write-query

A command that writes SQL queries from plain-language data requests and adapts them to a chosen database dialect, such as PostgreSQL, Snowflake, or BigQuery.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create queries for reports, summaries, filtered results, joined tables, aggregations, or top-N data requests.
Why use it?
It removes the need to manually translate a data question into filters, joins, grouping, sorting, and limits while accounting for SQL differences between databases.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/fergupa/claude_plugins/write-query
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fergupa/claude_plugins
Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,026 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00009 $0.01026
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00513
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00205
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00103

Measured yesterday against content hash 03e0828cbc45, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

write-query scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

data/commands/write-query.md · 122 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 122 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/write-query - Write Optimized SQL

If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md.

Write a SQL query from a natural language description, optimized for your specific SQL dialect and following best practices.

Usage

/write-query <description of what data you need>

Workflow

1. Understand the Request

Parse the user's description to identify:

  • Output columns: What fields should the result include?
  • Filters: What conditions limit the data (time ranges, segments, statuses)?
  • Aggregations: Are there GROUP BY operations, counts, sums, averages?
  • Joins: Does this require combining multiple tables?
  • Ordering: How should results be sorted?
  • Limits: Is there a top-N or sample requirement?

2. Determine SQL Dialect

If the user's SQL dialect is not already known, ask which they use:

  • PostgreSQL (including Aurora, RDS, Supabase, Neon)
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery (Google Cloud)
  • Redshift (Amazon)
  • Databricks SQL
  • MySQL (including Aurora MySQL, PlanetScale)
  • SQL Server (Microsoft)
  • DuckDB
  • SQLite
  • Other (ask for specifics)

Remember the dialect for future queries in the same session.

3. Discover Schema (If Warehouse Connected)

If a data warehouse MCP server is connected:

  1. Search for relevant tables based on the user's description
  2. Inspect column names, types, and relationships
  3. Check for partitioning or clustering keys that affect performance
  4. Look for pre-built views or materialized views that might simplify the query

4. Write the Query

Follow these best practices:

Structure:

  • Use CTEs (WITH clauses) for readability when queries have multiple logical steps
  • One CTE per logical transformation or data source
  • Name CTEs descriptively (e.g., daily_signups, active_users, revenue_by_product)

Performance:

  • Never use SELECT * in production queries -- specify only needed columns
  • Filter early (push WHERE clauses as close to the base tables as possible)
  • Use partition filters when available (especially date partitions)
  • Prefer EXISTS over IN for subqueries with large result sets
  • Use appropriate JOIN types (don't use LEFT JOIN when INNER JOIN is correct)
  • Avoid correlated subqueries when a JOIN or window function works
  • Be mindful of exploding joins (many-to-many)

Read the full file on GitHub · 122 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 122 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 03e0828cbc45

Subscribe to this mod's changes

write-query is a command published in the GitHub repository fergupa/claude_plugins (2 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 1,026 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.