Overview
ray-data is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Orchestra-Research. Its author describes it as: “Scalable data processing for ML workloads. Streaming execution across CPU/GPU, supports Parquet/CSV/JSON/images. Integrates with Ray Train, PyTorch, TensorFlow. Scales from single machine to 100s of nodes. Use for bat…”. The project has 12k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs`.
What ray-data does
Distributed data processing library for ML and AI workloads.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for ray-data is organised into these sections:
- When to use Ray Data
- Quick start
- Installation
- Load and transform data
- Integration with Ray Train
- Reading data
- From cloud storage
- From Python objects
- Transformations
- Map batches (vectorized)
- Row transformations
- Filter
Installation
Add ray-data to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
ray-data is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, an established project with 11,807 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does ray-data do?
- Scalable data processing for ML workloads. Streaming execution across CPU/GPU, supports Parquet/CSV/JSON/images. Integrates with Ray Train, PyTorch, TensorFlow. Scales from single machine to 100s of nodes. Use for batch inference, data preprocessing, multi-modal data loading, or distributed ETL pipelines.
- How do I install ray-data?
- Run /plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs before installing.
- Is ray-data free to use?
- Yes. ray-data is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does ray-data work with?
- ray-data lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does ray-data come from?
- ray-data ships inside Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 11,807 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
