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+# Upstream helpers for monte-carlo-analyze-root-cause
+
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+# Common Root Cause Catalog
+
+After gathering evidence, match your findings against these known root cause patterns. Each pattern has a signature (what the evidence looks like) and a typical fix.
+
+## ETL & Pipeline Causes
+
+### Pipeline scheduling failure
+**Signature:** Table freshness delayed. No write queries in the expected window. ETL platform shows task failure or no task execution.
+**Fix:** Check pipeline scheduler (cron, Airflow scheduler, dbt Cloud). Restart the job. Check for permission changes on the service account.
+
+### Upstream cascade
+**Signature:** Table is stale AND at least one upstream table is also stale. The upstream staleness started first.
+**Fix:** Fix the upstream table first — this table will refresh automatically once its input is fresh.
+
+### Resource contention / timeout
+**Signature:** Queries are running but taking much longer than usual. Pipeline timeouts. Warehouse queue depth is high.
+**Fix:** Scale the warehouse, optimize the query, or schedule during off-peak hours.
+
+### Permission / credential change
+**Signature:** Queries fail with "access denied" or "permission denied" errors. Worked fine before a specific date.
+**Fix:** Check service account permissions. Re-grant access to the source data.
+
+---
+
+## Query & Code Causes
+
+### Query regression
+**Signature:** Query text changed around the time of the incident. New SQL produces different output (more/fewer rows, different values, nulls).
+**Fix:** Review the query change. Revert or fix the SQL. Compare old vs new output.
+
+### JOIN cardinality change
+**Signature:** Row count changed dramatically. Query change shows JOIN modification (INNER ↔ LEFT, new JOIN added, JOIN key changed).
+**Fix:** Review the JOIN logic. Check for fanout (1-to-many producing duplicates) or dropped rows (INNER JOIN filtering more than expected).
+
+### Filter/WHERE clause change
+**Signature:** Row count dropped or spiked. Query change shows WHERE clause modification.
+**Fix:** Review the filter logic. Check if the filter is too restrictive or too permissive.
+
+---
+
+## Data Quality Causes
+
+### Source data quality issue
+**Signature:** Upstream table has unexpected values. Field lineage traces the bad data to a specific upstream column. The upstream column has new NULL values, outliers, or unexpected categories.
+**Fix:** Fix the upstream data. Add data quality checks (validation monitors) at the source.
+
+### Late-arriving data / backfill
+**Signature:** Volume spike. New rows have old timestamps (data arrived late). No query change.
+**Fix:** This may be intentional (backfill). Verify with the team. Adjust monitoring windows if needed.
+
+### Schema drift
+**Signature:** Source system changed its schema (added/removed columns, changed types). Downstream ETL failed or produced wrong results.
+**Fix:** Update the ETL to handle the new schema. Add schema change monitors on the source.
+
+---
+
+## Infrastructure Causes
+
+### Warehouse suspension / auto-suspend
+**Signature:** Queries queued for a long time, then ran. Freshness delay matches the warehouse suspension period.
+**Fix:** Adjust warehouse auto-suspend settings, or schedule a warm-up query before the critical pipeline.
+
+### Cluster/compute failure
+**Signature:** Databricks cluster failed to start, Airflow worker crashed, dbt Cloud runner timed out.
+**Fix:** Check infrastructure logs. Scale the compute. Retry the job.
+
+### Network / connectivity issue
+**Signature:** Intermittent failures across multiple tables. Error messages mention timeouts, connection refused, or DNS resolution.
+**Fix:** Check network connectivity. Review cloud provider status page.
+
+---
+
+## How to use this catalog
+
+1. After gathering evidence in Steps 1-6 of the main workflow, review the signatures above.
+2. Match your evidence to the closest pattern.
+3. Present the root cause with the specific evidence that matched.
+4. Suggest the fix from the catalog, adapted to the user's specific situation.
+5. If no pattern matches, say so — novel root causes do exist. Present the evidence and let the user draw conclusions.

package/bundled-skills/monte-carlo-analyze-root-cause/references/data-exploration.md

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+# Data Exploration Patterns
+
+Use this reference when a database MCP server is available (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks) for direct SQL investigation. These patterns are modeled after Monte Carlo's internal data exploration agent.
+
+**Important:** Always use fully qualified table names (`database.schema.table`). The session may not have a default database or schema.
+
+## Dialect awareness
+
+Adjust SQL syntax based on the warehouse type. Common differences:
+
+| Pattern | Snowflake | BigQuery | Redshift |
+|---------|-----------|----------|----------|
+| Date subtraction | `DATEADD('day', -7, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())` | `DATE_SUB(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), INTERVAL 7 DAY)` | `DATEADD(day, -7, GETDATE())` |
+| Timestamp truncation | `DATE_TRUNC('hour', ts)` | `TIMESTAMP_TRUNC(ts, HOUR)` | `DATE_TRUNC('hour', ts)` |
+| String concatenation | `col1 || col2` | `CONCAT(col1, col2)` | `col1 || col2` |
+| Approximate count | `APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT(col)` | `APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT(col)` | `SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT col)` |
+
+If you're unsure of the dialect, try Snowflake syntax first — error messages will indicate the correct dialect.
+
+## Investigation queries
+
+### Sample recent rows
+
+```sql
+SELECT * FROM database.schema.table
+ORDER BY timestamp_col DESC
+LIMIT 20
+```
+
+Gives a quick feel for what the data looks like right now.
+
+### Row count over time
+
+```sql
+SELECT DATE_TRUNC('hour', timestamp_col) AS period,
+       COUNT(*) AS row_count
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= DATEADD('day', -7, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1
+```
+
+Reveals when volume changed — look for sudden spikes or drops.
+
+### Null rate analysis
+
+```sql
+SELECT DATE_TRUNC('day', timestamp_col) AS day,
+       COUNT(*) AS total_rows,
+       COUNT(suspect_column) AS non_null,
+       ROUND(1.0 - COUNT(suspect_column)::FLOAT / NULLIF(COUNT(*), 0), 4) AS null_rate
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= DATEADD('day', -14, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1
+```
+
+Shows whether null rate changed at a specific point in time.
+
+### Value distribution
+
+```sql
+SELECT suspect_column, COUNT(*) AS cnt
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= DATEADD('day', -1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC
+LIMIT 30
+```
+
+Reveals if unexpected values appeared or common values disappeared.
+
+### Before vs after comparison
+
+```sql
+-- "Before" window (known good period)
+SELECT 'before' AS period,
+       COUNT(*) AS rows,
+       COUNT(DISTINCT key_col) AS unique_keys,
+       AVG(metric_col) AS avg_metric,
+       COUNT(suspect_col) AS non_null_count
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col BETWEEN 'good_start' AND 'good_end'
+
+UNION ALL
+
+-- "After" window (when issue started)
+SELECT 'after' AS period,
+       COUNT(*) AS rows,
+       COUNT(DISTINCT key_col) AS unique_keys,
+       AVG(metric_col) AS avg_metric,
+       COUNT(suspect_col) AS non_null_count
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col BETWEEN 'bad_start' AND 'bad_end'
+```
+
+Compares key metrics between a known-good period and the anomaly period.
+
+### Upstream correlation
+
+When field lineage points to an upstream source, check what upstream values correlate with the anomaly:
+
+```sql
+SELECT upstream.category_field,
+       COUNT(*) AS affected_rows,
+       AVG(downstream.anomalous_field) AS avg_value,
+       SUM(CASE WHEN downstream.anomalous_field IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS null_count
+FROM database.schema.downstream_table downstream
+JOIN database.schema.upstream_table upstream
+  ON downstream.foreign_key = upstream.primary_key
+WHERE downstream.timestamp_col >= 'anomaly_start_time'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC
+LIMIT 20
+```
+
+This reveals which upstream segments are driving the anomaly.
+
+### Duplicate detection
+
+```sql
+SELECT key_col1, key_col2, COUNT(*) AS cnt
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= DATEADD('day', -1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())
+GROUP BY 1, 2
+HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
+ORDER BY cnt DESC
+LIMIT 20
+```
+
+Checks if deduplication logic broke, introducing duplicates.
+
+### Missing expected rows
+
+```sql
+-- Find keys present yesterday but missing today
+SELECT yesterday.key_col
+FROM (SELECT DISTINCT key_col FROM database.schema.table
+      WHERE DATE(timestamp_col) = CURRENT_DATE - 1) yesterday
+LEFT JOIN (SELECT DISTINCT key_col FROM database.schema.table
+           WHERE DATE(timestamp_col) = CURRENT_DATE) today
+  ON yesterday.key_col = today.key_col
+WHERE today.key_col IS NULL
+LIMIT 20
+```
+
+## Rules for data exploration
+
+- **Always LIMIT queries** — never run unbounded SELECTs. Start with LIMIT 20, increase only if needed.
+- **Use time filters** — always scope to the relevant time window around the incident.
+- **Start broad, then narrow** — sample rows first, then targeted aggregations.
+- **Compare before vs after** — the most powerful investigation pattern.
+- **Follow the data upstream** — if this table looks wrong, check the source it reads from.

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+# ETL Failure Investigation Playbook
+
+Use this when an Airflow DAG, dbt model, or Databricks job failed.
+
+## Investigation steps
+
+### 1. Identify the failure
+
+Based on the alert or user description, determine which platform:
+
+**Airflow:**
+- Call `get_etl_jobs` with `platform="airflow"` and the affected table MCONs to find which DAGs/tasks write to these tables
+- Call `get_etl_issues` with `platform="airflow"` and a time range — look for:
+  - Task failure error messages
+  - Retry counts (high retries = flaky task)
+  - SLA misses
+  - Upstream task failures that blocked downstream tasks
+
+**dbt:**
+- Call `get_etl_jobs` with `platform="dbt"` and the affected table MCONs to find which dbt jobs write to these tables
+- Call `get_etl_issues` with `platform="dbt"` — look for:
+  - Compilation errors (bad SQL syntax, missing refs)
+  - Test failures (data quality assertions)
+  - Timeout errors
+  - Dependency failures (upstream model failed)
+
+**Databricks:**
+- Call `get_etl_jobs` with `platform="databricks"` and the affected table MCONs to find which Databricks jobs write to these tables
+- Call `get_etl_issues` with `platform="databricks"` — look for:
+  - Notebook execution errors
+  - Cluster startup failures
+  - Out of memory errors
+  - Permission denied errors
+
+### 2. Check what tables are affected
+
+Call `get_asset_lineage(mcons=[table_mcon], direction="DOWNSTREAM")`:
+- Which downstream tables couldn't refresh because this pipeline failed?
+- How many consumers are impacted?
+
+### 3. Check for recent changes
+
+Call `get_change_timeline` — was there a code change around the failure time?
+- Query text modifications right before the failure → code regression
+- Volume spike right before the failure → data volume overwhelmed the pipeline
+
+### 4. Check for query-level issues
+
+Call `get_query_rca` with the affected table MCONs:
+- **Failed** patterns: what errors are the queries hitting?
+- **Futile** patterns: are queries running but producing nothing?
+- Look at error messages for clues (timeout, permission, missing object)
+
+### 5. Check job runtime trends and current status
+
+Call `get_jobs_performance` to see runtime stats, failure rates, and current status:
+- Gradual slowdown → growing data volume or inefficient query
+- Sudden spike → query regression or resource contention
+
+## Common root causes
+
+- **Code deployment** — new dbt model or query has a bug
+- **Data volume spike** — source data grew faster than the pipeline can process
+- **Permission change** — service account lost access
+- **Infrastructure** — cluster sizing, warehouse suspension, network issues
+- **Dependency failure** — upstream pipeline failed, cascading downstream
+- **Schema mismatch** — upstream schema changed, breaking the ETL query

package/bundled-skills/monte-carlo-analyze-root-cause/references/field-anomaly-investigation.md

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+# Field Anomaly Investigation Playbook
+
+Use this when a field-level metric drifted (null rate spike, mean shift, distribution change).
+
+## Investigation steps
+
+### 1. Understand the anomaly
+
+From the alert details, identify:
+- Which field/column is affected?
+- What metric changed? (null rate, mean, max, min, uniqueness, etc.)
+- When did the change occur?
+- What was the expected vs actual value?
+
+### 2. Trace field lineage
+
+Call `get_field_lineage` to find where this field's data comes from:
+- Which upstream table and column feeds this field?
+- Is the upstream field also anomalous?
+- Walk the field lineage chain upstream until you find the source of the bad data
+
+### 3. Check for correlated anomalies
+
+Call `get_alerts` with a time range around the incident:
+- Are there other alerts on the same table at the same time? (volume, freshness)
+- Are there alerts on upstream tables?
+- Multiple correlated anomalies often point to a single root cause
+
+### 4. Check for query changes
+
+Call `get_query_changes` — did the ETL query modify how this field is computed?
+- Changed CASE WHEN logic → different values
+- Changed COALESCE or NULL handling → null rate changes
+- Changed aggregation → mean/sum shifts
+- Changed type casting → precision changes
+
+### 5. Profile the data (if DB connector available)
+
+Run targeted queries to understand the field's behavior:
+
+```sql
+-- Null rate over time
+SELECT DATE_TRUNC('day', timestamp_col) AS day,
+       COUNT(*) AS total,
+       COUNT(field_name) AS non_null,
+       1.0 - COUNT(field_name) / COUNT(*) AS null_rate
+FROM table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= DATEADD('day', -14, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1
+
+-- Value distribution shift
+SELECT field_name, COUNT(*) AS cnt
+FROM table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= DATEADD('day', -1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP())
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC LIMIT 20
+
+-- Check what upstream values correlate with the anomaly
+SELECT upstream_table.key_field,
+       COUNT(*) AS affected_rows,
+       AVG(this_table.anomalous_field) AS avg_value
+FROM this_table
+JOIN upstream_table ON this_table.fk = upstream_table.pk
+WHERE this_table.timestamp_col >= 'anomaly_start_time'
+GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC
+```
+
+See `references/data-exploration.md` for more patterns.
+
+### 6. Check upstream data quality
+
+For the upstream table/field identified in Step 2:
+- Call `get_table_freshness` — is the upstream data fresh?
+- Call `get_table_size_history` — did upstream volume change?
+- If DB connector available, profile the upstream field directly
+
+### 7. Check column correlations (if DB connector available)
+
+Identify what other columns are associated with the "bad" rows vs normal rows. This is one of the most powerful investigation techniques:
+
+```sql
+-- Compare dimension values between anomalous and normal rows
+-- Replace anomalous_field condition with the actual anomaly (e.g., IS NULL, > threshold)
+SELECT other_column,
+       COUNT(*) AS total_rows,
+       SUM(CASE WHEN anomalous_field IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS bad_rows,
+       ROUND(SUM(CASE WHEN anomalous_field IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)::FLOAT
+             / NULLIF(COUNT(*), 0), 3) AS bad_rate
+FROM database.schema.table
+WHERE timestamp_col >= 'anomaly_start_time'
+GROUP BY 1
+HAVING COUNT(*) > 10
+ORDER BY bad_rate DESC
+LIMIT 20
+```
+
+If one dimension value has a much higher "bad rate" than others, it's likely the root cause — e.g., "all rows from source_system='legacy_api' have NULL revenue, but rows from other sources are fine."
+
+Try this across multiple columns (category fields, source identifiers, date partitions) to narrow down the pattern.
+
+## Common root causes
+
+- **Upstream data quality issue** — bad data in source propagated downstream
+- **ETL logic change** — CASE/COALESCE/type handling modified
+- **New data source** — a new upstream source introduced unexpected values
+- **Schema change** — column type changed, causing implicit conversions
+- **Backfill** — historical data reprocessed with different logic
+- **Null propagation** — upstream NULL values cascading through JOINs