# curate

> Claude/Codex skill by [@alation](https://omgskills.com/library/alation/index.md) · 8 stars · Updated 2026-09-30

Use when the user wants to create, update, or manage data products, publish or unpublish data products to a marketplace, manage marketplaces, enrich catalog metadata, add descriptions to tables or columns, set tags, set custom field values, check data product standards, manage product versions, or mark a version as ready. Also use for: product spec, product schema, delivery systems, record sets, marketplace badges, minimum standards, set up a new data product, define a product, annotate tables, enrich metadata. Use this skill any time the user mentions data products in a creation or management context, or wants to add/edit metadata on catalog objects. Not for querying data products — use ask. Not for browsing catalog — use explore. Not for creating data source connections — use configure.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/Alation/alation-plugins /tmp/alation-plugins && ln -s /tmp/alation-plugins/skills/curate ~/.claude/skills/curate
```

## From README

Curate Manage data products, publish to marketplaces, and enrich catalog metadata. Routing | User Intent | CLI Command | When to Use | |---|---|---| | Create/update/delete data products | scripts/run-cli product | Managing product specs and versions | | Publish/unpublish to marketplace | scripts/run-cli marketplace publish/unpublish | Making products discoverable | | Manage marketplaces themselves | scripts/run-cli marketplace | Creating or configuring marketplaces | | Add descriptions/tags/custom fields | scripts/run-cli enrich | Enriching metadata on any catalog object | Not This Skill User wants to query a data product for answers → use ask User wants to browse or search data sources, the catalog, data products, or marketplaces → use explore User wants to schedule recurring queries against a product → use automate User wants to create a data source connection → use configure Key distinction: curate manages data product definitions and metadata.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/alation/alation-plugins/skills/curate/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Alation/alation-plugins
- Author: [@alation](https://omgskills.com/library/alation/index.md)

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