How it works

Foe: Riddle Sphinx, a question your data hasn't answered yet.

Riddle Sphinx

1. Riddle Sphinx

   The Riddle Sphinx blocks the way.

   What really happensIt stands for a question your data hasn't answered yet.

   Alchemist: Context 100/100.

2. Riddle

   The sphinx asks a riddle. A wrong guess costs dearly.

   What really happensAn answer guessed from a hunch instead of a query sends the work the wrong way.

   Alchemist takes 11. Alchemist: Context 89/100.

3. DuckDB Skills

   The DuckDB relic wakes and lays out its scrolls.

   What really happensClaude Code loads the plugin. Skills run as /duckdb-skills:read-file, query, attach-db and convert-file, and read-file also fires when you mention a data file.

   Riddle Sphinx takes 14.

4. DuckDB Skills

   One glance and the file gives up its columns and row count.

   What really happensread-file picks a DuckDB reader by extension (CSV, JSON, Parquet, Excel, SQLite and more), then shows the schema, the row count and 20 sample rows.

   Riddle Sphinx takes 12.

5. Riddle

   The Riddle Sphinx uses Riddle.

   Alchemist takes 11. Alchemist: Context 78/100.

6. DuckDB Skills

   The hero puts the riddle to the table and rows answer back.

   What really happensquery runs raw SQL or a plain English question against attached databases or files, written in DuckDB's Friendly SQL.

   Riddle Sphinx takes 29.

7. DuckDB Skills

   The party keeps its open databases between casts.

   What really happensattach-db explores a .duckdb file and appends ATTACH statements to state.sql, so every later skill restores the same session.

   Riddle Sphinx takes 27.

8. DuckDB Skills

   The hero recasts the file in the form the quest needs.

   What really happensconvert-file writes the data out as Parquet, CSV, JSON, Excel or another format through DuckDB.

   Riddle Sphinx takes 18. Riddle Sphinx falls.

9. Victory

   The Riddle Sphinx falls.