 3k 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/1-access-control.md` and `references/2-external-locations.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires databricks CLI (= v1.0.0)
It sits in Game Development, covering Authorization and RBAC and Observability. 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
- Revoke access (GRANT/REVOKE)
- Reason about the privilege model and ownership
- Set up row-level security and column masks
- Create external locations and storage credentials
Example prompts
- “who can read this table”
- “/databricks-unity-catalog”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0)
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Grant minimal access - Apply least privilege; grant at the narrowest securable that works
- Filter by date - System tables can be large; always use date filters
- Use appropriate retention - Check your workspace's retention settings
- Schedule reports - Create scheduled queries for regular monitoring
- Prefer SQL/SDK over experimental CLI - For anything beyond quick checks
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
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 (>= v1.0.0)
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Context cost
Databricks Unity Catalog loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~24k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 110 tokens; SKILL.md has 860 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 860 words (~3,038 tokens).
“Guidance for Unity Catalog governance — access control, the privilege model, external locations, securable DDL, and fine-grained access — plus system tables and volume file operations.”
- name
- databricks-unity-catalog
- compatibility
- Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0)
- metadata.version
- 0.3.0
- parent
- databricks-core
Files
SKILL.md and 10 other files (references, assets) in skills/databricks-unity-catalog of databricks/databricks-agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
- assets/databricks.png
- assets/databricks.svg
- references/1-access-control.md
- references/2-external-locations.md
- references/3-securables-ddl.md
- references/4-fine-grained-access.md
- references/5-system-tables.md
- references/6-volumes.md
- references/7-data-profiling.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit f4fcec5
Compare with similar skills
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| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Databricks Unity Catalog this skilldatabricks/databricks-agent-skills | 345 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Neonsmontlouis/bible-strong | 171 | — | ~7.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | GPL-3.0 | |
| Security Sensitive Path InstrumenterArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE | 253 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Azure Data ExplorerMicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills | 775 | — | ~4.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Databricks CLIaehrc/pathling | 137 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Cookbook External Servicesdatabricks-solutions/databricks-apps-cookbook | 183 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Databricks Unity Catalog
What does Databricks Unity Catalog do?
Unity Catalog governance, access control, and observability. Databricks Unity Catalog is an agent skill from databricks/databricks-agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Unity Catalog governance, access control, and observability.
When should I use Databricks Unity Catalog?
Databricks Unity Catalog fits situations like: revoke access (GRANT/REVOKE); reason about the privilege model and ownership; set up row-level security and column masks; create external locations and storage credentials.
How do I install Databricks Unity Catalog in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/databricks-unity-catalog in databricks/databricks-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/databricks-unity-catalog in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Databricks Unity Catalog in Codex?
Run `npx skills add databricks/databricks-agent-skills --skill databricks-unity-catalog -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/databricks-unity-catalog in databricks/databricks-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/databricks-unity-catalog in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Databricks Unity Catalog 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-unity-catalog -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-unity-catalog, .gemini/skills/databricks-unity-catalog, .github/skills/databricks-unity-catalog and .opencode/skills/databricks-unity-catalog in your project.
What does Databricks Unity Catalog need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Databricks Unity Catalog needs the command-line tools its instructions call (databricks). Our summary lists: Python 3. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires databricks CLI (>= v1.0.0).
Does Databricks Unity Catalog 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 Unity Catalog 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 Unity Catalog use?
Databricks Unity Catalog 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 Unity Catalog use?
About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 21k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Databricks Unity Catalog?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Databricks Unity Catalog: Neon (smontlouis/bible-strong, 171 stars), Security Sensitive Path Instrumenter (ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE, 253 stars), Azure Data Explorer (MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, 775 stars) and Databricks CLI (aehrc/pathling, 137 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Databricks Unity Catalog?
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.