Tinybird Deployment Skill

Deploy observability pipes and datasources to Tinybird Cloud.

Requirements

• tb CLI: Install with curl -sSL https://tinybird.co | bash or pip install tinybird-cli
• Must run from enter.pollinations.ai/observability directory
• Authenticated to Tinybird (run tb login if needed)

Workspace Info

Directory Structure

enter.pollinations.ai/observability/
├── datasources/       # Data source definitions (.datasource)
│   ├── generation_event.datasource
│   ├── polar_event.datasource
│   ├── stripe_event.datasource
│   └── ...
└── endpoints/         # Pipe definitions (.pipe)
    ├── weekly_usage_stats.pipe
    ├── weekly_active_users.pipe
    ├── daily_stripe_revenue.pipe
    └── ...

Commands

Step 1: Validate (Dry Run)

Always validate before deploying:

cd enter.pollinations.ai/observability
tb --cloud deploy --check --wait

This shows exactly what will change without deploying. Safe to run anytime.

Example output:

| status   | name                  | type     | path                                 |
|----------|-----------------------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| modified | weekly_usage_stats    | endpoint | endpoints/weekly_usage_stats.pipe    |

Step 2: Deploy

If validation passes:

tb --cloud deploy --wait

Step 3: Verify

Test the deployed pipe:

# Get Tinybird token from secrets
TINYBIRD_TOKEN=$(sops -d ../kpi/secrets/env.json | jq -r '.TINYBIRD_TOKEN')

# Test the pipe
curl -s "https://api.europe-west2.gcp.tinybird.co/v0/pipes/weekly_usage_stats.json?weeks_back=12" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TINYBIRD_TOKEN" | jq '.data | length'

Safety Features

Common Tasks

Add a New Pipe

1. Create .pipe file in endpoints/
2. Validate: tb --cloud deploy --check --wait
3. Deploy: tb --cloud deploy --wait

Modify Existing Pipe

1. Edit the .pipe file
2. Validate: tb --cloud deploy --check --wait
3. Deploy: tb --cloud deploy --wait

View Pipe in UI

Open: https://cloud.tinybird.co/gcp/europe-west2/pollinations_enter/pipes

Troubleshooting

“tb: command not found”

curl -sSL https://tinybird.co | bash
# Or
pip install tinybird-cli

“Not authenticated”

tb login
# Follow prompts to authenticate

Pipe Timeout Issues

If a pipe times out with large weeks_back:

• Use uniq() instead of uniqExact() for user counts (~10x faster)
• Avoid CTE + JOIN patterns – use single-pass queries
• Consider materialized views for expensive aggregations

Important Notes

• Always use --cloud: Without it, CLI tries to use Tinybird Local (Docker)
• Do NOT use tb push: It’s deprecated, use tb --cloud deploy
• Run from observability directory: Not from repo root