This is the public repo for Cortex Code skills: reusable, shareable instruction sets that extend what Cortex Code knows how to do. Skills here are contributed by Snowflake employees and the broader developer community, including Data Superheroes and partners. They complement the bundled skills that ship with the Cortex Code CLI. All skills follow the open source SKILL.md standard.
Cortex Code gets more useful the more skills exist for it. Every skill published here is a workflow someone already figured out, packaged so anyone can load it in seconds. The most valuable contributions come from people solving real problems: data engineers building pipelines, analysts working with Cortex Analyst, developers deploying agents. If you have a workflow you reach for repeatedly, it belongs here. Skills in this repo are community-maintained: please review them before use.
Licenses are assigned at the skill folder level (Apache 2.0 for community contributors, Snowflake license for employees). See the License section for details.
Skills are directories containing a SKILL.md file that injects domain-specific knowledge and instructions into a Cortex Code conversation. When you invoke a skill, its instructions become part of the active context, teaching Cortex Code your organization's best practices, coding standards, or specialized workflows for the duration of that session.
Cortex Code supports two types of skills:
- Bundled skills ship with the Cortex Code CLI and are available immediately after installation. They cover core Snowflake workflows and are maintained by the Snowflake product team.
- Public skills live in this repo. They are contributed by Snowflake employees and the developer community and can be added to any Cortex Code session with a single command.
Inside a Cortex Code CLI session, run:
/skill add https://github.com/Snowflake-Labs/cortex-code-skills.git
Remote skills are cached locally. To pull the latest updates, run /skill sync.
Cortex Code resolves skills using a first-match-wins priority order:
| Priority | Level | Path | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (highest) | Project | .cortex/skills/, .claude/skills/, or .snova/skills/ |
Inside your current project folder; checked into git and shared with your team |
| 2 | Global | ~/.snowflake/cortex/skills/ |
Personal to you; available across all projects on your machine |
| 3 | Git-sourced | Cached from Git repos | Skills added via /skill add, including this repo |
| 4 | Bundled | Ships with Cortex Code | Available in every session by default |
A skill from this repo will silently shadow any bundled skill that shares the same name. This is intentional behavior and can be used to override a bundled skill, but contributors should avoid reusing bundled skill names unintentionally. Use the /skill interactive manager in the CLI to see skills grouped by location and identify any name collisions before submitting.
/skill list
Or verify a specific skill loaded by running $$ in the session.
$skill-name your prompt here
For example:
$cortex-agent-builder Create a new Cortex Agent that answers questions about my sales data
Each skill's SKILL.md includes example prompts to show exactly how to invoke it.
cortex skill list # List all available skills
cortex skill add <path> # Add a skill by local path
cortex skill remove <path> # Remove a skillEach skill lives in its own directory under skills/. The directory name must match the id field in SKILL.md (lowercase, hyphens, no underscores).
skills/
my-skill-name/ # matches id field in SKILL.md
SKILL.md # Required: skill instructions and frontmatter
LICENSE # Required: Apache 2.0 (community) or Snowflake license (employee)
templates/ # Optional: prompt templates or reusable snippets
references/ # Optional: supporting reference material
template/ # Forkable starter template for new skills
SKILL.md
LICENSE
Skills follow the standard SKILL.md format defined by Cortex Code. A forkable starter template with a pre-filled SKILL.md and LICENSE file is available in the template/ directory at the root of this repo.
The fastest way to build a skill is to use the bundled $skill-development skill directly in a Cortex Code session:
| What you want to do | Prompt |
|---|---|
| Build a new skill from scratch | $skill-development create a new skill for [your use case] |
| Turn a workflow you already ran into a skill | $skill-development summarize this session into a skill |
| Improve or audit an existing skill | $skill-development audit skill @path/to/SKILL.md |
For full formatting requirements, best practices, and step-by-step submission instructions, see CONTRIBUTING.md.
These skills are provided for demonstration and community use only. While Snowflake reviews pull requests before merging, we cannot guarantee the quality, accuracy, or security of every skill in this repository. Skill behavior may vary depending on your Cortex Code version, account configuration, and data.
We do our best to maintain a safe ecosystem, but we encourage you to review skills before adding them to your session and use your own judgment.
Before using any skill:
- Check the
LICENSEfile in the skill's directory to understand the terms that apply - Read the
SKILL.mdto understand what the skill does and which tools it enables - Be cautious with skills that execute SQL, modify Snowflake objects, or interact with external services
- Check the author's GitHub profile and the skill's commit history if you have questions about its origin
To report a concern, open an issue in this repo or email devrel@snowflake.com. Snowflake reserves the right to remove skills that violate our contribution guidelines or terms of use.
Licenses are assigned at the skill folder level, not at the repository level. Each skill directory includes its own LICENSE file.
- Community-contributed skills (submitted by developers outside Snowflake) are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
- Snowflake employee-contributed skills are licensed under the Snowflake License.
Check the LICENSE file in each skill's directory before use.