Materialize Documentation
This skill provides comprehensive documentation for Materialize, a streaming database for real-time analytics.
How to Use This Skill
When a user asks about Materialize:
- For SQL syntax/commands: Read files in the
sql/directory - For core concepts: Read files in the
concepts/directory - For data ingestion: Read files in the
ingest-data/directory - For transformations: Read files in the
transform-data/directory
Documentation Sections
Administrations
- Usage (Self-Managed):
administration/usage/index.md - Usage & billing (Cloud):
administration/billing/index.md
Concepts
Learn about the core concepts in Materialize.
- Namespaces:
concepts/namespaces/index.md - Clusters:
concepts/clusters/index.md - Indexes:
concepts/indexes/index.md - Reaction Time, Freshness, and Query Latency:
concepts/reaction-time/index.md - Sinks:
concepts/sinks/index.md - Sources:
concepts/sources/index.md - Views:
concepts/views/index.md
Ingest data
Best practices for ingesting data into Materialize from external systems.
- Amazon EventBridge:
ingest-data/webhooks/amazon-eventbridge/index.md - AWS PrivateLink connections (Cloud-only):
ingest-data/network-security/privatelink/index.md - CockroachDB CDC using Kafka and Changefeeds:
ingest-data/cdc-cockroachdb/index.md - Debezium:
ingest-data/debezium/index.md - Fivetran:
ingest-data/fivetran/index.md - HubSpot:
ingest-data/webhooks/hubspot/index.md - Kafka:
ingest-data/kafka/index.md - MongoDB:
ingest-data/mongodb/index.md - Monitoring data ingestion:
ingest-data/monitoring-data-ingestion/index.md - MySQL:
ingest-data/mysql/index.md - *(and 12 more files in this section)*
Manage Materialize
- Appendix: Alternative cluster architectures:
manage/appendix-alternative-cluster-architectures/index.md - Disaster recovery (Cloud):
manage/disaster-recovery/index.md - Monitoring and alerting:
manage/monitor/index.md - Operational guidelines:
manage/operational-guidelines/index.md - Use dbt to manage Materialize:
manage/dbt/index.md - Use Terraform to manage Materialize:
manage/terraform/index.md
Materialize console
Introduction to the Materialize Console, user interface for Materialize
- Admin (Cloud-only):
console/admin/index.md - Clusters:
console/clusters/index.md - Connect (Cloud-only):
console/connect/index.md - Create new:
console/create-new/index.md - Database object explorer:
console/data/index.md - Integrations:
console/integrations/index.md - Monitoring:
console/monitoring/index.md - SQL Shell:
console/sql-shell/index.md - User profile:
console/user-profile/index.md
Overview
Learn how to efficiently transform data using Materialize SQL.
- Dataflow troubleshooting:
transform-data/dataflow-troubleshooting/index.md - FAQ: Indexes:
transform-data/faq/index.md - Freshness troubleshooting:
transform-data/freshness-troubleshooting/index.md - Idiomatic Materialize SQL:
transform-data/idiomatic-materialize-sql/index.md - Optimization:
transform-data/optimization/index.md - Patterns:
transform-data/patterns/index.md - Troubleshooting:
transform-data/troubleshooting/index.md - Updating materialized views:
transform-data/updating-materialized-views/index.md
References
- Explain plan operators:
reference/explain-plan-operators/index.md - M.1 to cc size mapping:
reference/m1-cc-mapping/index.md - System catalog:
reference/system-catalog/index.md - System clusters:
reference/system-clusters/index.md
Security
- Appendix:
security/appendix/index.md - Cloud:
security/cloud/index.md - Self-managed:
security/self-managed/index.md
Self-Managed Deployments
Learn about the key components and architecture of self-managed Materialize deployments.
- Appendix:
self-managed-deployments/appendix/index.md - Configuring System Parameters:
self-managed-deployments/configuration-system-parameters/index.md - Deployment guidelines:
self-managed-deployments/deployment-guidelines/index.md - FAQ:
self-managed-deployments/faq/index.md - Installation:
self-managed-deployments/installation/index.md - Materialize CRD Field Descriptions:
self-managed-deployments/materialize-crd-field-descriptions/index.md - Materialize Operator Configuration:
self-managed-deployments/operator-configuration/index.md - Self-managed release versions:
self-managed-deployments/release-versions/index.md - Troubleshooting:
self-managed-deployments/troubleshooting/index.md - Upgrading:
self-managed-deployments/upgrading/index.md
Serve results
Serving results from Materialize
SELECTandSUBSCRIBE:serve-results/query-results/index.md- Sink results:
serve-results/sink/index.md - Use BI/data collaboration tools:
serve-results/bi-tools/index.md - Use foreign data wrapper (FDW):
serve-results/fdw/index.md
SQL commands
SQL commands reference.
- Namespaces:
sql/namespaces/index.md - ALTER CLUSTER:
sql/alter-cluster/index.md - ALTER CLUSTER REPLICA:
sql/alter-cluster-replica/index.md - ALTER CONNECTION:
sql/alter-connection/index.md - ALTER DATABASE:
sql/alter-database/index.md - ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES:
sql/alter-default-privileges/index.md - ALTER INDEX:
sql/alter-index/index.md - ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW:
sql/alter-materialized-view/index.md - ALTER NETWORK POLICY (Cloud):
sql/alter-network-policy/index.md - ALTER ROLE:
sql/alter-role/index.md - *(and 108 more files in this section)*
Tools and integrations
Get details about third-party tools and integrations supported by Materialize
- Client libraries:
integrations/client-libraries/index.md - Coding Agent Skills:
integrations/coding-agent-skills/index.md - Connect to Materialize via HTTP:
integrations/http-api/index.md - Connect to Materialize via WebSocket:
integrations/websocket-api/index.md - Connection Pooling:
integrations/connection-pooling/index.md - Foreign data wrapper (FDW) :
integrations/fdw/index.md - MCP Server:
integrations/mcp-server/index.md - mz - Materialize CLI:
integrations/cli/index.md - mz-debug:
integrations/mz-debug/index.md - SQL clients:
integrations/sql-clients/index.md
Quick Reference
Common SQL Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
CREATE SOURCE | Connect to external data sources (Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL) |
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW | Create incrementally maintained views |
CREATE INDEX | Create indexes on views for faster queries |
CREATE SINK | Export data to external systems |
SELECT | Query data from sources, views, and tables |
Key Concepts
- Sources: Connections to external data systems that stream data into Materialize
- Materialized Views: Views that are incrementally maintained as source data changes
- Indexes: Arrangements of data in memory for fast point lookups
- Clusters: Isolated compute resources for running dataflows
- Sinks: Connections that export data from Materialize to external systems