metabase-cli
Drive a Metabase instance from the terminal via the mb CLI: auth profiles, databases and schemas, schema sync and field-values rescan, tables, fields, cards (questions, models, metrics) run as JSON/CSV/XLSX, dashboards and dashcards, collections and their tree, snippets, segments, measures, transforms and transform-jobs, settings, search, git-sync. Use for any Metabase operation from the terminal: "log into metabase", "what profiles do I have", "list cards", "run card 42 as CSV", "create a transform", "list dashboards", "move a dashcard", "list collections", "what's in collection 4", "show the collection tree", "list snippets", "create a segment", "archive a measure", "search metabase for X", "import the latest changes", "add a directory to git sync", "set a setting", "what schemas are in this database", "trigger a sync", "rescan field values", or any mb . Whole data jobs go to rde.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/metabase/agent-skills --skill metabase-cli- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads metabase-cli automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
metabase-cli
Load the workflow content from the CLI:
mb skills get core # start here — auth, flag conventions, every command group
mb skills list # enumerate specialized skills bundled with this CLI version
mb skills get <name> # load a specialized skill (transform, data-workflow, dashboard, git-sync, data-app, …)
Command groups, in full: authenticate with named profiles; inspect databases (list, get, full metadata rollup, schemas, tables in a schema) and trigger a manual schema sync or field-values rescan; inspect tables and fields; list/get/create/update/archive cards (questions, models, metrics) and run them as JSON/CSV/XLSX; list/get/create/update dashboards and patch dashcards; list/get/create collections and traverse the hierarchy by id, entity_id, or "root"/"trash" (with items and recursive tree); list/get/create/update/archive native query snippets, segments, and measures; author/update/run transforms and schedule transform-jobs; publish tables to the Library; create data actions; create, bundle and turn off data apps; read/update settings; search content (cards, dashboards, collections, transforms, metrics); git-sync to/from a git remote (status, dirty, import, export, branches, stash, add/remove a collection from sync).
Don't drive Metabase by curling /api/... directly — the CLI handles auth profiles, retries, schema validation, and credential redaction.
Doing a whole job, not one command? Higher-level data-engineering workflows — raw data to clean tables, the semantic layer, dashboards — live in the metabase-rde skill, which drives this CLI:
npx skills add metabase/agent-skills --skill metabase-rde
When it is installed, follow it; it loads the bundled skills it needs.
FAQ
What does the metabase-cli skill do?
Drive a Metabase instance from the terminal via the mb CLI: auth profiles, databases and schemas, schema sync and field-values rescan, tables, fields, cards (questions, models, metrics) run as JSON/CSV/XLSX, dashboards and dashcards, collections and their tree, snippets, segments, measures, transforms and transform-jobs, settings, search, git-sync. Use for any Metabase operation from the terminal: "log into metabase", "what profiles do I have", "list cards", "run card 42 as CSV", "create a transform", "list dashboards", "move a dashcard", "list collections", "what's in collection 4", "show the collection tree", "list snippets", "create a segment", "archive a measure", "search metabase for X", "import the latest changes", "add a directory to git sync", "set a setting", "what schemas are in this database", "trigger a sync", "rescan field values", or any mb . Whole data jobs go to rde.
How do I install metabase-cli?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/metabase/agent-skills --skill metabase-cli in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/metabase-cli/ (personal) or .claude/skills/metabase-cli/ (project).
Which AI agents can use metabase-cli?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is metabase-cli safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains metabase-cli?
It is published by metabase in metabase/agent-skills. It has 784 recorded installs.
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