Data Data Contracts

Purpose

Design and enforce data contracts between producers and consumers covering schema, semantics, SLA, ownership, versioning, and compatibility — with automated enforcement in CI/CD pipelines.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "data contract", "data agreement", "schema contract", "producer consumer", "schema evolution", "compatibility", "data SLA", "dbt contracts", "data product contract", "contract testing", "breaking change schema".

Input Context

• Data producers (source systems, pipelines, data products)
• Data consumers (analysts, ML models, dashboards, downstream systems)
• Current schema management approach
• Data platform and transformation tools
• Compliance and governance requirements

Output Artifact

Data contract specification with schema, SLA terms, ownership; CI/CD enforcement pipeline with compatibility checks; versioning strategy.