Agent skill

Clickhouse Architecture Advisor

MUST USE when designing ClickHouse architectures, selecting between ingestion or modeling patterns, or translating best practices into workload-specific system designs.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDatabases

Install Clickhouse Architecture Advisor

skills CLI

$ npx skills add vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vemetric/vemetric clickhouse-architecture-advisor --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/vemetric/vemetric.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor .claude/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor && 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 "clickhouse-architecture-advisor" agent skill from https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor into .claude/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clickhouse-architecture-advisor", 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/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor

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 vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vemetric/vemetric clickhouse-architecture-advisor --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor .agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor && 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 "clickhouse-architecture-advisor" agent skill from https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor into .agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clickhouse-architecture-advisor", 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 vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vemetric/vemetric clickhouse-architecture-advisor --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor .cursor/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor && 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 "clickhouse-architecture-advisor" agent skill from https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor into .cursor/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clickhouse-architecture-advisor", 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/vemetric/vemetric.git --path .agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor

--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 vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install vemetric/vemetric clickhouse-architecture-advisor --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/vemetric/vemetric.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor .gemini/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor && 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 "clickhouse-architecture-advisor" agent skill from https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor into .gemini/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clickhouse-architecture-advisor", 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 vemetric/vemetric clickhouse-architecture-advisor

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 vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor .github/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor && 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 "clickhouse-architecture-advisor" agent skill from https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor into .github/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clickhouse-architecture-advisor", 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 vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -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 vemetric/vemetric clickhouse-architecture-advisor --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor .opencode/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor && 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 "clickhouse-architecture-advisor" agent skill from https://github.com/vemetric/vemetric/tree/main/.agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor into .opencode/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clickhouse-architecture-advisor", 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: clickhouse-architecture-advisor
GitHub stars: 395
Used in: 2 other repos
Token cost: ~791 tokens
SKILL.md length: 272 words
Files: 14
Skills in repo: 6
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

MUST USE when designing ClickHouse architectures, selecting between ingestion or modeling patterns, or translating best practices into workload-specific system designs.

Works in 6 steps: Identify the workload shape → Read the relevant decision rule files in… → Use mappings/doc_links.yaml to attach… → …
Designing ClickHouse architectures
SKILL.md covers Required behavior, Provenance rules, Read these rule files by… and Output format, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Clickhouse Architecture Advisor is an agent skill from vemetric/vemetric. MUST USE when designing ClickHouse architectures, selecting between ingestion or modeling patterns, or translating best practices into workload-specific system designs. Complements clickhouse-best-practices with decision frameworks and explicit provenance labels.

Its SKILL.md is about 790 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 17 other files (for example `AGENTS.md`, `README.md` and `examples/README.md`).

It sits in Databases, covering Data warehousing. It works with ClickHouse. The repository describes itself as: Simple, yet powerful Web- & Product Analytics. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Designing ClickHouse architectures
Selecting between ingestion
Modeling patterns
Translating best practices into workload-specific system designs

Example prompts

“/clickhouse-architecture-advisor”

Workflow steps

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

Identify the workload shape
Read the relevant decision rule files in rules/
Use mappings/doc_links.yaml to attach official documentation
Classify every recommendation as
Never present field guidance as official guidance
If a recommendation is uncertain, say so explicitly

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2352ee8. 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 (its code samples are markdown).
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

Clickhouse Architecture Advisor loads about 791 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 272 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~791

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 vemetric/vemetric at commit 2352ee8, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© vemetric). 272 words, ~791 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 13 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: clickhouse-architecture-advisor
description: MUST USE when designing ClickHouse architectures, selecting between ingestion or modeling patterns, or translating best practices into workload-specific system designs. Complements clickhouse-best-practices with decision frameworks and explicit provenance labels.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata.author: ClickHouse Inc
metadata.version: 0.1.0

ClickHouse Architecture Advisor

This skill adds workload-aware architecture decisioning on top of clickhouse-best-practices.

Official docs remain the source of truth. This skill must always prefer official ClickHouse documentation when available.

Required behavior

Before producing recommendations:

Identify the workload shape
- observability
- security / SIEM
- product analytics
- IoT / telemetry
- market data / financial services
- mixed OLAP with point-lookups
Read the relevant decision rule files in rules/
Use mappings/doc_links.yaml to attach official documentation
Classify every recommendation as:
- official
- derived
- field
Never present field guidance as official guidance
If a recommendation is uncertain, say so explicitly

Provenance rules

`official`

Use this when the recommendation is directly backed by official docs.

`derived`

Use this when the recommendation is not stated verbatim in docs but follows logically from documented ClickHouse behavior.

`field`

Use this only for experience-based guidance that may be situational. When using field, include:

a disclaimer that the advice is heuristic
a relevant official doc if one partially applies
the reason the advice depends on workload context

Read these rule files by scenario

Real-time ingestion design

rules/decision-ingestion-strategy.md
rules/decision-real-time-preaggregation.md
Relevant best-practices insert rules

Time-series and retention design

rules/decision-partitioning-timeseries.md
Relevant best-practices schema partition rules

Enrichment and dimension lookups

rules/decision-join-enrichment.md
Relevant best-practices query join rules

Mutable state / late-arriving events

rules/decision-late-arriving-upserts.md
Relevant best-practices mutation avoidance rules

Output format

Structure responses like this:

markdown

## Workload Summary
- workload:
- latency target:
- data shape:
- primary query patterns:
- operational constraints:

## Key Decisions
- ...
- ...

## Recommendations

### <Recommendation title>

**What**
...

**Why**
...

**How**
...

**Category**
official | derived | field

**Confidence**
high | medium | heuristic

**Source**
- doc link(s)

**Validation**
- concrete SQL, metric, or smoke test

Architecture-specific guidance

Prefer decision frameworks over generic advice. Good responses should:

explain tradeoffs
identify the likely operating bottleneck
separate immediate actions from structural redesign
provide target architecture patterns, not just isolated settings

Full reference

See AGENTS.md for the compiled version and examples/ for sample outputs.

Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files in .agents/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor of vemetric/vemetric.

SKILL.md
AGENTS.md
README.md
examples/README.md
examples/finserv-market-surveillance.md
examples/observability-high-throughput.md
examples/siem-security-analytics.md
mappings/doc_links.yaml
rules/decision-ingestion-strategy.md
rules/decision-join-enrichment.md
rules/decision-late-arriving-upserts.md
rules/decision-partitioning-timeseries.md
rules/decision-real-time-preaggregation.md
schemas/recommendation_schema.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2352ee8

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in vemetric/vemetric, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Clickhouse Architecture Advisor

What does Clickhouse Architecture Advisor do?

MUST USE when designing ClickHouse architectures, selecting between ingestion or modeling patterns, or translating best practices into workload-specific system designs. Clickhouse Architecture Advisor is an agent skill from vemetric/vemetric. MUST USE when designing ClickHouse architectures, selecting between ingestion or modeling patterns, or translating best practices into workload-specific system designs.

When should I use Clickhouse Architecture Advisor?

Clickhouse Architecture Advisor fits situations like: designing ClickHouse architectures; selecting between ingestion; modeling patterns; translating best practices into workload-specific system designs.

How do I install Clickhouse Architecture Advisor in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Clickhouse Architecture Advisor in Codex?

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

Can I use Clickhouse Architecture Advisor 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 vemetric/vemetric --skill clickhouse-architecture-advisor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor, .gemini/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor, .github/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor and .opencode/skills/clickhouse-architecture-advisor in your project.

What does Clickhouse Architecture Advisor need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Clickhouse Architecture Advisor is instructions for the agent only.

Does Clickhouse Architecture Advisor 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 Clickhouse Architecture Advisor 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 Clickhouse Architecture Advisor use?

Clickhouse Architecture Advisor is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Clickhouse Architecture Advisor use?

About 791 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Clickhouse Architecture Advisor?

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Who maintains Clickhouse Architecture Advisor?

vemetric (a GitHub organization) maintains it in vemetric/vemetric, which has 395 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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

Install Clickhouse Architecture Advisor

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

ClickHouse Architecture Advisor

Required behavior

Provenance rules

official

derived

field

Read these rule files by scenario

Real-time ingestion design

Time-series and retention design

Enrichment and dimension lookups

Mutable state / late-arriving events

Output format

Architecture-specific guidance

Full reference

Files

Used in 2 other repositories

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`official`

`derived`

`field`