Design ETL/ELT pipelines with proper orchestration, error handling, and monitoring. Use when building data pipelines, designing data workflows, or implementing data transformations.
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data-engineer
January 21, 2026
Select agents to install to:
npx add-skill https://github.com/armanzeroeight/fastagent-plugins/blob/main/plugins/data-engineer/skills/etl-designer/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill etl-designerInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/etl-designer/# ETL Designer
Design robust ETL/ELT pipelines for data processing.
## Quick Start
Use Airflow for orchestration, implement idempotent operations, add error handling, monitor pipeline health.
## Instructions
### Airflow DAG Structure
```python
from airflow import DAG
from airflow.operators.python import PythonOperator
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
default_args = {
'owner': 'data-team',
'retries': 3,
'retry_delay': timedelta(minutes=5),
'email_on_failure': True,
'email': ['alerts@company.com']
}
with DAG(
'etl_pipeline',
default_args=default_args,
schedule_interval='0 2 * * *', # Daily at 2 AM
start_date=datetime(2024, 1, 1),
catchup=False
) as dag:
extract = PythonOperator(
task_id='extract_data',
python_callable=extract_from_source
)
transform = PythonOperator(
task_id='transform_data',
python_callable=transform_data
)
load = PythonOperator(
task_id='load_to_warehouse',
python_callable=load_to_warehouse
)
extract >> transform >> load
```
### Incremental Processing
```python
def extract_incremental(last_run_date):
query = f"""
SELECT * FROM source_table
WHERE updated_at > '{last_run_date}'
"""
return pd.read_sql(query, conn)
```
### Error Handling
```python
def safe_transform(data):
try:
transformed = transform_data(data)
return transformed
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Transform failed: {e}")
send_alert(f"Pipeline failed: {e}")
raise
```
### Best Practices
- Make operations idempotent
- Use incremental processing
- Implement proper error handling
- Add monitoring and alerts
- Use data quality checks
- Document pipeline logic