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Chdb Datastore

clickhouse/chdb-datastore

>- Use when the user has tabular data (pandas DataFrame, parquet, csv, Arrow, json) and wants to filter, group, aggregate, join, or speed up slow pandas. Provides chDB DataStore — same pandas API, ClickHouse engine underneath. Also handles reading from S3, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse Cloud, Iceberg, Delta Lake as DataFrames and joining across sources. "speed up pandas", or cross-source DataFrame joins; user imports `chdb.datastore` or `from datastore import DataStore`. SKIP this skill for raw SQL syntax (use chdb-sql instead), ClickHouse server administration, or non-Python DataStore API work.

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70 d ago
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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/ClickHouse/agent-skills --skill chdb-datastore

The instruction itself

9 sections, as written by the author

chdb DataStore — It's Just Faster Pandas

The Key Insight

# Change this:
import pandas as pd
# To this:
import chdb.datastore as pd
# Everything else stays the same.

DataStore is a lazy, ClickHouse-backed pandas replacement. Your existing pandas code works unchanged — but operations compile to optimized SQL and execute only when results are needed (e.g., print(), len(), iteration).

pip install chdb

Decision Tree: Pick the Right Approach

1. "I have a file/database and want to analyze it with pandas"
   → DataStore.from_file() / from_mysql() / from_s3() etc.
   → See references/connectors.md

2. "I need to join data from different sources"
   → Create DataStores from each source, use .join()
   → See examples/examples.md #3-5

3. "My pandas code is too slow"
   → import chdb.datastore as pd — change one line, keep the rest

4. "I need raw SQL queries"
   → Use the chdb-sql skill instead

Connect to Any Data Source — One Pattern

from datastore import DataStore

# Local file (auto-detects .parquet, .csv, .json, .arrow, .orc, .avro, .tsv, .xml)
ds = DataStore.from_file("sales.parquet")

# Database
ds = DataStore.from_mysql(host="db:3306", database="shop", table="orders", user="root", password="pass")

# Cloud storage
ds = DataStore.from_s3("s3://bucket/data.parquet", nosign=True)

# URI shorthand — auto-detects source type
ds = DataStore.uri("mysql://root:pass@db:3306/shop/orders")

All 16+ sources and URI schemes → connectors.md

After Connecting — Full Pandas API

result = ds[ds["age"] > 25]                                          # filter
result = ds[["name", "city"]]                                        # select columns
result = ds.sort_values("revenue", ascending=False)                  # sort
result = ds.groupby("dept")["salary"].mean()                         # groupby
result = ds.assign(margin=lambda x: x["profit"] / x["revenue"])     # computed column
ds["name"].str.upper()                                               # string accessor
ds["date"].dt.year                                                   # datetime accessor
result = ds1.join(ds2, on="id")                                      # join
result = ds.head(10)                                                 # preview
print(ds.to_sql())                                                   # see generated SQL

209 DataFrame methods supported. Full API → api-reference.md

Cross-Source Join — The Killer Feature

from datastore import DataStore

customers = DataStore.from_mysql(host="db:3306", database="crm", table="customers", user="root", password="pass")
orders = DataStore.from_file("orders.parquet")

result = (orders
    .join(customers, left_on="customer_id", right_on="id")
    .groupby("country")
    .agg({"amount": "sum", "rating": "mean"})
    .sort_values("sum", ascending=False))
print(result)

More join examples → examples.md

Writing Data

source = DataStore.from_mysql(host="db:3306", database="shop", table="orders", user="root", password="pass")
target = DataStore("file", path="summary.parquet", format="Parquet")

target.insert_into("category", "total", "count").select_from(
    source.groupby("category").select("category", "sum(amount) AS total", "count() AS count")
).execute()

Troubleshooting

| Problem | Fix |

|---------|-----|

| ImportError: No module named 'chdb' | pip install chdb |

| ImportError: cannot import 'DataStore' | Use from datastore import DataStore or from chdb.datastore import DataStore |

| Database connection timeout | Include port in host: host="db:3306" not host="db" |

| Join returns empty result | Check key types match (both int or both string); use .to_sql() to inspect |

| Unexpected results | Call ds.to_sql() to see the generated SQL and debug |

| Environment check | Run python scripts/verify_install.py (from skill directory) |

References

  • API Reference — Full DataStore method signatures
  • Connectors — All 16+ data source connection methods
  • Examples — 10+ runnable examples with expected output
  • Verify Install — Environment verification script
  • Official Docs

> Note: This skill teaches how to *use* chdb DataStore.

> For raw SQL queries, use the chdb-sql skill.

> For contributing to chdb source code, see CLAUDE.md in the project root.

How to use it

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Install what it needs

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