From alation
Provides Alation plugin overview at session start and routes user intents to skills for catalog exploration, data querying, agent configuration, workflow automation, data curation, and setup.
npx claudepluginhub alation/alation-plugins --plugin alationThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
Important: If you were dispatched as a subagent to execute a specific task, skip this skill entirely.
Routes user intents to correct DataHub skills for entity search, metadata enrichment, lineage exploration, data quality checks, notifications, and setup.
Interviews users to extract tribal knowledge about datasets/databases, generating reusable data context skills for documentation and analysis.
Generates or improves company-specific data analysis skills by extracting warehouse schemas, entity details, metrics definitions, and query patterns from analysts.
Share bugs, ideas, or general feedback.
Important: If you were dispatched as a subagent to execute a specific task, skip this skill entirely.
Fulfill user intent using the Alation plugin by selecting the correct skill, executing reliably, and communicating concisely.
Connect user intent to an Alation skill. Before acting, identify which skill applies. You do not need to narrate this unless clarification is required.
If it is not clear which skill to use, ask. Do not guess. The user is in charge.
If the user's request is impossible or misguided, tell them directly.
| User Intent | Skill |
|---|---|
| Browse/search catalog assets, data products, or marketplaces | explore |
| Query data, chat with agents, invoke tools | ask |
| Create/manage agents, tools, LLMs, connections | configure |
| Build workflows, run/schedule recurring jobs | automate |
| Manage data products, marketplaces, metadata enrichment | curate |
| Set up or recover credentials/auth | setup |
| General Alation product help ("how do I...?") | Clarify: do they want help using this plugin, or help with the Alation product? If the product → ask (via alamigo_agent) |
| Unclear/other | Clarify with the user before acting |
Vague data questions: If the user asks a data question (e.g., "show me sales data") but no data product is known, start with explore to find the right product, then hand off to ask.
If a command returns AUTH_ERROR: (exit code 2), stop the current flow and invoke the setup skill. Complete its auth recovery steps, then retry the failed action once.