lightdash-development

dbt Heros

Accelerate your dbt lifecycle with specialized Claude Code plugins. This repository provides high-performance agents and skills for mastering dbt Core, dbt Cloud, dbt Fusion, Elementary, and Lightdash.

Available Plugins

Category	Plugin	Description	Status
Semantic Layer	lightdash-development	dbt 1.10+ metrics, dimensions, and semantic layer modeling.	✅ GA
Analysis	lightdash-analysis	Data discovery and insight generation from Lightdash explores.	✅ GA
Content Ops	lightdash-content-admin	Space organization and content validation for Lightdash.	✅ GA
Admin	lightdash-org-admin	Lightdash organization management (users, groups, projects).	✅ GA
AgentOps	lightdash-agentops	Build, manage, and autonomously tune Lightdash AI agents.	🧪 Beta

Core Principles

• Agentic Workflows: Move beyond static documentation into interactive, goal-oriented collaboration.
• Unified Interface: A single repository for all dbt ecosystem extensions.
• Safety First: Deterministic safety modes (read-only, write-idempotent, write-destructive) for all tools.

Quickstart

1. Prerequisites

Ensure you have Claude Code installed and authenticated.

2. Configuration

Refer to the Product Documentation for detailed configuration instructions for each plugin.

Product Documentation

• Lightdash Plugins Documentation

3. Installation

The most efficient way to use these plugins is by adding this repository as a plugin marketplace. This enables discovery and management of all specialized plugins through the /plugin interface.

Claude Code

Option A: Remote Marketplace (Recommended)

Add the repository as a marketplace to enable easy discovery and updates:

# Within Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add yu-iskw/dbt-heros

Once added, you can browse available plugins via /plugin discover or install them directly:

# Within Claude Code
/plugin install lightdash-analysis@dbt-heros

Option B: Direct Plugin Installation

You can also install specific plugins directly using their GitHub path:

# Within Claude Code
/plugin install yu-iskw/dbt-heros/plugins/lightdash-analysis

Option C: Local Installation (Development)

If you have cloned the repository locally, you can add it as a local marketplace or install individual plugins from local paths:

# Add as a local marketplace (at the repository root)
/plugin marketplace add .

# Or install an individual plugin
claude plugin install ./plugins/lightdash-analysis

Codex

Each plugin ships a .codex-plugin/plugin.json manifest. The repo-scoped marketplace catalog is at .agents/plugins/marketplace.json.

Option A: Repo-scoped Marketplace (Recommended)

When working inside this repository, Codex auto-detects .agents/plugins/marketplace.json and surfaces all five plugins in the plugin directory. No extra setup is needed. To enable a specific plugin:

# Within Codex
/plugin install lightdash-analysis@dbt-heroes

Codex caches installed plugins under ~/.codex/plugins/cache/dbt-heroes/<plugin-name>/local/. Each plugin can be enabled or disabled individually; state is stored in ~/.codex/config.toml.

Option B: Personal Marketplace (cross-repo access)

To make the plugins available from any repository, copy or symlink the marketplace file to the personal catalog location:

mkdir -p ~/.agents/plugins

# Copy
cp .agents/plugins/marketplace.json ~/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json

# Or symlink (stays in sync with repo updates)
ln -s "$(pwd)/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json" ~/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json

After restarting Codex, the dbt-heroes plugins will appear in the plugin directory regardless of the working directory.

Development

This repository is a monorepo. To add a new plugin or contribute to existing ones, refer to our Development Guide (coming soon).