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databricks-dabs

Create, configure, validate, deploy, run, and manage Declarative Automation Bundles (DABs, formerly Databricks Asset Bundles). Use when working with Databricks resources via DABs including dashboards, jobs, pipelines, alerts, volumes, and apps.

82

1.03x
Quality

88%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

96%

1.03x

2 of 3 eval scenarios. Add 1 more for a full score.

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No findings from the security scan

The canonical home for this skill is databricks-dabs in databricks/databricks-agent-skills

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Quality

Content

78%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

Well-structured content with excellent progressive disclosure and a genuinely rigorous validation contract for App resources. The main costs are duplicated App-naming guidance and an only implied general workflow for non-App resources.

Suggestions

Merge the App-naming rules in General Guideline 7 into the 'Required App Completion Contract' section so the CLI version, default, and override rules appear exactly once, removing the duplicated 30-character and domain_friendly_name guidance.

Add a minimal inline databricks.yml skeleton (resources block plus one variable) so the most common task, creating a bundle, has copy-paste-ready structure without opening a reference file.

Sequence the general workflow explicitly (edit YAML, validate strict, deploy, run/monitor) as a short numbered list, rather than relying on guideline 1 plus the deploy-and-run reference to imply the order.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly lean with no padding of concepts Claude already knows, but App-naming rules are duplicated between General Guideline 7 and the 'Required App Completion Contract' section (CLI 0.270.0, domain_friendly_name defaults, 30-char limit stated twice). Not 3 because everything else is tight and earns its place.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete commands ('bundle validate --strict --target <target>', 'databricks bundle validate --strict --target <target> --output json', '.databricks/bundle/<target>/variable-overrides.json') and file naming patterns, but includes no minimal inline databricks.yml example and some guidance stays abstract ('Parameterize catalog, schema, and warehouse').

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The App Completion Contract is a strong sequence with checklist, explicit validation ('Only after this check, run...'), and a fix-persist-revalidate feedback loop. Falls short of 5 because the general create-to-deploy workflow is only implied via guideline 1 and delegated to references rather than sequenced inline.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A clear overview body with five well-signaled, one-level-deep references, each with a descriptive label; all five referenced files exist and contain no further nested references, and the split of content is appropriate.

5 / 5

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17

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20

Passed

Description

92%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description that states concrete capabilities, gives an explicit use-when clause with specific resource triggers, and covers both current and legacy naming. The only gap is a few natural trigger terms like databricks.yml that users commonly mention.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description lists six concrete lifecycle verbs ('Create, configure, validate, deploy, run, and manage') against a precisely named domain ('Declarative Automation Bundles (DABs, formerly Databricks Asset Bundles)'), giving comprehensive action coverage rather than minor gaps.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers 'what' ('Create, configure, validate, deploy, run, and manage...') and 'when' ('Use when working with Databricks resources via DABs including dashboards, jobs, pipelines, alerts, volumes, and apps') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the anchor-5 example structure.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good keyword coverage including synonyms ('DABs', 'Declarative Automation Bundles', 'Databricks Asset Bundles') and resource types (dashboards, jobs, pipelines, alerts, volumes, apps). Falls short of 5 because natural triggers users would actually type, such as 'databricks.yml' or 'bundle deploy', are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (DABs) with both current and former terminology as distinct triggers; the 'via DABs' qualifier prevents mis-triggering on general Databricks work, keeping conflict risk minimal.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository

databricks/databricks-agent-skills

Path

plugins/databricks/claude/skills/databricks-dabs/SKILL.md

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