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Analyze DBSQL queries, including SQL embedded in notebooks (`spark.sql(...)`, `%sql` cells), for anti-patterns, lint issues, and performance problems, using Databricks-specific dialect and platform knowledge (Delta, Photon, Unity Catalog) layered on top of altimate-code's generic SQL engine. Use when a user asks to optimize, review, or lint DBSQL queries on Databricks, whether standalone or embedded in a notebook.

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Databricks Optimize (DBSQL)

A Databricks/Delta-platform overlay, not a standalone optimizer. The generic rewrite/analyze/verify pipeline (Steps 1, 5, 6) is the same pipeline altimate-code's native query-optimize skill runs — same tool calls, same composition. This skill's only job is the part query-optimize structurally can't do: detecting Databricks/Delta platform-specific issues (Z-ordering, table statistics, Photon UDF blocking) that need table metadata and Databricks docs knowledge, not just query text, and folding those findings in alongside the generic ones.

If query-optimize is installed in the current environment, prefer invoking it for Steps 1/5/6 and layer Steps 2–4's Databricks-specific findings on top of its output, the same way sql-review defers to sibling skills instead of duplicating them. If it isn't available (e.g. this skill is running standalone, outside altimate-code), fall back to calling the same tools directly as described below — the tool calls are identical either way, so behavior doesn't change based on which path ran.

No rewrite is reported as "optimized" until it clears the validation gate in Step 7 — that gate is a hard requirement, not a suggestion.

When to use this skill

Use when:

The query is DBSQL (standalone or embedded in a notebook cell) and the question involves Databricks/Delta-specific behavior: Z-ordering, liquid clustering, table statistics, Photon, Unity Catalog, Predictive Optimization.

Do NOT use for:

Generic, dialect-agnostic SQL optimization with no Databricks-specific angle → use query-optimize directly.
SQL quality/safety linting unrelated to performance (injection, PII exposure, style) → use sql-review.
PySpark DataFrame-level code (.collect(), .join(), UDFs used as Python objects) → deferred to a later phase, out of scope for now.

Before anything else — confirm the file path resolved correctly

Confirm the resolved file path matches what was requested, before doing anything else. If the user gave an explicit path (a /Workspace/... path, a repo path, any specific path), the tool used to read or write it must resolve to that exact path — not a same-named file found some other way. If the proper access tool fails, or the only way to find something is a generic filename search, stop and disclose it explicitly before analyzing or writing anything: state what path was requested, what (if anything) was found instead and where, and ask how to proceed. Never silently substitute a different file and continue as if it's the same one.

If no specific path was given at all (a generic request naming no file), a broader search — local files, a workspace listing — is a reasonable way to find a match. But the report must still state which path was actually used, so the reader can confirm it's the right one rather than discovering it was wrong after the fact.

Workflow

Step	Action	Tool(s)	Detail
0. Locate warehouse	Confirm a Databricks connection exists; get its name for later calls	`warehouse_list`	—
1. Baseline	Run with `dialect: databricks`, plus the composite validate/lint/safety/PII pass	`sql_analyze`, `altimate_core_check`	via `query-optimize` if available; see below if parsing fails
2. Platform overlay	Cross-check against Databricks/Delta patterns the generic engine structurally can't detect from query text alone	—	references/dbsql-anti-patterns.md
3. Ground truth	If a warehouse connection exists, confirm claims against real table metadata before stating them as fact	`schema_inspect`, `sql_execute` (`DESCRIBE DETAIL`)	references/delta-table-health.md
4. Classify	Tag each finding predicate-level vs. strategy-level	`sql_explain` (`EXPLAIN FORMATTED`)	see below
5. Rewrite	Generate and verify a fix	`altimate_core_rewrite` (`verify_equivalence: true`), `altimate_core_equivalence` for hand-authored fallbacks	see below, via `query-optimize` if available
6. Grade	Present grade + findings, tagged by source	`altimate_core_grade`	via `query-optimize` if available
7. Validate	Correctness + performance gate	—	references/validation.md
8. Apply	Write the rewrite back, only on explicit confirmation	file edit	see below

Step 1 — when the statement type can't be parsed

Confirmed twice in live testing: sql_analyze/altimate_core_check and related tools (altimate_core_validate, altimate_core_migration) cannot reliably parse DDL (CREATE TABLE ...) or MERGE statements — either failing outright or returning nothing, sometimes inconsistently across tools on the identical text. This is a real tool-coverage gap, not a signal that the statement has no findings. When it happens, fall back to live execution for grounding instead of treating the parse failure as "nothing to report": run the statement (or EXPLAIN/ DESCRIBE DETAIL against it) directly via sql_execute, and reason from what actually happens — a real parse/constraint error from the engine itself (e.g. NON_LAST_MATCHED_CLAUSE_OMIT_CONDITION, [MANAGED_TABLE_FORMAT]) is stronger, more specific evidence than any static tool's silence would have been anyway.

Step 3 — ground truth

When Step 0 found a live Databricks warehouse connection, don't call a query expensive on text alone — confirm it. schema_inspect the referenced tables (pass the warehouse name from Step 0), both to ground table-health claims in real metadata and to build the schema_context Step 5's rewrite/equivalence calls need for accurate table/column resolution. For any Delta table involved, run DESCRIBE DETAIL <table> via sql_execute to get real sizeInBytes/numFiles. Check statistics proactively here, on every referenced table — don't wait to discover a missing-stats finding as a side effect of running EXPLAIN in Step 4. Full methodology, the stats cost ladder, and the samples.* gotcha are in references/delta-table-health.md — read it before making any stats-related recommendation. Default to the cheapest check that answers the actual question: ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS NOSCAN for size-only questions (e.g. broadcast eligibility), escalating to FOR COLUMNS (targeted) or FOR ALL COLUMNS only if genuinely needed. ANALYZE TABLE is a recommend-only action — see the confirmation rule below.

Predicate-level (function-wrapped filter, redundant cast, non-sargable comparison — expressible as alternate literal SQL text): run EXPLAIN FORMATTED on the original and check whether the plan's RequiredDataFilters/PushedFilters already reflect the fixed form.

If yes — the runtime already rewrote it (Photon has been observed doing this automatically for a DATE(col)='X' predicate) — still recommend the explicit rewrite, but justify it on standards/portability grounds (not guaranteed on other runtimes/engines, small recurring compile-time cost), not as a performance claim, since EXPLAIN showed no plan difference on this data.
If no — the plan still shows the unaddressed non-sargable form — the rewrite has a real, plan-evidenced performance basis.

Example — checking whether the runtime already rewrote the predicate:

Original: ... WHERE DATE(order_ts) = '2024-01-01'. Run EXPLAIN FORMATTED on that exact text and read the scan node's PushedFilters/RequiredDataFilters. (DATE() predicates are a tracked rewrite-engine gap — see references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md #2 for how to actually produce the rewrite text; this example is about which verdict the classification earns, not how to generate the fix.)

Case A — plan already shows the range form:

+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [order_ts >= 2024-01-01 00:00:00, order_ts < 2024-01-02 00:00:00]

Report it as: "No measured gain on this engine — EXPLAIN shows an identical plan either way. Recommended for portability: a different engine, an older Databricks Runtime, or a Photon-disabled session isn't guaranteed to constant-fold this the same way." Step 7's verdict for this one must be Correct, not faster — never Optimized.

Case B — plan still shows the function-wrapped form:

+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [isnotnull(order_ts)]
   -- DATE(order_ts) evaluated per-row in the Filter node above the scan

Same rewrite, different justification: the current plan evaluates DATE() per row and can't push the predicate into file pruning. This one can legitimately reach Optimized if Step 7's Tier 1/Tier 2 checks confirm an actual measured or structural improvement.

Why still rewrite it in Case A, if EXPLAIN shows no difference? Cases A and B produce the same recommended SQL text for different reasons, and reporting the wrong reason is worse than reporting none. Case A's rewrite is insurance against something this session can't observe — a future migration or runtime change; Case B's is a fix for something this session directly measured. Collapsing both into one "this is bad, fix it" verdict would overstate Case A's evidence, and it's exactly the kind of claim the Step 7 gate exists to catch — a rewrite labeled "Optimized" with no EXPLAIN/query.history difference behind it.

Strategy-level (join type, shuffle/Exchange placement, aggregation approach, broadcast decision — a plan-level choice with no equivalent SQL text): don't try to write literal SQL for this — there is none. Instead:

Check EXPLAIN's Optimizer Statistics section first. A cost-based choice (e.g. not broadcasting a small table) is often just downstream of missing/stale statistics (see dbsql-anti-patterns.md #2b). If so, recommend ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS — this lets the optimizer adapt as data changes, which is more robust than freezing today's decision. Recommend it; don't run it (confirmation rule below).
Only if stats are already current and the choice still looks wrong, consider a hint (e.g. /*+ BROADCAST(t) */) as an explicit override — flag it as forcing a decision rather than fixing a root cause, and note it needs revisiting if data volume changes (a hint doesn't adapt).

Every proposal from either path — tool-generated or hand-authored — still goes through the Step 7 validation gate. Classification decides what's worth proposing, not whether it needs verification.

Step 5 — rewrite

Call altimate_core_rewrite(sql, schema_context, verify_equivalence: true) first, every time, regardless of past results — one call proposes a rewrite and proves it's semantically equivalent, partitioning results into verified-safe vs. review-before-applying.
If it returns nothing, check references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md for a matching known pattern and its documented workaround before hand-authoring from scratch — a known gap already has the specific trap and evidence-citation instructions worked out; don't re-derive them freehand.
If the finding doesn't match a tracked gap either, hand-author it grounded in what a tool actually showed this session (EXPLAIN, DESCRIBE DETAIL) — never from general SQL knowledge alone — then verify explicitly with `altimate_core

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name: optimizing-databricks-sql
description: Analyze DBSQL queries, including SQL embedded in notebooks (`spark.sql(...)`, `%sql` cells), for anti-patterns, lint issues, and performance problems, using Databricks-specific dialect and platform knowledge (Delta, Photon, Unity Catalog) layered on top of altimate-code's generic SQL engine. Use when a user asks to optimize, review, or lint DBSQL queries on Databricks, whether standalone or embedded in a notebook.

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name: optimizing-databricks-sql
description: Analyze DBSQL queries, including SQL embedded in notebooks (`spark.sql(...)`, `%sql` cells), for anti-patterns, lint issues, and performance problems, using Databricks-specific dialect and platform knowledge (Delta, Photon, Unity Catalog) layered on top of altimate-code's generic SQL engine. Use when a user asks to optimize, review, or lint DBSQL queries on Databricks, whether standalone or embedded in a notebook.
---

# Databricks Optimize (DBSQL)

A Databricks/Delta-platform **overlay**, not a standalone optimizer. The
generic rewrite/analyze/verify pipeline (Steps 1, 5, 6) is the same
pipeline altimate-code's native `query-optimize` skill runs — same tool
calls, same composition. This skill's only job is the part `query-optimize`
structurally can't do: detecting Databricks/Delta platform-specific issues
(Z-ordering, table statistics, Photon UDF blocking) that need table
metadata and Databricks docs knowledge, not just query text, and folding
those findings in alongside the generic ones.

If `query-optimize` is installed in the current environment, prefer
invoking it for Steps 1/5/6 and layer Steps 2–4's Databricks-specific
findings on top of its output, the same way `sql-review` defers to
sibling skills instead of duplicating them. If it isn't available (e.g.
this skill is running standalone, outside altimate-code), fall back to
calling the same tools directly as described below — the tool calls are
identical either way, so behavior doesn't change based on which path ran.

No rewrite is reported as "optimized" until it clears the validation gate
in Step 7 — that gate is a hard requirement, not a suggestion.

## When to use this skill

**Use when:**
- The query is DBSQL (standalone or embedded in a notebook cell) and the
  question involves Databricks/Delta-specific behavior: Z-ordering,
  liquid clustering, table statistics, Photon, Unity Catalog, Predictive
  Optimization.

**Do NOT use for:**
- Generic, dialect-agnostic SQL optimization with no Databricks-specific
  angle → use `query-optimize` directly.
- SQL quality/safety linting unrelated to performance (injection, PII
  exposure, style) → use `sql-review`.
- PySpark DataFrame-level code (`.collect()`, `.join()`, UDFs used as
  Python objects) → deferred to a later phase, out of scope for now.

## Before anything else — confirm the file path resolved correctly

**Confirm the resolved file path matches what was requested, before
doing anything else.** If the user gave an explicit path (a
`/Workspace/...` path, a repo path, any specific path), the tool used to
read or write it must resolve to *that exact path* — not a same-named
file found some other way. If the proper access tool fails, or the only
way to find something is a generic filename search, **stop and disclose
it explicitly** before analyzing or writing anything: state what path
was requested, what (if anything) was found instead and where, and ask
how to proceed. Never silently substitute a different file and continue
as if it's the same one.

**If no specific path was given at all** (a generic request naming no
file), a broader search — local files, a workspace listing — is a
reasonable way to find a match. But the report must still state which
path was actually used, so the reader can confirm it's the right one
rather than discovering it was wrong after the fact.

## Workflow

| Step | Action | Tool(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0. Locate warehouse | Confirm a Databricks connection exists; get its name for later calls | `warehouse_list` | — |
| 1. Baseline | Run with `dialect: databricks`, plus the composite validate/lint/safety/PII pass | `sql_analyze`, `altimate_core_check` | via `query-optimize` if available; see below if parsing fails |
| 2. Platform overlay | Cross-check against Databricks/Delta patterns the generic engine structurally can't detect from query text alone | — | [references/dbsql-anti-patterns.md](references/dbsql-anti-patterns.md) |
| 3. Ground truth | If a warehouse connection exists, confirm claims against real table metadata before stating them as fact | `schema_inspect`, `sql_execute` (`DESCRIBE DETAIL`) | [references/delta-table-health.md](references/delta-table-health.md) |
| 4. Classify | Tag each finding predicate-level vs. strategy-level | `sql_explain` (`EXPLAIN FORMATTED`) | see below |
| 5. Rewrite | Generate and verify a fix | `altimate_core_rewrite` (`verify_equivalence: true`), `altimate_core_equivalence` for hand-authored fallbacks | see below, via `query-optimize` if available |
| 6. Grade | Present grade + findings, tagged by source | `altimate_core_grade` | via `query-optimize` if available |
| 7. Validate | Correctness + performance gate | — | [references/validation.md](references/validation.md) |
| 8. Apply | Write the rewrite back, only on explicit confirmation | file edit | see below |

### Step 1 — when the statement type can't be parsed

Confirmed twice in live testing: `sql_analyze`/`altimate_core_check` and
related tools (`altimate_core_validate`, `altimate_core_migration`)
cannot reliably parse DDL (`CREATE TABLE ...`) or `MERGE` statements —
either failing outright or returning nothing, sometimes inconsistently
across tools on the identical text. This is a real tool-coverage gap,
not a signal that the statement has no findings. When it happens, fall
back to live execution for grounding instead of treating the parse
failure as "nothing to report": run the statement (or `EXPLAIN`/
`DESCRIBE DETAIL` against it) directly via `sql_execute`, and reason from
what actually happens — a real parse/constraint error from the engine
itself (e.g. `NON_LAST_MATCHED_CLAUSE_OMIT_CONDITION`,
`[MANAGED_TABLE_FORMAT]`) is stronger, more specific evidence than any
static tool's silence would have been anyway.

### Step 3 — ground truth

When Step 0 found a live Databricks warehouse connection, don't call a
query expensive on text alone — confirm it. `schema_inspect` the
referenced tables (pass the warehouse name from Step 0), both to ground
table-health claims in real metadata and to build the `schema_context`
Step 5's rewrite/equivalence calls need for accurate table/column
resolution. For any Delta table involved, run `DESCRIBE DETAIL <table>`
via `sql_execute` to get real `sizeInBytes`/`numFiles`. Check statistics
proactively here, on every referenced table — don't wait to discover a
missing-stats finding as a side effect of running `EXPLAIN` in Step 4.
Full methodology, the stats cost ladder, and the `samples.*` gotcha are in
[references/delta-table-health.md](references/delta-table-health.md) —
read it before making any stats-related recommendation. Default to the
cheapest check that answers the actual question:
`ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS NOSCAN` for size-only questions
(e.g. broadcast eligibility), escalating to `FOR COLUMNS` (targeted) or
`FOR ALL COLUMNS` only if genuinely needed. `ANALYZE TABLE` is a
recommend-only action — see the confirmation rule below.

### Step 4 — classify before deciding what to recommend

**Predicate-level** (function-wrapped filter, redundant cast, non-sargable
comparison — expressible as alternate literal SQL text): run
`EXPLAIN FORMATTED` on the original and check whether the plan's
`RequiredDataFilters`/`PushedFilters` already reflect the fixed form.
- If yes — the runtime already rewrote it (Photon has been observed doing
  this automatically for a `DATE(col)='X'` predicate) — still recommend
  the explicit rewrite, but justify it on standards/portability grounds
  (not guaranteed on other runtimes/engines, small recurring compile-time
  cost), not as a performance claim, since `EXPLAIN` showed no plan
  difference on this data.
- If no — the plan still shows the unaddressed non-sargable form — the
  rewrite has a real, plan-evidenced performance basis.

**Example — checking whether the runtime already rewrote the predicate:**

Original: `... WHERE DATE(order_ts) = '2024-01-01'`. Run
`EXPLAIN FORMATTED` on that exact text and read the scan node's
`PushedFilters`/`RequiredDataFilters`. (`DATE()` predicates are a tracked
rewrite-engine gap — see
[references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md](references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md)
#2 for how to actually produce the rewrite text; this example is about
which verdict the classification earns, not how to generate the fix.)

**Case A — plan already shows the range form:**
```
+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [order_ts >= 2024-01-01 00:00:00, order_ts < 2024-01-02 00:00:00]
```
Report it as: *"No measured gain on this engine — `EXPLAIN` shows an
identical plan either way. Recommended for portability: a different
engine, an older Databricks Runtime, or a Photon-disabled session isn't
guaranteed to constant-fold this the same way."* Step 7's verdict for
this one must be **Correct, not faster** — never **Optimized**.

**Case B — plan still shows the function-wrapped form:**
```
+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [isnotnull(order_ts)]
   -- DATE(order_ts) evaluated per-row in the Filter node above the scan
```
Same rewrite, different justification: the current plan evaluates
`DATE()` per row and can't push the predicate into file pruning. This one
can legitimately reach **Optimized** if Step 7's Tier 1/Tier 2 checks
confirm an actual measured or structural improvement.

**Why still rewrite it in Case A, if `EXPLAIN` shows no difference?**
Cases A and B produce the *same* recommended SQL text for *different*
reasons, and reporting the wrong reason is worse than reporting none.
Case A's rewrite is insurance against something this session can't
observe — a future migration or runtime change; Case B's is a fix for
something this session directly measured. Collapsing both into one
"this is bad, fix it" verdict would overstate Case A's evidence, and it's
exactly the kind of claim the Step 7 gate exists to catch — a rewrite
labeled "Optimized" with no `EXPLAIN`/`query.history` difference behind
it.

**Strategy-level** (join type, shuffle/`Exchange` placement, aggregation
approach, broadcast decision — a plan-level choice with no equivalent SQL
text): don't try to write literal SQL for this — there is none. Instead:
1. Check `EXPLAIN`'s `Optimizer Statistics` section first. A cost-based
   choice (e.g. not broadcasting a small table) is often just downstream
   of missing/stale statistics (see `dbsql-anti-patterns.md` #2b). If so,
   recommend `ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS` — this lets the
   optimizer adapt as data changes, which is more robust than freezing
   today's decision. Recommend it; don't run it (confirmation rule below).
2. Only if stats are already current and the choice still looks wrong,
   consider a hint (e.g. `/*+ BROADCAST(t) */`) as an explicit override —
   flag it as forcing a decision rather than fixing a root cause, and note
   it needs revisiting if data volume changes (a hint doesn't adapt).

Every proposal from either path — tool-generated or hand-authored — still
goes through the Step 7 validation gate. Classification decides what's
worth proposing, not whether it needs verification.

### Step 5 — rewrite

1. Call `altimate_core_rewrite(sql, schema_context, verify_equivalence: true)`
   first, every time, regardless of past results — one call proposes a
   rewrite and proves it's semantically equivalent, partitioning results
   into verified-safe vs. review-before-applying.
2. If it returns nothing, check
   [references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md](references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md)
   for a matching known pattern and its documented workaround before
   hand-authoring from scratch — a known gap already has the specific
   trap and evidence-citation instructions worked out; don't re-derive
   them freehand.
3. If the finding doesn't match a tracked gap either, hand-author it
   grounded in what a tool actually showed this session (`EXPLAIN`,
   `DESCRIBE DETAIL`) — never from general SQL knowledge alone — then
   verify explicitly with `altimate_core

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Databricks Optimize (DBSQL)

No rewrite is reported as "optimized" until it clears the validation gate in Step 7 — that gate is a hard requirement, not a suggestion.

When to use this skill

Use when:

The query is DBSQL (standalone or embedded in a notebook cell) and the question involves Databricks/Delta-specific behavior: Z-ordering, liquid clustering, table statistics, Photon, Unity Catalog, Predictive Optimization.

Do NOT use for:

Generic, dialect-agnostic SQL optimization with no Databricks-specific angle → use query-optimize directly.
SQL quality/safety linting unrelated to performance (injection, PII exposure, style) → use sql-review.
PySpark DataFrame-level code (.collect(), .join(), UDFs used as Python objects) → deferred to a later phase, out of scope for now.

Before anything else — confirm the file path resolved correctly

Workflow

Step	Action	Tool(s)	Detail
0. Locate warehouse	Confirm a Databricks connection exists; get its name for later calls	`warehouse_list`	—
1. Baseline	Run with `dialect: databricks`, plus the composite validate/lint/safety/PII pass	`sql_analyze`, `altimate_core_check`	via `query-optimize` if available; see below if parsing fails
2. Platform overlay	Cross-check against Databricks/Delta patterns the generic engine structurally can't detect from query text alone	—	references/dbsql-anti-patterns.md
3. Ground truth	If a warehouse connection exists, confirm claims against real table metadata before stating them as fact	`schema_inspect`, `sql_execute` (`DESCRIBE DETAIL`)	references/delta-table-health.md
4. Classify	Tag each finding predicate-level vs. strategy-level	`sql_explain` (`EXPLAIN FORMATTED`)	see below
5. Rewrite	Generate and verify a fix	`altimate_core_rewrite` (`verify_equivalence: true`), `altimate_core_equivalence` for hand-authored fallbacks	see below, via `query-optimize` if available
6. Grade	Present grade + findings, tagged by source	`altimate_core_grade`	via `query-optimize` if available
7. Validate	Correctness + performance gate	—	references/validation.md
8. Apply	Write the rewrite back, only on explicit confirmation	file edit	see below

Step 1 — when the statement type can't be parsed

Step 3 — ground truth

If yes — the runtime already rewrote it (Photon has been observed doing this automatically for a DATE(col)='X' predicate) — still recommend the explicit rewrite, but justify it on standards/portability grounds (not guaranteed on other runtimes/engines, small recurring compile-time cost), not as a performance claim, since EXPLAIN showed no plan difference on this data.
If no — the plan still shows the unaddressed non-sargable form — the rewrite has a real, plan-evidenced performance basis.

Example — checking whether the runtime already rewrote the predicate:

Case A — plan already shows the range form:

+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [order_ts >= 2024-01-01 00:00:00, order_ts < 2024-01-02 00:00:00]

Case B — plan still shows the function-wrapped form:

+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [isnotnull(order_ts)]
   -- DATE(order_ts) evaluated per-row in the Filter node above the scan

Check EXPLAIN's Optimizer Statistics section first. A cost-based choice (e.g. not broadcasting a small table) is often just downstream of missing/stale statistics (see dbsql-anti-patterns.md #2b). If so, recommend ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS — this lets the optimizer adapt as data changes, which is more robust than freezing today's decision. Recommend it; don't run it (confirmation rule below).
Only if stats are already current and the choice still looks wrong, consider a hint (e.g. /*+ BROADCAST(t) */) as an explicit override — flag it as forcing a decision rather than fixing a root cause, and note it needs revisiting if data volume changes (a hint doesn't adapt).

Step 5 — rewrite

Call altimate_core_rewrite(sql, schema_context, verify_equivalence: true) first, every time, regardless of past results — one call proposes a rewrite and proves it's semantically equivalent, partitioning results into verified-safe vs. review-before-applying.
If it returns nothing, check references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md for a matching known pattern and its documented workaround before hand-authoring from scratch — a known gap already has the specific trap and evidence-citation instructions worked out; don't re-derive them freehand.
If the finding doesn't match a tracked gap either, hand-author it grounded in what a tool actually showed this session (EXPLAIN, DESCRIBE DETAIL) — never from general SQL knowledge alone — then verify explicitly with `altimate_core

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name: optimizing-databricks-sql
description: Analyze DBSQL queries, including SQL embedded in notebooks (`spark.sql(...)`, `%sql` cells), for anti-patterns, lint issues, and performance problems, using Databricks-specific dialect and platform knowledge (Delta, Photon, Unity Catalog) layered on top of altimate-code's generic SQL engine. Use when a user asks to optimize, review, or lint DBSQL queries on Databricks, whether standalone or embedded in a notebook.

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---
name: optimizing-databricks-sql
description: Analyze DBSQL queries, including SQL embedded in notebooks (`spark.sql(...)`, `%sql` cells), for anti-patterns, lint issues, and performance problems, using Databricks-specific dialect and platform knowledge (Delta, Photon, Unity Catalog) layered on top of altimate-code's generic SQL engine. Use when a user asks to optimize, review, or lint DBSQL queries on Databricks, whether standalone or embedded in a notebook.
---

# Databricks Optimize (DBSQL)

A Databricks/Delta-platform **overlay**, not a standalone optimizer. The
generic rewrite/analyze/verify pipeline (Steps 1, 5, 6) is the same
pipeline altimate-code's native `query-optimize` skill runs — same tool
calls, same composition. This skill's only job is the part `query-optimize`
structurally can't do: detecting Databricks/Delta platform-specific issues
(Z-ordering, table statistics, Photon UDF blocking) that need table
metadata and Databricks docs knowledge, not just query text, and folding
those findings in alongside the generic ones.

If `query-optimize` is installed in the current environment, prefer
invoking it for Steps 1/5/6 and layer Steps 2–4's Databricks-specific
findings on top of its output, the same way `sql-review` defers to
sibling skills instead of duplicating them. If it isn't available (e.g.
this skill is running standalone, outside altimate-code), fall back to
calling the same tools directly as described below — the tool calls are
identical either way, so behavior doesn't change based on which path ran.

No rewrite is reported as "optimized" until it clears the validation gate
in Step 7 — that gate is a hard requirement, not a suggestion.

## When to use this skill

**Use when:**
- The query is DBSQL (standalone or embedded in a notebook cell) and the
  question involves Databricks/Delta-specific behavior: Z-ordering,
  liquid clustering, table statistics, Photon, Unity Catalog, Predictive
  Optimization.

**Do NOT use for:**
- Generic, dialect-agnostic SQL optimization with no Databricks-specific
  angle → use `query-optimize` directly.
- SQL quality/safety linting unrelated to performance (injection, PII
  exposure, style) → use `sql-review`.
- PySpark DataFrame-level code (`.collect()`, `.join()`, UDFs used as
  Python objects) → deferred to a later phase, out of scope for now.

## Before anything else — confirm the file path resolved correctly

**Confirm the resolved file path matches what was requested, before
doing anything else.** If the user gave an explicit path (a
`/Workspace/...` path, a repo path, any specific path), the tool used to
read or write it must resolve to *that exact path* — not a same-named
file found some other way. If the proper access tool fails, or the only
way to find something is a generic filename search, **stop and disclose
it explicitly** before analyzing or writing anything: state what path
was requested, what (if anything) was found instead and where, and ask
how to proceed. Never silently substitute a different file and continue
as if it's the same one.

**If no specific path was given at all** (a generic request naming no
file), a broader search — local files, a workspace listing — is a
reasonable way to find a match. But the report must still state which
path was actually used, so the reader can confirm it's the right one
rather than discovering it was wrong after the fact.

## Workflow

| Step | Action | Tool(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0. Locate warehouse | Confirm a Databricks connection exists; get its name for later calls | `warehouse_list` | — |
| 1. Baseline | Run with `dialect: databricks`, plus the composite validate/lint/safety/PII pass | `sql_analyze`, `altimate_core_check` | via `query-optimize` if available; see below if parsing fails |
| 2. Platform overlay | Cross-check against Databricks/Delta patterns the generic engine structurally can't detect from query text alone | — | [references/dbsql-anti-patterns.md](references/dbsql-anti-patterns.md) |
| 3. Ground truth | If a warehouse connection exists, confirm claims against real table metadata before stating them as fact | `schema_inspect`, `sql_execute` (`DESCRIBE DETAIL`) | [references/delta-table-health.md](references/delta-table-health.md) |
| 4. Classify | Tag each finding predicate-level vs. strategy-level | `sql_explain` (`EXPLAIN FORMATTED`) | see below |
| 5. Rewrite | Generate and verify a fix | `altimate_core_rewrite` (`verify_equivalence: true`), `altimate_core_equivalence` for hand-authored fallbacks | see below, via `query-optimize` if available |
| 6. Grade | Present grade + findings, tagged by source | `altimate_core_grade` | via `query-optimize` if available |
| 7. Validate | Correctness + performance gate | — | [references/validation.md](references/validation.md) |
| 8. Apply | Write the rewrite back, only on explicit confirmation | file edit | see below |

### Step 1 — when the statement type can't be parsed

Confirmed twice in live testing: `sql_analyze`/`altimate_core_check` and
related tools (`altimate_core_validate`, `altimate_core_migration`)
cannot reliably parse DDL (`CREATE TABLE ...`) or `MERGE` statements —
either failing outright or returning nothing, sometimes inconsistently
across tools on the identical text. This is a real tool-coverage gap,
not a signal that the statement has no findings. When it happens, fall
back to live execution for grounding instead of treating the parse
failure as "nothing to report": run the statement (or `EXPLAIN`/
`DESCRIBE DETAIL` against it) directly via `sql_execute`, and reason from
what actually happens — a real parse/constraint error from the engine
itself (e.g. `NON_LAST_MATCHED_CLAUSE_OMIT_CONDITION`,
`[MANAGED_TABLE_FORMAT]`) is stronger, more specific evidence than any
static tool's silence would have been anyway.

### Step 3 — ground truth

When Step 0 found a live Databricks warehouse connection, don't call a
query expensive on text alone — confirm it. `schema_inspect` the
referenced tables (pass the warehouse name from Step 0), both to ground
table-health claims in real metadata and to build the `schema_context`
Step 5's rewrite/equivalence calls need for accurate table/column
resolution. For any Delta table involved, run `DESCRIBE DETAIL <table>`
via `sql_execute` to get real `sizeInBytes`/`numFiles`. Check statistics
proactively here, on every referenced table — don't wait to discover a
missing-stats finding as a side effect of running `EXPLAIN` in Step 4.
Full methodology, the stats cost ladder, and the `samples.*` gotcha are in
[references/delta-table-health.md](references/delta-table-health.md) —
read it before making any stats-related recommendation. Default to the
cheapest check that answers the actual question:
`ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS NOSCAN` for size-only questions
(e.g. broadcast eligibility), escalating to `FOR COLUMNS` (targeted) or
`FOR ALL COLUMNS` only if genuinely needed. `ANALYZE TABLE` is a
recommend-only action — see the confirmation rule below.

### Step 4 — classify before deciding what to recommend

**Predicate-level** (function-wrapped filter, redundant cast, non-sargable
comparison — expressible as alternate literal SQL text): run
`EXPLAIN FORMATTED` on the original and check whether the plan's
`RequiredDataFilters`/`PushedFilters` already reflect the fixed form.
- If yes — the runtime already rewrote it (Photon has been observed doing
  this automatically for a `DATE(col)='X'` predicate) — still recommend
  the explicit rewrite, but justify it on standards/portability grounds
  (not guaranteed on other runtimes/engines, small recurring compile-time
  cost), not as a performance claim, since `EXPLAIN` showed no plan
  difference on this data.
- If no — the plan still shows the unaddressed non-sargable form — the
  rewrite has a real, plan-evidenced performance basis.

**Example — checking whether the runtime already rewrote the predicate:**

Original: `... WHERE DATE(order_ts) = '2024-01-01'`. Run
`EXPLAIN FORMATTED` on that exact text and read the scan node's
`PushedFilters`/`RequiredDataFilters`. (`DATE()` predicates are a tracked
rewrite-engine gap — see
[references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md](references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md)
#2 for how to actually produce the rewrite text; this example is about
which verdict the classification earns, not how to generate the fix.)

**Case A — plan already shows the range form:**
```
+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [order_ts >= 2024-01-01 00:00:00, order_ts < 2024-01-02 00:00:00]
```
Report it as: *"No measured gain on this engine — `EXPLAIN` shows an
identical plan either way. Recommended for portability: a different
engine, an older Databricks Runtime, or a Photon-disabled session isn't
guaranteed to constant-fold this the same way."* Step 7's verdict for
this one must be **Correct, not faster** — never **Optimized**.

**Case B — plan still shows the function-wrapped form:**
```
+- Relation sales.orders[...]
   PushedFilters: [isnotnull(order_ts)]
   -- DATE(order_ts) evaluated per-row in the Filter node above the scan
```
Same rewrite, different justification: the current plan evaluates
`DATE()` per row and can't push the predicate into file pruning. This one
can legitimately reach **Optimized** if Step 7's Tier 1/Tier 2 checks
confirm an actual measured or structural improvement.

**Why still rewrite it in Case A, if `EXPLAIN` shows no difference?**
Cases A and B produce the *same* recommended SQL text for *different*
reasons, and reporting the wrong reason is worse than reporting none.
Case A's rewrite is insurance against something this session can't
observe — a future migration or runtime change; Case B's is a fix for
something this session directly measured. Collapsing both into one
"this is bad, fix it" verdict would overstate Case A's evidence, and it's
exactly the kind of claim the Step 7 gate exists to catch — a rewrite
labeled "Optimized" with no `EXPLAIN`/`query.history` difference behind
it.

**Strategy-level** (join type, shuffle/`Exchange` placement, aggregation
approach, broadcast decision — a plan-level choice with no equivalent SQL
text): don't try to write literal SQL for this — there is none. Instead:
1. Check `EXPLAIN`'s `Optimizer Statistics` section first. A cost-based
   choice (e.g. not broadcasting a small table) is often just downstream
   of missing/stale statistics (see `dbsql-anti-patterns.md` #2b). If so,
   recommend `ANALYZE TABLE ... COMPUTE STATISTICS` — this lets the
   optimizer adapt as data changes, which is more robust than freezing
   today's decision. Recommend it; don't run it (confirmation rule below).
2. Only if stats are already current and the choice still looks wrong,
   consider a hint (e.g. `/*+ BROADCAST(t) */`) as an explicit override —
   flag it as forcing a decision rather than fixing a root cause, and note
   it needs revisiting if data volume changes (a hint doesn't adapt).

Every proposal from either path — tool-generated or hand-authored — still
goes through the Step 7 validation gate. Classification decides what's
worth proposing, not whether it needs verification.

### Step 5 — rewrite

1. Call `altimate_core_rewrite(sql, schema_context, verify_equivalence: true)`
   first, every time, regardless of past results — one call proposes a
   rewrite and proves it's semantically equivalent, partitioning results
   into verified-safe vs. review-before-applying.
2. If it returns nothing, check
   [references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md](references/rewrite-engine-gaps.md)
   for a matching known pattern and its documented workaround before
   hand-authoring from scratch — a known gap already has the specific
   trap and evidence-citation instructions worked out; don't re-derive
   them freehand.
3. If the finding doesn't match a tracked gap either, hand-author it
   grounded in what a tool actually showed this session (`EXPLAIN`,
   `DESCRIBE DETAIL`) — never from general SQL knowledge alone — then
   verify explicitly with `altimate_core

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Databricks Optimize (DBSQL)

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Databricks Optimize (DBSQL)

When to use this skill

Before anything else — confirm the file path resolved correctly

Workflow

Step 1 — when the statement type can't be parsed

Step 3 — ground truth

Step 4 — classify before deciding what to recommend

Step 5 — rewrite

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Price & running costs

Start with one small task

Source & usage notes

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