malloy-patterns

What problem does it solve? When writing Malloy queries, models, or visualizations, you often don't know which documentation topic covers the feature you need. This Skill provides a curated index of Malloy documentation topics mapped to effective search terms, so you can quickly find the right reference material through the search_malloy_docs tool instead of guessing. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Language Reference Index: Maps core Malloy concepts (sources, queries, views, fields, aggregates, joins, filters, expressions, functions) to precise search queries. - Common Patterns Library: Covers analytical patterns like year-over-year comparison, cohort analysis, percent of total, moving averages, histograms, and sessionization. - Rendering & Dialect Coverage: Indexes visualization topics (bar charts, dashboards, big value cards) and dialect-specific SQL functions for BigQuery, DuckDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Presto/Trino, and MySQL. - Use Case: You need to write a year-over-year comparison in Malloy but don't know the syntax. Consult the index, find the "comparing timeframes" topic, and call search_malloy_docs with that term to retrieve the relevant documentation. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to look up how to compute a percent of total in Malloy using the search_malloy_docs tool.