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Create and manage MotherDuck data shares for zero-copy data distribution. Use when sharing databases with team members, other organizations, or making data publicly available.

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Share Data with MotherDuck

Use this skill when you need to distribute a MotherDuck database without copying data. Shares are read-only, zero-copy database clones and should be treated as explicit provisioning operations.

Source Of Truth

  • Prefer the current MotherDuck sharing docs and SQL reference first.
  • If the MotherDuck MCP ask_docs_question feature is available, use it before falling back to public docs.
  • Keep the sharing model aligned with the documented behavior:
    • zero-copy and metadata-only
    • database-granularity sharing
    • read-only recipients
    • owner-controlled update mode

Prerequisites

  • MotherDuck connection established via connect
  • Source database identified via explore
  • Share SQL validated via query

Default Posture

  • Default internal sharing to ACCESS ORGANIZATION, VISIBILITY DISCOVERABLE, and UPDATE AUTOMATIC.
  • Use UPDATE MANUAL when the recipient needs a stable snapshot or versioned delivery.
  • Use ACCESS RESTRICTED or VISIBILITY HIDDEN when distribution should stay tightly controlled.
  • Never treat a share as row-level security. Shares operate at database granularity.

Workflow

  1. Identify the exact database to publish and who should consume it.
  2. Decide sensitivity, discoverability, and freshness requirements before writing SQL.
  3. Create the share with explicit access, visibility, and update settings.
  4. If access is restricted, grant readers explicitly. If the share is hidden or link-based, distribute the share URL directly.
  5. Have recipients ATTACH the shared database and query it read-only.
  6. If the share uses UPDATE MANUAL, the owner runs UPDATE SHARE and consumers run REFRESH DATABASE when a new snapshot is ready.

Open Next

  • references/SHARE_PLAYBOOK.md for the full SQL playbook, access/update decision matrix, consumer workflow, and common failure modes

Related Skills

  • connect for MotherDuck authentication and connection setup
  • explore for discovering databases, tables, columns, and existing shares
  • query for validating share SQL and downstream queries
  • duckdb-sql for DuckDB SQL syntax and lookup support