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This skill analyzes CSV data comprehensively, generates statistics, and creates visualizations to reveal insights and quality issues.

This is most likely a fork of the csv-data-summarizer-claude-skill skill from coffeefuelbump
npx playbooks add skill jackspace/claudeskillz --skill csv-data-summarizer-claude-skill_coffeefuelbump

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---
name: csv-data-summarizer
description: Analyzes CSV files, generates summary stats, and plots quick visualizations using Python and pandas.
metadata:
  version: 2.1.0
  dependencies: python>=3.8, pandas>=2.0.0, matplotlib>=3.7.0, seaborn>=0.12.0
---

# CSV Data Summarizer

This Skill analyzes CSV files and provides comprehensive summaries with statistical insights and visualizations.

## When to Use This Skill

Claude should use this Skill whenever the user:
- Uploads or references a CSV file
- Asks to summarize, analyze, or visualize tabular data
- Requests insights from CSV data
- Wants to understand data structure and quality

## How It Works

## ⚠️ CRITICAL BEHAVIOR REQUIREMENT ⚠️

**DO NOT ASK THE USER WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE DATA.**
**DO NOT OFFER OPTIONS OR CHOICES.**
**DO NOT SAY "What would you like me to help you with?"**
**DO NOT LIST POSSIBLE ANALYSES.**

**IMMEDIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY:**
1. Run the comprehensive analysis
2. Generate ALL relevant visualizations
3. Present complete results
4. NO questions, NO options, NO waiting for user input

**THE USER WANTS A FULL ANALYSIS RIGHT AWAY - JUST DO IT.**

### Automatic Analysis Steps:

**The skill intelligently adapts to different data types and industries by inspecting the data first, then determining what analyses are most relevant.**

1. **Load and inspect** the CSV file into pandas DataFrame
2. **Identify data structure** - column types, date columns, numeric columns, categories
3. **Determine relevant analyses** based on what's actually in the data:
   - **Sales/E-commerce data** (order dates, revenue, products): Time-series trends, revenue analysis, product performance
   - **Customer data** (demographics, segments, regions): Distribution analysis, segmentation, geographic patterns
   - **Financial data** (transactions, amounts, dates): Trend analysis, statistical summaries, correlations
   - **Operational data** (timestamps, metrics, status): Time-series, performance metrics, distributions
   - **Survey data** (categorical responses, ratings): Frequency analysis, cross-tabulations, distributions
   - **Generic tabular data**: Adapts based on column types found

4. **Only create visualizations that make sense** for the specific dataset:
   - Time-series plots ONLY if date/timestamp columns exist
   - Correlation heatmaps ONLY if multiple numeric columns exist
   - Category distributions ONLY if categorical columns exist
   - Histograms for numeric distributions when relevant
   
5. **Generate comprehensive output** automatically including:
   - Data overview (rows, columns, types)
   - Key statistics and metrics relevant to the data type
   - Missing data analysis
   - Multiple relevant visualizations (only those that apply)
   - Actionable insights based on patterns found in THIS specific dataset
   
6. **Present everything** in one complete analysis - no follow-up questions

**Example adaptations:**
- Healthcare data with patient IDs → Focus on demographics, treatment patterns, temporal trends
- Inventory data with stock levels → Focus on quantity distributions, reorder patterns, SKU analysis  
- Web analytics with timestamps → Focus on traffic patterns, conversion metrics, time-of-day analysis
- Survey responses → Focus on response distributions, demographic breakdowns, sentiment patterns

### Behavior Guidelines

✅ **CORRECT APPROACH - SAY THIS:**
- "I'll analyze this data comprehensively right now."
- "Here's the complete analysis with visualizations:"
- "I've identified this as [type] data and generated relevant insights:"
- Then IMMEDIATELY show the full analysis

✅ **DO:**
- Immediately run the analysis script
- Generate ALL relevant charts automatically
- Provide complete insights without being asked
- Be thorough and complete in first response
- Act decisively without asking permission

❌ **NEVER SAY THESE PHRASES:**
- "What would you like to do with this data?"
- "What would you like me to help you with?"
- "Here are some common options:"
- "Let me know what you'd like help with"
- "I can create a comprehensive analysis if you'd like!"
- Any sentence ending with "?" asking for user direction
- Any list of options or choices
- Any conditional "I can do X if you want"

❌ **FORBIDDEN BEHAVIORS:**
- Asking what the user wants
- Listing options for the user to choose from
- Waiting for user direction before analyzing
- Providing partial analysis that requires follow-up
- Describing what you COULD do instead of DOING it

### Usage

The Skill provides a Python function `summarize_csv(file_path)` that:
- Accepts a path to a CSV file
- Returns a comprehensive text summary with statistics
- Generates multiple visualizations automatically based on data structure

### Example Prompts

> "Here's `sales_data.csv`. Can you summarize this file?"

> "Analyze this customer data CSV and show me trends."

> "What insights can you find in `orders.csv`?"

### Example Output

**Dataset Overview**
- 5,000 rows × 8 columns  
- 3 numeric columns, 1 date column  

**Summary Statistics**
- Average order value: $58.2  
- Standard deviation: $12.4
- Missing values: 2% (100 cells)

**Insights**
- Sales show upward trend over time
- Peak activity in Q4
*(Attached: trend plot)*

## Files

- `analyze.py` - Core analysis logic
- `requirements.txt` - Python dependencies
- `resources/sample.csv` - Example dataset for testing
- `resources/README.md` - Additional documentation

## Notes

- Automatically detects date columns (columns containing 'date' in name)
- Handles missing data gracefully
- Generates visualizations only when date columns are present
- All numeric columns are included in statistical summary

Overview

This skill analyzes CSV files and returns a complete, automatic data summary with statistics and visualizations. It is built with Python and pandas to inspect structure, detect types, and produce actionable insights without prompting the user. The output includes data overviews, missing-data diagnostics, relevant plots, and concise interpretations.

How this skill works

The skill loads the CSV into a pandas DataFrame, inspects column types (numeric, categorical, date/time), and determines applicable analyses. It computes descriptive statistics, missing-value patterns, and correlations when appropriate. It then generates relevant visualizations (time series, histograms, category distributions, correlation heatmaps) and compiles a single consolidated report with findings and recommendations.

When to use it

  • You upload or reference any CSV file and want a fast, complete analysis.
  • You need an immediate, automated summary of tabular data without back-and-forth questions.
  • You want quick visualizations tied to the actual columns present (dates, numeric, categorical).
  • You need data-quality checks: missing values, duplicates, and type mismatches.
  • You’re exploring a new dataset and want practical next steps and highlights.

Best practices

  • Provide a well-formed CSV path or upload; include headers and consistent delimiters.
  • Include obvious date columns (name containing 'date' helps automatic detection).
  • Ensure numeric fields are not quoted as strings so numeric summaries are accurate.
  • If the CSV is very large, consider sampling or providing a prefiltered file for faster turnarounds.
  • Review generated plots and summaries for domain-specific context before acting on recommendations.

Example use cases

  • Summarize sales_data.csv to reveal revenue trends, peak periods, and top products with plots.
  • Analyze customer demographics CSV to surface segment sizes, missing contact fields, and geographic patterns.
  • Inspect transaction logs to detect anomalies, compute daily volumes, and show time-of-day patterns.
  • Evaluate survey results to produce frequency tables, rating distributions, and cross-tabs by demographic columns.
  • Quickly baseline experimental or lab CSVs to check data quality and summarize numeric measurements.

FAQ

Do I need to tell the skill which analyses to run?

No. The skill inspects the file and automatically runs the analyses and visualizations that make sense for the detected columns.

Which visualizations will be produced?

Time-series plots for date columns, histograms for numeric fields, bar charts for categorical distributions, and correlation heatmaps when multiple numeric columns exist.

How are missing values handled?

The report includes missing-value counts and proportions, highlights columns with substantial gaps, and notes basic imputation or cleaning suggestions.