altimate-code Claude Code Plugin

Author: AltimateAI
Category: Database
Topics: Data Engineering & Analytics · Databases & Storage · Claude Code Customization & Workflow
First cataloged: 2026-07-21 (UTC)
Explanation last updated: 2026-07-24 (UTC)
Source (GitHub) last updated: 2026-07-23 (UTC) (44 days ago)

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This is a Claude Code plugin that hands off dbt and data-warehouse tasks to altimate-code, a separately installed, open-source CLI agent built specifically for data engineering work. According to the README, altimate-code offers more than 100 deterministic tools covering SQL anti-pattern checks, column-level lineage tracing, dbt build/test/run execution against live warehouses, cost and FinOps analysis, cross-dialect data comparison, and PII detection. The plugin adds a SessionStart hook so Claude Code is aware of these capabilities, a skill that triggers delegation automatically for suitable tasks, and an explicit /altimate slash command. Warehouse queries, dbt runs, and file edits are executed locally on the user's machine using their own credentials and configured LLM provider. If the altimate-code CLI is missing or not configured, the plugin reports the problem instead of silently falling back to Claude's built-in tools.

About the service

altimate-code is the CLI component of Altimate.ai's data engineering platform, which also offers a hosted LLM gateway and enterprise services; when a task is delegated, the prompt is sent to the configured LLM provider, which is Altimate's own gateway by default unless the user supplies their own provider key (BYOK). The CLI itself connects directly to warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, MySQL, and DuckDB using credentials kept on the user's own machine.

What you can do with altimate-code

Delegate dbt and SQL tasks to altimate-code automatically via the skill, or explicitly with /altimate
Trace column-level lineage for a given column and see affected downstream models
Run dbt build, test, or run commands against a real, connected warehouse
Request warehouse cost and FinOps reports, such as most expensive queries or over-provisioned resources
Compare tables across different warehouse dialects (e.g., Snowflake vs BigQuery) for data parity
Generate dbt tests, including unit tests for conditional SQL logic
Detect PII fields and SQL anti-patterns in models

Sources

altimate-code homepage(opens in a new tab) (fetched: 2026-07-24 (UTC))
altimate-code README(opens in a new tab) (fetched: 2026-07-24 (UTC))

History of altimate-code

Claude Code Plugin 2026-07-21 (UTC) Added altimate-code

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