Agent skill

Data Lineage Tracker

by Drchronx in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit

Track data lineage and reproducibility for academic projects.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Data Lineage Tracker

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill data-lineage-tracker -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit data-lineage-tracker --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/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/data-lineage-tracker' .claude/skills/data-lineage-tracker && 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
data-lineage-tracker
GitHub stars
137
Token cost
~324 tokens
SKILL.md length
114 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
36
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Track data lineage and reproducibility for academic projects.

  • Works in 5 steps: Inventory raw, intermediate, processed,… → Map each processed file to its raw… → Record cleaning rules, exclusion rules,… → …
  • Raw-to-processed data flow
  • SKILL.md covers Inputs, Workflow, Hard Constraints and Script, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Data Lineage Tracker is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Track data lineage and reproducibility for academic projects. Use for raw-to-processed data flow, data cleaning logs, script-to-output mapping, analysis provenance, dataset versioning, data dictionaries, non-overwrite raw data rules, and reproducibility audit trails.

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `scripts/create_data_lineage_template.py`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data governance, Reproducible research and Data cleaning. The repository describes itself as: AI Agent 科研全流程教学包,能教学生从零部署 Codex、Claude Code、OpenClaw、Hermes 等 Agent,学会使用 Skills、飞书、AMiner、AI4Scholar、Zotero、Obsidian…

When your agent uses it

  • Raw-to-processed data flow
  • Data cleaning logs
  • Script-to-output mapping
  • Analysis provenance

Example prompts

  • “/data-lineage-tracker”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Inventory raw, intermediate, processed, and output files.
  2. Map each processed file to its raw inputs and script.
  3. Record cleaning rules, exclusion rules, variable construction, and dates.
  4. Identify orphan outputs and untracked transformations.
  5. Produce a data lineage table and reproducibility checklist.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aab1133. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    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.

Context cost

Data Lineage Tracker loads about 324 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 114 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~324

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); the scripts in this folder 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 114 words (~324 tokens).

“Use this skill whenever raw data are cleaned, transformed, merged, analyzed, or exported.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Drchronx, Custom licence
name
data-lineage-tracker

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in 本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/data-lineage-tracker of Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • scripts/create_data_lineage_template.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aab1133

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Questions about Data Lineage Tracker

What does Data Lineage Tracker do?

Track data lineage and reproducibility for academic projects. Data Lineage Tracker is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Track data lineage and reproducibility for academic projects.

When should I use Data Lineage Tracker?

Data Lineage Tracker fits situations like: raw-to-processed data flow; data cleaning logs; script-to-output mapping; analysis provenance.

How do I install Data Lineage Tracker in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill data-lineage-tracker -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/data-lineage-tracker in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .claude/skills/data-lineage-tracker in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Data Lineage Tracker in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill data-lineage-tracker -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/data-lineage-tracker in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .agents/skills/data-lineage-tracker in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Data Lineage Tracker 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 Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill data-lineage-tracker -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/data-lineage-tracker, .gemini/skills/data-lineage-tracker, .github/skills/data-lineage-tracker and .opencode/skills/data-lineage-tracker in your project.

What does Data Lineage Tracker need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Data Lineage Tracker needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Data Lineage Tracker 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 Data Lineage Tracker 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Data Lineage Tracker use?

Data Lineage Tracker 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 Data Lineage Tracker use?

About 324 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Data Lineage Tracker?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Data Lineage Tracker: Datalineage Summary (google/skills, 21k stars), Data Quality Frameworks (wshobson/agents, 40k stars), Research Data Feasibility and Leakage Checks (Light0305/Light-skills, 640 stars) and Monte Carlo Context Detection (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Data Lineage Tracker?

Drchronx (a GitHub user) maintains it in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 19, 2026.

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