databricks-synthetic-data-gen
SkillGenerate realistic synthetic data using Spark + Faker (strongly recommended). Supports serverless execution, multiple output formats (Parquet/JSON/CSV/Delta), and scales from thousands to millions of rows. For small datasets (<10K rows), can optionally generate locally and upload to volumes. Use whe
Install
git clone https://github.com/databricks/databricks-agent-skills.git ~/.claude/skills/databricks-synthetic-data-genWhat is databricks-synthetic-data-gen?
Generate realistic synthetic data using Spark + Faker (strongly recommended). Supports serverless execution, multiple output formats (Parquet/JSON/CSV/Delta), and scales from thousands to millions of rows. For small datasets (<10K rows), can optionally generate locally and upload to volumes. Use when user mentions 'synthetic data', 'test data', 'generate data', 'demo dataset', 'Faker', or 'sample data'.
What this can do
Capabilities declared in this component's own frontmatter — not inferred.
Inherit all session tools
Declares no tool restrictions — inherits every session tool
~102 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything
Documentation
README · ~8 min readCatalog and schema are always user-supplied — never default to any value. If the user hasn't provided them, ask. For any UC write, always create the schema if it doesn't exist before writing data.
Databricks Synthetic Data Generation
Generate realistic, story-driven synthetic data for Databricks using Spark + Faker + Pandas UDFs (strongly recommended).
Data Must Tell a Business Story
Synthetic data should demonstrate how Databricks helps solve real business problems.
The pattern: Something goes wrong → business impact ($) → analyze root cause → identify affected customers → fix and prevent.
Key principles:
- Problem → Impact → Analysis → Solution — Include an incident, anomaly, or issue that causes measurable business impact. The data lets you find the root cause and act on it.
- Industry-relevant but simple — Use domain terms (e.g., "SLA breach", "churn", "stockout") but keep the schema easy to understand. A few tables, clear relationships.
- Business metrics with $ impact — Revenue, MRR, cost, conversion rate. Every story needs a dollar sign to show why it matters.
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