ClaudSkills / Engineering / data-engineering

Debugging Dbt Errors

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: data-engineering

Debugs and fixes dbt errors systematically. Use when working with dbt errors for: (1) Task mentions "fix", "error", "broken", "failing", "debug", "wrong", or "not working" (2) Compilation Error, Database Error, or test failures occur (3) Model produces incorrect output or unexpected results (4) Need to troubleshoot why a dbt command failed Reads full error, checks upstream first, runs dbt build (not just compile) to verify fix.

What this skill does

Debugging Dbt Errors is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the data-engineering sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/debugging-dbt-errors/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when working with dbt errors for: (1) Task mentions "fix", "error", "broken", "failing", "debug", "wrong", or "not working" (2) Compilation Error, Database Error, or test failures occur (3) Model produces incorrect output or unexpected results (4) Need to troubleshoot why a dbt command failed Reads full error, checks upstream first, runs dbt build (not just compile) to verify fix.

Who uses this skill

The Debugging Dbt Errors skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/debugging-dbt-errors
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/debugging-dbt-errors/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/debugging-dbt-errors/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/debugging-dbt-errors/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/debugging-dbt-errors/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\debugging-dbt-errors\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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