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Resources for Data engineering or Data analysis or Hardware engineering: 207 items.

> - Data engineering: Data pipelines, warehouse modeling, ETL and data quality.
> - Data analysis: Querying, statistical analysis, reporting and visualization.
> - Hardware engineering: Part and assembly modeling, schematics and PCB review, simulation, and BOM and production files.

- [MarkItDown](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/markitdown.md): [CLI] Converts PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, images, audio and more into Markdown that keeps headings, lists and tables, ready for LLMs to read and analyze. Maintained by Microsoft; requires Python 3.10+.
- [Browser Use](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/browser-use.md): [Skill] Controls your local Chrome over CDP to navigate, click, type, take screenshots and scrape data, reusing logged-in sessions. Official browser-use skill; install the browser-use CLI with uv first.
- [Scientific Agent Skills](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/scientific-agent-skills.md): [Skill] 166 research skills maintained by K-Dense (formerly Claude Scientific Skills), spanning bioinformatics, cheminformatics, clinical research, materials and physics, including unified access to 78 public databases such as PubChem and UniProt. Works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
- [DuckDB](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/duckdb.md): [CLI] In-process analytical SQL database. Its CLI queries CSV, Parquet and JSON files directly with SQL, no import or server needed, so agents can sample and aggregate large files. Officially maintained.
- [MCP Toolbox for Databases](https://hebbmind.com/de/mcp/mcp-toolbox.md): [MCP] Google's open-source database MCP server with ready-made query and SQL tools for dozens of sources, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, Spanner and MongoDB. Define controlled custom queries in tools.yaml.
- [XLSX](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/xlsx.md): [Skill] Creates, edits and analyzes Excel spreadsheets: formulas, formatting, charts and data cleaning, plus conversion between CSV, TSV and other tabular formats. The official Anthropic skill behind Claude's document features; source-available, not open source.
- [Browser Use MCP](https://hebbmind.com/de/mcp/browser-use-mcp.md): [MCP] Local MCP server built into Browser Use: lets agents navigate, click, type and extract page content, or hand multi-step tasks to the built-in browser agent. Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key.
- [PaddleOCR](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/paddleocr.md): [CLI] Baidu PaddlePaddle's official OCR and document parsing tool: the paddleocr command reads text from images and parses PDFs and scans into Markdown or JSON, supporting 100+ languages with models that run locally.
- [uv](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/uv.md): [CLI] Astral's extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, replacing pip, pipx, poetry, pyenv and more. Supports lockfiles and multiple Python versions, and uvx runs Python tools without installing them.
- [Scrapling](https://hebbmind.com/de/mcp/scrapling.md): [MCP] MCP server built into the adaptive Python scraping framework Scrapling: supports plain HTTP requests, browser rendering and stealth fetching, and uses CSS selectors to pass only the target content to the AI, saving tokens and filtering out prompt injection.
- [Scrapling](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/scrapling.md): [CLI] Adaptive web scraping framework: scrapling extract turns a page into Markdown, text or HTML in one command, with CSS selectors and browser rendering for dynamic pages, plus an MCP server (needs the ai extra). Needs Python 3.10+ and a browser install on first use.
- [Crawl4AI](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/crawl4ai.md): [CLI] Open-source, LLM-friendly web crawler that turns pages into clean Markdown for RAG and agents. Ships the crwl CLI and supports deep crawling and question-driven data extraction (extraction needs an LLM key). Free to self-host.
- [MinerU](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/mineru.md): [CLI] Document parser from OpenDataLab that turns PDFs, images and Office files into Markdown or JSON, handling tables, formulas and complex layouts well, with page-by-page reading and citation anchors for agents. Parses locally by default; needs Python 3.10+.
- [Tesseract OCR](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/tesseract.md): [CLI] Classic open-source OCR engine and CLI that reads text from images and outputs plain text, hOCR, searchable PDF or TSV. Supports 100+ languages; install the language data for each language you need.
- [OpenBB MCP Server](https://hebbmind.com/de/mcp/openbb-finance-mcp-server.md): [MCP] Official OpenBB MCP server exposing the OpenBB Platform's equity, ETF, macroeconomic, crypto and news data to agents; enable only the tool categories you need to save context. Needs uv locally; some data sources need your own API keys. Not investment advice.
- [OpenBB Platform CLI](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/openbb-finance-cli.md): [CLI] Command-line edition of the open-source OpenBB investment research platform: query stock prices, financial statements, macroeconomic and other financial data from the terminal, and automate data pulls with Routine scripts. Officially maintained; some sources need API keys.
- [Docling](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/docling.md): [CLI] Parses PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, images and audio, recovering layout, reading order, tables and formulas, and exports Markdown, HTML or lossless JSON. Started by IBM Research, now hosted by the LF AI & Data Foundation; runs fully locally.
- [rclone](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/rclone.md): [CLI] 'rsync for cloud storage': sync and copy files across dozens of providers such as S3, Google Drive, OneDrive and Alibaba Cloud OSS, with encryption and mounting. Set up remotes with rclone config before use.
- [Database Lookup](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/database-lookup.md): [Skill] Unified database lookup skill from K-Dense's scientific collection: reproducibly queries about 80 public database APIs such as PubChem, UniProt, ChEMBL, ClinicalTrials.gov and FRED, returning traceable results with endpoints, parameters and count checks. Some need API keys.
- [Scanpy Single-Cell Analysis](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/scanpy.md): [Skill] Teaches agents standard single-cell RNA-seq analysis with Scanpy: QC, normalization, PCA/UMAP, clustering, differential expression and plots, with ready-to-run pipeline scripts and guidance on converting Seurat and other R objects to h5ad. Needs Python 3.12+; by K-Dense.
- [Statistical Analysis](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/statistical-analysis.md): [Skill] Guides agents to the right statistical method for research data: t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square, regression and Bayesian analysis, checking assumptions, computing effect sizes and power, and reporting results in APA format. Python-based (pingouin, statsmodels); by K-Dense.
- [aria2](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/aria2.md): [CLI] Lightweight multi-protocol command-line downloader that fetches in parallel segments from multiple sources over HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. Resumes downloads, reads URLs in bulk from text files and offers a JSON-RPC interface for scripts or agents.
- [Data Engineering](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/data-engineering.md): [Plugin] Data engineering plugin from the wshobson/agents marketplace: a data engineer subagent, a data pipeline command, and skills for Airflow DAGs, dbt transformations, Spark tuning and data quality, to help build ETL and data warehouses.
- [Machine Learning Ops](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/machine-learning-ops.md): [Plugin] MLOps plugin from the wshobson/agents marketplace: data scientist, ML engineer and MLOps engineer subagents and a /ml-pipeline command that runs the pipeline in phases from data analysis and training to deployment and monitoring, plus ML pipeline and recommender system skills.
- [Business Analytics](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/business-analytics.md): [Plugin] Business analytics plugin from the wshobson/agents marketplace: KPI dashboard design and data storytelling skills plus a business analyst subagent to choose metrics, plan dashboard layouts and turn data into reports executives or investors understand. Methods and templates only; no data connections.
- [Quantitative Trading](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/quantitative-trading.md): [Plugin] Quant trading plugin from the wshobson/agents marketplace: quant analyst and risk manager subagents plus backtesting and risk metrics skills for strategy backtests, portfolio optimization and risk measures like VaR, Sharpe ratio and max drawdown. Needs local Python; not investment advice.
- [Nushell](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/nushell.md): [CLI] Cross-platform shell built around structured data: pipelines pass tables instead of plain text, and you can open and query JSON, CSV, TOML and more directly. Default builds include nu --mcp, which serves it to agents as an MCP server.
- [Marker](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/marker.md): [CLI] Converts PDFs, images, PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB and more into Markdown, JSON or HTML, preserving tables, formulas and layout, with optional LLM help for higher accuracy. Needs Python 3.10+ and PyTorch; large-scale commercial use of the model weights needs a paid license.
- [PostHog MCP](https://hebbmind.com/de/mcp/posthog-mcp.md): [MCP] PostHog's official hosted MCP: lets agents query product analytics with HogQL, manage feature flags and A/B experiments, and investigate errors and session replays. Sign in to PostHog to authorize; tool calls are free, though a few LLM-powered tools count toward AI usage.
- [Pyright LSP](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/pyright-lsp.md): [Plugin] Connects Claude Code to the Pyright language server for static type checking and code intelligence in Python. Install pyright first with npm, pip or pipx. Official Anthropic plugin.
- [clean-data-xls](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/clean-data-xls.md): [Skill] Official Anthropic skill for cleaning messy Excel exports: trims spaces, standardizes case and dates, converts text numbers, dedupes, and flags mixed types, garbled text and errors. Keeps originals via helper-column formulas and confirms each step. Works in Claude for Excel; local files need Python.
- [audit-xls](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/audit-xls.md): [Skill] Official Anthropic finance skill that checks Excel for formula errors like #REF!, numbers hardcoded in formulas, sum ranges that miss rows and mixed units; on full models it also checks the balance sheet balances and cash ties. Lists issues and fixes and asks before changing anything.
- [Lightpanda Browser](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/browser.md): [CLI] Headless browser written from scratch in Zig for AI agents and automation, using less memory and running faster than headless Chrome in official benchmarks. fetch turns pages into Markdown, and it can serve CDP or MCP. Telemetry is on by default (an env var disables it); Windows needs WSL.
- [jq](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/jq.md): [CLI] Lightweight command-line JSON processor that slices, filters, maps and transforms JSON with concise expressions and no runtime dependencies. A staple for agents parsing API responses and logs.
- [Vibe-Trading](https://hebbmind.com/de/mcp/vibe-trading.md): [MCP] Trading research agent from HKU's HKUDS whose MCP server offers 70+ tools for quotes, financials, backtesting and research across A-shares, Hong Kong and US stocks and crypto. Needs local Python; HK, US and crypto research need no API key. For research only; not investment advice.
- [OpenCLI](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/opencli.md): [CLI] Turns websites and Electron desktop apps into deterministic CLIs, with built-in adapters for Reddit, Hacker News, Bilibili, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu and more, and lets agents operate any page through your signed-in Chrome. Needs its companion browser extension.
- [Performance Report](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/performance-report.md): [Skill] Turns campaign or channel data into weekly, monthly or quarterly marketing reports: executive summary, key metrics and period-over-period trends, wins and misses, and next-period priorities. Connect analytics tools or just paste tables or key numbers. From Anthropic's knowledge-work-plugins.
- [Bio Research](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/bio-research.md): [Plugin] For preclinical life sciences research: bundles MCP connectors for PubMed, bioRxiv, ChEMBL, Open Targets, ClinicalTrials and more, plus analysis skills for single-cell RNA QC, scvi-tools and nf-core pipelines. Official from Anthropic; some data sources need accounts.
- [people-report](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/people-report.md): [Skill] Generates people analytics reports from employee data: headcount snapshots, voluntary and involuntary attrition, diversity metrics, spans of control and flight risk, with findings and recommendations for leadership. Needs an uploaded employee CSV or a connected HRIS. Official from Anthropic.
- [Data](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/data.md): [Plugin] Data analysis plugin: writes queries in each SQL dialect, explores datasets, runs statistical tests, charts with Python and builds interactive HTML dashboards, then reviews methods and conclusions before sharing. Connects to Snowflake, BigQuery and other warehouses. Official from Anthropic.
- [SQL Queries](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/sql-queries.md): [Skill] Anthropic's official data skill that guides agents to write, translate and optimize SQL across Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, PostgreSQL and other warehouse dialects, including CTEs, window functions and analytical aggregations.
- [Google Ads API Account Performance Diagnostics](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/google-ads-api-account-diagnostics.md): [Skill] Google's official skill that queries account data through the Google Ads MCP server to diagnose conversion drops, falling leads and impression share lost to bids, budgets or ad rank. Needs a Google Ads account, API credentials (developer token and OAuth) and Python 3.12.
- [BigQuery Basics](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/bigquery-basics.md): [Skill] Manages BigQuery datasets, tables and jobs with the bq and gcloud CLIs, runs SQL queries and loads data, with references for client libraries, MCP and Terraform. Google's official skill; requires a Google Cloud project.
- [Google Agent Skills](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/google-google-skills.md): [Skill] Google's official skill library, focused on Google Cloud: 100+ skills for gcloud, Cloud Run, GKE, BigQuery, IAM, monitoring and logging, and the Well-Architected Framework, plus Ads and Analytics.
- [Google Skills](https://hebbmind.com/de/plugin/google-skills.md): [Plugin] Google's official skill library and plugin marketplace: nearly 150 skills focused on Google Cloud (GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run, IAM and more), plus 17 product plugins pairing skills with MCP for Cloud SQL, Spanner, AlloyDB, BigQuery, GCS and others.
- [olmOCR](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/olmocr.md): [CLI] AI2's tool for converting PDFs and scans to Markdown with a vision LLM, handling equations, tables, handwriting and multi-column layouts, suited to bulk digitizing papers and archives. Local runs need an NVIDIA GPU with 12GB+ VRAM; otherwise use a paid OpenAI-compatible remote endpoint.
- [lark-base (Lark Base)](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/lark-base.md): [Skill] Official Lark (Feishu) skill for Lark Base: create tables, add fields, add and edit records, build views, forms and dashboards, or apply ready-made templates, good for sign-ups, asset registers and trackers. Needs lark-cli on a machine with Node.js, plus app setup and authorization.
- [lark-sheets (Lark Sheets)](https://hebbmind.com/de/skill/lark-sheets.md): [Skill] Official Lark (Feishu) skill to create and edit Lark Sheets: formulas, charts and pivot tables, conditional formatting and filters, plus import and export of local Excel/CSV, for summaries, budgets and reports. Needs lark-cli on a machine with Node.js, plus app setup and authorization.
- [DataX](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/datax.md): [CLI] Alibaba's open-source offline data sync tool: JSON job configs batch-sync between heterogeneous sources like MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Hive, HDFS and MaxCompute, run with python datax.py. Needs JDK 1.8+ and Python; download and unpack the official toolkit.
- [DVC](https://hebbmind.com/de/cli/dvc.md): [CLI] Version datasets and models the way Git versions code: data lives in remote storage like S3 or GCS while versions are tracked in your Git repo. Also offers reproducible pipelines and local experiment tracking, rerunning only the steps affected by a change.

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