dct skills
List packaged agent skills, or show one by name. Skills are the AI-facing knowledge packs that ship with dbt charts — each one teaches an AI assistant a specific authoring pattern (e.g. kpi-row, top-n-with-detail, before-after-comparison).
dct skills [OPTIONS] [NAME]
Arguments
| Argument |
Description |
NAME |
Skill name to show. Omit to list all skills. |
Options
| Flag |
Description |
-s TEXT, --search TEXT |
Search skill names, descriptions, and bodies. |
--limit INTEGER |
Max search hits to return (default 10, max 25). |
--json |
Output as JSON. |
Examples
dct skills # List every packaged skill
dct skills kpi-row # Show the kpi-row skill body (markdown)
dct skills kpi-row --json # Same skill, JSON-shaped
How skills are used
- File install (recommended).
dct init skills copies CLI-rendered skills to your agent skill directories. After pip install -U dbt-charts, re-run dct init skills to pick up new or updated skills.
- MCP server.
dct mcp serve exposes skills as tools that AI agents can call.
- Zero-install fallback.
dct skills <name> prints a skill body without file install — useful in CI or when you only need to read the content.
- Reading skill examples. Skills carry example YAML —
dct skills <name> prints the body including any examples you can copy directly.