ml-best-practices
Skill from GoogleCloudPlatform/data-agent-kit-plugin
Install
npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/data-agent-kit-plugin --skill ml-best-practices
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install dak@dak-marketplace
This skill is part of the plugin “dak”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the ml-best-practices skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about ml-best-practices
What does the ml-best-practices skill do?
CRITICAL RULE: You MUST use this skill whenever the task involves any machine learning tasks or data analysis. Use this skill if the user's prompt or requirements mention any of the following: * Clustering * Classification * Regression * Time series forecasting * Statistical testing * Model comparison * ML * Data analysis SQL/BigQuery ML HANDOFF: If the user requires a SQL solution, use this skill to dictate the ANALYSIS STEPS (e.g., markdown analysis cells, visualization logic), but defer to `bigquery` for all SQL syntax.
How do I install ml-best-practices?
In a terminal: npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/data-agent-kit-plugin --skill ml-best-practices. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use ml-best-practices?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is ml-best-practices safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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