feat(dsql): add dsql_lint tool integration for SQL compatibility validation

[amaksimo]

Summary

Integrates dsql-lint as a deterministic SQL validation tool into the DSQL skill. The agent invokes dsql_lint before executing externally-sourced SQL to catch DSQL compatibility issues and auto-fix them where possible.

Changes

• references/dsql-lint.md (new) — Tool API reference with accurate fix_result.status enum (fixed | fixed_with_warning | unfixable), schema notes (1M-char limit, 30s timeout, statement_preview field), workflow steps with user-confirmation gates, ORM integration guidance, unfixable error resolution, and error handling for MCP unavailability, parse errors, and timeouts.
• SKILL.md — Add dsql_lint to MCP Tools section, update Workflows 2/6/7 with lint validation steps, rename Workflow 7 to "Validate and Migrate to DSQL" (covers PostgreSQL, MySQL fallback with silent-pass cross-check, ORM sources), add dsql_lint unavailable entry to Error Scenarios, MUST-load gate for references/dsql-lint.md, update frontmatter description (add "SQL compatibility validation") and add orm tag.

What this enables

The dsql_lint MCP tool (merged in awslabs/mcp#3350) validates SQL and optionally auto-fixes issues. The skill teaches the agent when and how to use it:

• Workflow 2 (Safe Data Migration): Lint DDL before executing — applies to both ADD COLUMN and async index.
• Workflow 6 (Table Recreation): Validate every generated DDL (CREATE new, INSERT ... SELECT, DROP old, RENAME) before execution.
• Workflow 7 (Validate and Migrate to DSQL): General migration from PostgreSQL-compatible sources; for MySQL-origin SQL, cross-checks against mysql-migrations/type-mapping.md even on clean lint (ENGINE=, SET() pass silently through the PostgreSQL parser).

Validation

• validate-references.py: 0 broken links, 0 new orphans
• validate-size.py: 298 lines (under 300 limit)
• mise run build: all checks pass

Eval Results

Behavioral with-skill vs baseline comparison (full results in tools/evals/databases-on-aws/dsql/dsql_lint_eval_results.md):

Eval	With Skill	Baseline	Key Delta
100 (pg_dump)	PASS	FAIL (3 errors)	Baseline gets JSON→JSONB wrong, misses ASYNC, no tx split
101 (Django)	PASS	FAIL (3 errors)	Same baseline failures + incomplete transaction guidance
102 (clean SQL)	PASS	N/A	Tool correctly reports no issues
103 (MySQL syntax)	PASS	N/A	Tool returns parse_error; agent falls back to mysql-migrations

Mirror PR

The dsql_lint tool itself shipped in awslabs/mcp#3350 (merged). The skill-side mirror to awslabs/mcp will follow after this PR merges (per multi-target sync workflow).

By submitting this pull request, I confirm that you can use, modify, copy, and redistribute this contribution, under the terms of the project license.

[anwesham-lab]

Why is there no eval harness? We should definitely add functional evals? Also this change seems like it is intrinsically blocked on the MCP server changes propagating first, no?

[amaksimo]

Addressed both points:

Eval harness: Added tools/evals/databases-on-aws/dsql/dsql_lint_evals.json with 4 functional evals:

1. pg_dump migration → validates agent calls dsql_lint with fix=true
2. Django ORM migration → validates agent handles multi-DDL + foreign key warnings
3. Clean SQL validation → validates agent reports no issues and does NOT execute
4. MySQL with unfixable issues → validates agent distinguishes fixable vs unfixable

MCP server dependency:

Yea it should be a joint PR in the MCP repo. The skill-author workflow says:

1. Author in agent-plugins (canonical source) ← this PR
2. Mirror to mcp/src/aurora-dsql-mcp-server/skills/dsql-skill/ + kiro_power/
3. The MCP server code change (server.py + pyproject.toml) ships in the same MCP repo PR as the skill/power mirror

I was confused as your previous comment asked to make the changes here, so I thought you wanted to see the scope of the steering prior to making further changes.

So the delivery to awslabs/mcp will be ONE PR containing both the dsql_lint tool implementation and the skill content that references it.

This agent-plugins PR is step 1 — iterate on the skill content with better tooling. Once this merges, the MCP repo PR bundles everything together.

[amaksimo]

Updated Eval Results — Behavioral With-Skill vs Baseline

Replaced the previous tool-only validation with proper behavioral evals. Spawned subagents with and without the skill, compared outputs.

Summary

Eval	With Skill	Baseline	Key Delta
100 (pg_dump)	PASS — correct on all points	FAIL — 3 errors	JSON→JSONB wrong, missed ASYNC, no transaction split
101 (Django)	PASS — correct on all points	FAIL — 3 errors	Same failures + incomplete transaction guidance

Baseline Failures (consistent across both evals)

1. JSON → JSONB (wrong) — baseline recommends JSONB as column type. DSQL rejects this at DDL time. The skill-guided agent correctly uses TEXT.
2. Index "is fine" (wrong) — baseline misses the ASYNC requirement entirely. Would fail at execution.
3. No transaction splitting — baseline doesn't mention one-DDL-per-transaction rule.

The iron law holds

The agent fails without this skill change — it hallucinates incorrect DSQL constraints from training data. The skill eliminates this by routing through dsql_lint for deterministic validation.

Full results: tools/evals/databases-on-aws/dsql/dsql_lint_eval_results.md

[anwesham-lab]

Code review

Reviewed via 14 parallel subagents (CLAUDE.md-adherence, shallow-bug, git-history, past-PR-comments, comments-compliance, silent-failure-hunter, comment-analyzer, code-simplifier, pr-test-analyzer, type-design-analyzer, code-reviewer, commit/PR-description audit, simplify, security-review). Each finding was independently scored 0-100 for confidence; listing only items at 60+. The PR body and the 0.1.3 dsql_lint results are otherwise solid, and the with-skill vs. baseline comparison for evals 100-101 is high-quality evidence.

Tracker (18 findings, confidence >= 60)

#	Confidence	Area	Finding
1	95	PR body	"Paired PR" section contradicts commit 4bd3833 (ship together, no gap).
2	90	PR body	Cites "352 lines (under 500 cap)" — actual SKILL.md is 290 and reviewer-cited limit is 300.
3	90	Correctness	Quick Start step 3 loosens one-DDL-per-tx invariant and drops the 3k-row cap.
4	85	Docs drift	PR body advertises "Workflow 9"; diff only renames Workflow 7.
5	85	Evals	Results file reports only evals 100/101; commit c92c4b3 claims "all 4 pass".
6	80	Correctness	Workflow 7 claims MySQL/ORM support though dsql_lint is a PostgreSQL-grammar parser.
7	75	Docs	rails db:schema:dump emits Ruby DSL, not SQL, by default.
8	75	Docs	Bare prisma migrate diff requires mandatory --from-*/--to-* flags.
9	75	Metadata	Results file: "Claude Opus 4.6" — current family is 4.7.
10	75	Contradiction	ORM pattern says auto-accept fixed_with_warning; Critical rules say MUST present.
11	75	Eval bug	Eval 103 references category_id without declaring the column.
12	75	Silent failure	unfixable is silently rewritten (e.g., TRUNCATE -> DELETE) without user disclosure.
13	70	Availability	dsql_lint listed under aurora-dsql MCP server; tool lives in aurora-dsql-tools.
14	70	Eval gap	No negative test for the MUST-lint-before-execute iron law.
15	65	Docs drift	Frontmatter still advertises "MySQL-to-DSQL migration"; Workflow 7 dropped mysql-migrations refs except type-mapping.md.
16	65	Error handling	No guidance for dsql_lint tool-level failures (MCP unavailable, parse error).
17	65	Unresolved	Frontmatter trim ("fair enough") not pushed — dsql-lint still in description, lint SQL for DSQL still in triggers.
18	60	Eval gap	11 unfixable rules documented; no per-rule eval coverage.

Findings

1. PR body "Paired PR" section says the tool ships in a separate awslabs/mcp PR; commit 4bd3833 explicitly reverses this: "ship together in the same MCP repo PR. There is no availability gap."

2. PR body line-count claim is stale. Actual file is 290 lines:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	- [Code Samples Repository](https://github.com/aws-samples/aurora-dsql-samples)
	- [PostgreSQL Compatibility](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/working-with-postgresql-compatibility.html)
	- [CloudFormation Resource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-dsql-cluster.html)

3. Quick Start step 3 says "multiple DML statements MAY share a transaction" and omits the 3,000-row cap, loosening invariants asserted elsewhere in the skill (development-guide.md "REQUIRED: at most one DDL statement per operation / ALWAYS separate schema (DDL) and data (DML) changes") and Workflow 2's 3,000-row batching rule:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	2. **Query:** Use `readonly_query` for SELECT queries. **MUST** include `tenant_id` in WHERE for multi-tenant apps. **MUST** build SQL with `safe_query.build()`.
	3. **Schema changes:** Use `transact` with one DDL per transaction; multiple DML statements **MAY** share a transaction. **MUST** use `CREATE INDEX ASYNC` in a separate call. Use `dsql_lint` to validate first.

4. PR body advertises "Workflow 9 (new): General migration from any source", but the diff only renames Workflow 7 to "Validate and Migrate to DSQL". references/dsql-lint.md heading is also unnumbered ("Workflow: Validate & Migrate SQL to DSQL").

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	### Workflow 7: Validate and Migrate to DSQL
	Run `dsql_lint(sql=source_sql, fix=true)` to validate and auto-convert SQL from any source (PostgreSQL, MySQL, ORM-generated). MUST load [dsql-lint.md](references/dsql-lint.md) for the full workflow, ORM-specific guidance, and unfixable error resolution. MUST load [mysql-migrations/type-mapping.md](references/mysql-migrations/type-mapping.md) for MySQL-specific types not covered by auto-fix.

5. Eval results file documents only evals 100-101; evals 102 and 103 are declared in dsql_lint_evals.json but have no pass/fail entry or behavioral comparison. Commit c92c4b3 still says "All 4 evals pass":

agent-plugins/tools/evals/databases-on-aws/dsql/dsql_lint_eval_results.md

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	| Eval | Scenario | With Skill | Baseline | Delta |
	| ---- | ------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| 100 | pg_dump PostgreSQL schema | **PASS** | FAIL (3 errors) | Skill corrects JSON, index, transaction handling |
	| 101 | Django ORM migration | **PASS** | FAIL (3 errors) | Skill corrects JSON, index, provides actionable Django guidance |

6. Workflow 7 advertises "any source (PostgreSQL, MySQL, ORM-generated)" but dsql_lint uses a PostgreSQL parser (commit c92c4b3 acknowledges this). For MySQL input, the tool can return a parse error or no diagnostics; the skill does not warn that "no diagnostics" != "validated" for MySQL SQL, which is exactly eval 103's scenario.

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	Run `dsql_lint(sql=source_sql, fix=true)` to validate and auto-convert SQL from any source (PostgreSQL, MySQL, ORM-generated). MUST load [dsql-lint.md](references/dsql-lint.md) for the full workflow, ORM-specific guidance, and unfixable error resolution. MUST load [mysql-migrations/type-mapping.md](references/mysql-migrations/type-mapping.md) for MySQL-specific types not covered by auto-fix.

7. rails db:schema:dump produces db/schema.rb (Ruby) by default. SQL output requires config.active_record.schema_format = :sql; the parenthetical "(SQL format)" hides this precondition:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/references/dsql-lint.md

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	- **Django:** Run `python manage.py sqlmigrate <app> <migration>` to get raw SQL, then lint
	- **Rails:** Export with `rails db:schema:dump` (SQL format), then lint
	- **Prisma:** Use `prisma migrate diff` to get SQL, then lint

8. prisma migrate diff requires --from-*/--to-* flags; the bare command errors out:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/references/dsql-lint.md

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	- **Rails:** Export with `rails db:schema:dump` (SQL format), then lint
	- **Prisma:** Use `prisma migrate diff` to get SQL, then lint
	- **TypeORM/Sequelize:** Generate migration SQL, then lint

9. Model metadata is stale — current Opus family is 4.7, not 4.6:

agent-plugins/tools/evals/databases-on-aws/dsql/dsql_lint_eval_results.md

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	**dsql-lint version:** 0.1.3
	**Model:** Claude Opus 4.6 (subagent execution)

10. ORM migration usage pattern collapses fixed and fixed_with_warning into "accept the fix", contradicting the Critical rule at L66 ("MUST present fixed_with_warning items to user before proceeding"):

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/references/dsql-lint.md

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	3. For each diagnostic:
	- fixed/fixed_with_warning → accept the fix
	- unfixable → rewrite using skill knowledge (Table Recreation, app-layer patterns)

11. Eval 103 prompt declares only id, name, tags, details columns but the FK clause references category_id, producing invalid MySQL and muddling what the eval actually measures:

agent-plugins/tools/evals/databases-on-aws/dsql/dsql_lint_evals.json

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	"id": 103,
	"prompt": "I need to migrate this MySQL table to DSQL:\n\nCREATE TABLE products (\n id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,\n name VARCHAR(100),\n tags SET('electronics','clothing','food'),\n details JSON,\n FOREIGN KEY (category_id) REFERENCES categories(id)\n) ENGINE=InnoDB PARTITION BY HASH(id) PARTITIONS 4;",
	"expected_output": "Calls dsql_lint with fix=true, identifies multiple issues including unfixable ones (PARTITION BY), presents what can be auto-fixed vs what needs manual rewrite",

12. Workflow step 3 and the ORM pattern instruct the agent to silently substitute alternative implementations for unfixable rules (e.g., TRUNCATE -> DELETE FROM table_name) without disclosing the substitution to the user. TRUNCATE->DELETE changes sequences, trigger behavior, and transaction size:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/references/dsql-lint.md

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	- `fixed_with_warning`: Present to user — explain application-layer implications
	- `unfixable`: Rewrite manually using skill knowledge (Table Recreation for `unsupported_alter_table_op`, DELETE for `truncate`, omit for `partition_by`)
	4. Take `fixed_sql` from the response

13. dsql_lint is listed under "The aurora-dsql MCP server provides these tools" but references/dsql-lint.md L149 points to awslabs/aurora-dsql-tools — a separate project. If the tool is not yet wired into the configured aurora-dsql MCP server when the skill ships, agents will fail to call it:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	The `aurora-dsql` MCP server provides these tools:
	**Database Operations:**
	1. **readonly_query** - Execute SELECT queries (returns list of dicts)
	2. **transact** - Execute DDL/DML statements in transaction (takes list of SQL statements)
	3. **get_schema** - Get table structure for a specific table
	**SQL Validation:**
	1. **dsql_lint** - Validate SQL for DSQL compatibility and optionally auto-fix issues. Use before executing externally-sourced SQL.

14. No eval frames the prompt as "execute this SQL" and asserts that the agent lints first. Evals 100-101 ask for compatibility checks; eval 102 explicitly says "do not execute yet" (user-gated). The iron-law MUST rule ("MUST run dsql_lint before executing any externally-sourced SQL") has no regression test.

15. Frontmatter description still advertises "MySQL-to-DSQL migration", yet Workflow 7 (the only remaining MySQL path) drops all references to mysql-migrations/ddl-operations.md and full-example.md, keeping only type-mapping.md:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	name: dsql
	description: "Build with Aurora DSQL — manage schemas, execute queries, handle migrations, diagnose query plans, and develop applications with a serverless, distributed SQL database. Covers IAM auth, multi-tenant patterns, MySQL-to-DSQL migration, DDL operations, query plan explainability, and SQL compatibility validation via dsql-lint. Triggers on phrases like: DSQL, Aurora DSQL, create DSQL table, DSQL schema, migrate to DSQL, distributed SQL database, serverless PostgreSQL-compatible database, DSQL query plan, DSQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE, why is my DSQL query slow, lint SQL for DSQL."
	license: Apache-2.0

16. SKILL.md carries an explicit fallback for awsknowledge unavailability, but dsql-lint.md has no guidance for dsql_lint tool failure (MCP unavailable, timeout, SQL parse error). On failure, the agent reverts to training-data reasoning — the exact baseline failure mode documented in dsql_lint_eval_results.md:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/references/dsql-lint.md

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	**Critical rules:**
	- **MUST** run `dsql_lint` before executing any externally-sourced SQL
	- **MUST** present `fixed_with_warning` items to user before proceeding
	- **MUST** resolve all `unfixable` errors before execution (use skill knowledge or ask user)
	- **MUST** issue each DDL in its own `transact` call

17. Unresolved review thread (3204355704): reviewer asked to drop dsql-lint from description and lint SQL for DSQL from triggers; author replied "fair enough" but head commit c07d2a6 predates the ack and still contains both:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/SKILL.md

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	name: dsql
	description: "Build with Aurora DSQL — manage schemas, execute queries, handle migrations, diagnose query plans, and develop applications with a serverless, distributed SQL database. Covers IAM auth, multi-tenant patterns, MySQL-to-DSQL migration, DDL operations, query plan explainability, and SQL compatibility validation via dsql-lint. Triggers on phrases like: DSQL, Aurora DSQL, create DSQL table, DSQL schema, migrate to DSQL, distributed SQL database, serverless PostgreSQL-compatible database, DSQL query plan, DSQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE, why is my DSQL query slow, lint SQL for DSQL."
	license: Apache-2.0
	metadata:
	tags: aws, aurora, dsql, distributed-sql, distributed, distributed-database, database, serverless, serverless-database, postgresql, postgres, sql, schema, migration, multi-tenant, iam-auth, aurora-dsql, mcp, orm

18. The Handling Unfixable Errors table enumerates 11 distinct rules; only eval 103 gestures at one (partition_by) without asserting rule ID or correct resolution:

agent-plugins/plugins/databases-on-aws/skills/dsql/references/dsql-lint.md

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	When `dsql_lint` reports unfixable errors, use skill knowledge to resolve:
	| Rule | Resolution |
	| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| `temp_table` | Use a regular table with a session/request identifier column |
	| `partition_by` | Omit — DSQL manages distribution automatically |
	| `inherits` | Flatten into a single table or use application-layer inheritance |
	| `create_table_as` | CREATE TABLE with explicit columns, then INSERT ... SELECT |
	| `truncate` | Use `DELETE FROM table_name` (batch if > 3,000 rows) |
	| `unsupported_alter_table_op` | Use Table Recreation Pattern (Workflow 6) |
	| `add_column_constraint` | Split: ADD COLUMN (name + type only) → UPDATE → ALTER COLUMN |
	| `index_using` | Use default B-tree index (DSQL's only supported method) |
	| `index_expression` | Create a computed column, then index that column |
	| `index_partial` | Create a full index; filter at query time |
	| `transaction_isolation` | Omit — DSQL uses Repeatable Read (fixed) |

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