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Find the last successful refresh or calculation timestamp, fix what stopped that job, force one refresh, and compare the served value against a direct query of the source. Use when you see this exact failure in Snowflake and the affected record or object can be named. Not for a different Snowflake error with another m…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent context overflow during pull Okta group membership: context limit error failed the run - agent context overflow during build the Looker dashboard: context limit error failed the run
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Public search query: agent context overflow during pull Metabase query results: context limit
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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent cannot parse SQL query file with dialect errors: parsing failed with error and the workflow broke - [parser failed on component mapping spreadsheet with duplicate IDs: agent could not parse the…
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Public search query: parser failed on SQL query file with dialect errors: agent could not pa
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Fixes an agent whose Snowflake query returned only the first 1000 rows because a LIMIT clause truncated the at-risk cohort, by removing result limits from cohort queries. Use when cohort counts suspiciously round at 1000. Not for a cohort that genuinely contains exactly 1000 accounts.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent cannot parse component mapping spreadsheet with duplicate IDs: parsing failed with error and the workflow broke - [agent cannot parse incident timeline CSV with out-of-order timestamps: parsing…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent cannot parse SQL query file with dialect errors: parsing failed wit
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Fixes a Looker dashboard that got slower because one explore fans out into many queries per tile, by removing the fanout source and pre-aggregating. Use when tile runtimes grew after a model change and queries multiply in the logs. Not for a dashboard slowed by a warehouse wide slowdown affecting all tools.
Fixes a Metabase native question whose parameter fails with a variable not found error by matching the variable name and type between the query and the dashboard. Use when a native SQL card breaks on its parameter while the raw query runs. Not for a GUI question filter problem, which uses field mapping instead.
Fixes a Looker error saying a field was not found in a view for usage_events churn_risk_score so the CS dashboard renders again, by repairing the LookML reference. Use when one dashboard or tile errors on the field. Not for a field that never existed in the data.
Fixes a Looker explore error where a yesno field cannot be queried by wrapping the field or converting its type in the LookML definition. Use when a dashboard or explore query fails naming a yesno field. Not for a yesno field that returns wrong values without an error.
Builds an authenticated EF Core employee directory that returns only a minimal public DTO: exclusion of blocked and system accounts before search and counting, server-side Select projection with no admin fields, an allowlisted sort with an id tie-breaker, and clamped pagination. Use when a directory endpoint returns u…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dbt compile error only in CI not locally - model not found" dbt compile error fix - [dbt.exceptions.DbtRuntimeError: macro ex…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent verified the fix with dbt compile only: runtime error surviv
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Fixes the cost and correctness fallout when a generated dbt model lands with the wrong materialization, such as a full table rebuild of a huge model or a view where a table was needed, covering materialization review and config guardrails. Use when a merged model change spikes warehouse spend. Not for a model whose co…
Fixes a missed downstream ref after an agent renamed a model file, leaving a stale ref that fails compilation. Use when a rename was done by file operation without updating callers. Not for intentional model removals with planned downstream changes.
Fixes the process failure where an agent fixed a dev-only instance of a problem and prod failed identically the next day, because the fix was applied to dev data handling instead of the shared model code. Use when the same failure recurs across environments. Not for genuinely environment-specific config faults.
Fixes the mismatch where an agent dbt debug passes but dbt run fails because debug and run resolved different profile targets. Use when debug success does not predict run success. Not for genuine warehouse errors on the same target.
Fixes debug print statements an agent left committed in model SQL, which pollute compiled output or break strict warehouses. Use when log or print calls or stray select debug queries are found in models. Not for intentional, guarded debug code in macros under development.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent committed its debug prints into the model sql - agent committed a debugger statement inside a healed test: how to catch…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent left debug print statements committed in the model sql
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes the breakage after an agent merged two model fixes into one file, corrupting both models. Use when a single .sql file now contains two model definitions or mixed logic. Not for intentional multi-CTE models that are genuinely one model.
Fixes agent recovery when its warehouse session is killed mid-model and the retry restarts the whole model from scratch. Use when long models lose all progress on transient kills. Not for models that fail fast on SQL errors.
Shows how to analyse a dbt project without feeding the whole manifest file to an agent, using targeted extraction of nodes, a summary index, and the manifest's own structure. Use when manifest based analysis dies on context size. Not for a manifest that is corrupt and will not parse at all.