Getting started

Choose the path you want to use. Both create the same plain YAML and SQL project.

With a coding agent

DRE is built to be driven by coding agents as well as people: everything is plain YAML and SQL files, every command but dre init runs without prompts, and --log-format json, dre validate --json, dre ls --output json and the manifest give tools machine-readable output.

DRE’s agent skills turn Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI or any agent that reads Agent Skills into a guide, from installing DRE to a delivered report. They ask one question at a time with a recommendation, follow DRE’s practices, confirm before anything is delivered, and never ask for your passwords or tokens.

claude plugin marketplace add get-dre/dre && claude plugin install dre@dre   # Claude Code
npx skills add get-dre/dre#skills-latest                                     # other agents

Then ask: “help me with dre”.

From the command line

1. Install DRE for your platform.

2. Create a starter project:

   dre init
   cd my_reports

3. Check that the project works before editing it:

   dre validate

A successful validation means the project configuration and SQL compile. Continue with Build and run reports to add reports, preview output and deliver files.