Agent skill

Bigquery Basics

by davila7 in davila7/claude-code-templates

Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights.

MITAuto-check passedDatabases

Install Bigquery Basics

skills CLI

$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bigquery-basics --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/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics .claude/skills/bigquery-basics && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "bigquery-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics into .claude/skills/bigquery-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bigquery-basics", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bigquery-basics --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics .agents/skills/bigquery-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "bigquery-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics into .agents/skills/bigquery-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bigquery-basics", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bigquery-basics --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics .cursor/skills/bigquery-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "bigquery-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics into .cursor/skills/bigquery-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bigquery-basics", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git --path cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bigquery-basics --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics .gemini/skills/bigquery-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "bigquery-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics into .gemini/skills/bigquery-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bigquery-basics", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bigquery-basics

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics .github/skills/bigquery-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "bigquery-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics into .github/skills/bigquery-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bigquery-basics", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bigquery-basics --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics .opencode/skills/bigquery-basics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "bigquery-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics into .opencode/skills/bigquery-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bigquery-basics", 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: bigquery-basics
GitHub stars: 32k
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 250 words
Files: 7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 477
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights.

Works in 4 steps: Enable the BigQuery API → Create a Dataset → Create a Table → …
Resource management
SKILL.md covers Setup and Basic Usage, Reference Directory and Related Skills
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Bigquery Basics is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights. Use for SQL queries, resource management, data ingestion, or AI applications on BigQuery.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/cli-usage.md`, `references/client-library-usage.md` and `references/core-concepts.md`).

It sits in Databases, covering Data warehousing. It works with Google BigQuery, SQL and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: CLI tool for configuring and monitoring Claude Code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Resource management
AI applications on BigQuery

Example prompts

“Use the bigquery-basics skill to manage datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data…”
“/bigquery-basics”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

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

Enable the BigQuery API
Create a Dataset
Create a Table
Run a Query

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4c82aba. 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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- 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

Bigquery Basics loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 250 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~62
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~4.6k

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

The full file from davila7/claude-code-templates at commit 4c82aba, republished under its MIT licence (© davila7). 250 words, ~1,150 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/bigquery-basics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: bigquery-basics
description: Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights. Use for SQL queries, resource management, data ingestion, or AI applications on BigQuery.
source: google/skills (Apache 2.0)

BigQuery Basics

BigQuery is a serverless, AI-ready data platform that enables high-speed analysis of large datasets using SQL and Python. Its disaggregated architecture separates compute and storage, allowing them to scale independently while providing built-in machine learning, geospatial analysis, and business intelligence capabilities.

Setup and Basic Usage

Enable the BigQuery API:

bash

gcloud services enable bigquery.googleapis.com --quiet

Create a Dataset:

bash

bq mk --dataset --location=US my_dataset

Create a Table:

Create a file named schema.json with your table schema:

json

[
  {
    "name": "name",
    "type": "STRING",
    "mode": "REQUIRED"
  },
  {
    "name": "post_abbr",
    "type": "STRING",
    "mode": "NULLABLE"
  }
]

Then create the table with the bq tool:

bash

bq mk --table my_dataset.mytable schema.json

Run a Query:

bash

bq query --use_legacy_sql=false \
'SELECT name FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013` \
WHERE state = "TX" LIMIT 10'

Reference Directory

Core Concepts: Storage types, analytics workflows, and BigQuery Studio features.
CLI Usage: Essential bq command-line tool operations for managing data and jobs.
Client Libraries: Using Google Cloud client libraries for Python, Java, Node.js, and Go.
MCP Usage: Using the BigQuery remote MCP server and Gemini CLI extension.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform examples for datasets, tables, and reservations.
IAM & Security: Roles, permissions, and data governance best practices.

If you need product information not found in these references, use the Developer Knowledge MCP server search_documents tool.

BigQuery AI & ML Skill: SKILL.md file for BigQuery AI and ML capabilities.
BigQuery AI & ML References: Reference files published for the BigQuery AI and ML skill.

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics of davila7/claude-code-templates.

SKILL.md
references/cli-usage.md
references/client-library-usage.md
references/core-concepts.md
references/iac-usage.md
references/iam-security.md
references/mcp-usage.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4c82aba

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Questions about Bigquery Basics

What does Bigquery Basics do?

Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights. Bigquery Basics is an agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates. Manages datasets, tables, and jobs in BigQuery, and integrates with BigQuery ML and Gemini for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights.

When should I use Bigquery Basics?

Bigquery Basics fits situations like: resource management; AI applications on BigQuery.

How do I install Bigquery Basics in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .claude/skills/bigquery-basics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bigquery Basics in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-tool/components/skills/database/bigquery-basics in davila7/claude-code-templates) into .agents/skills/bigquery-basics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bigquery Basics 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 davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bigquery-basics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bigquery-basics, .gemini/skills/bigquery-basics, .github/skills/bigquery-basics and .opencode/skills/bigquery-basics in your project.

What does Bigquery Basics need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Bigquery Basics is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Bigquery Basics access the network?

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

Is Bigquery Basics 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 Bigquery Basics use?

Bigquery Basics is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Bigquery Basics use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 3.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Bigquery Basics?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bigquery Basics: Semantic Analyst (sidequery/sidemantic, 129 stars), Imaging Data Commons (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Cloud Monitoring Metric Selection (google/skills, 21k stars) and Migrating To Amazon Redshift (aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, 2.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bigquery Basics?

davila7 (a GitHub user) maintains it in davila7/claude-code-templates, which has 32,432 GitHub stars. The repository holds 477 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: davila7/claude-code-templates on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Bigquery Basics

Install Bigquery Basics

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

BigQuery Basics

Setup and Basic Usage

Reference Directory

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Bigquery Basics

Install Bigquery Basics

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

BigQuery Basics

Setup and Basic Usage

Reference Directory

Related Skills

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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