Skill v1.0.0

name: snowflake-create-external-volume description: Consult Snowflake CREATE EXTERNAL VOLUME parameter reference before generating any CREATE EXTERNAL VOLUME DDL. metadata: version: "1.0.0"

Before writing a CREATE EXTERNAL VOLUME statement:

1. Read references/parameters.md to review all available parameters and their defaults.
2. For each parameter, decide whether the user's request implies a non-default value.
3. Include only the parameters that differ from the default or that the user explicitly requested — do not bloat the DDL with unnecessary clauses.
4. Never use CREATE OR REPLACE — always use CREATE EXTERNAL VOLUME IF NOT EXISTS.
5. STORAGE_LOCATIONS is required and must contain at least one named location; always ask for or infer the cloud provider, bucket/container URL, and authentication details.
6. For S3, always include STORAGE_AWS_ROLE_ARN; never embed raw AWS access keys in external volume definitions.
7. For Azure, always include AZURE_TENANT_ID alongside the STORAGE_BASE_URL.
8. ALLOW_WRITES defaults to TRUE — set it to FALSE explicitly only when the volume is intended to be read-only (e.g., for read-only Iceberg catalog integrations).
9. Do not combine OR REPLACE and IF NOT EXISTS in the same statement — they are mutually exclusive.