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Coalesce Documentation
Coalesce is the data operating layer where humans and AI agents build, govern, and observe data together. Your pipeline lives as files in Git. Your agent writes it, you review it in Coalesce Desktop, and it ships through the same governed deploy as everything else.
How Work Flows
Every step works without an agent too. You can write the SQL yourself, or build the same pipeline in the web app.
Start Building
Build your first pipeline in the web app
Pick your data platform and build a pipeline in the browser with the visual builder. No install.
Pick a web app quickstartAlready Have an Agent?
Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any coding agent. It installs the Coalesce platform skills, connects Transform MCP, checks your setup, and reports back.
Read https://docs.coalesce.io/docs/get-started/set-up-your-agent.md and follow the instructions to set yourself up for Coalesce.
New: Coalesce Apps
Add tools to your local builder. Coalesce Apps are small web apps that live in your workspace and open as tabs in Coalesce Desktop. Build your own with your agent, or install one from the App Marketplace as it rolls out. See Coalesce Apps.
Products
| Product | What it does | Start here |
|---|---|---|
| Coalesce Transform | Build, automate, and govern data transformations with agents, in the web app, or directly through code. | What is Transform? |
| Coalesce Catalog | Discover, document, and govern every data asset with AI. | What is Catalog? |
| Coalesce Quality | Monitor, test, and validate data with observability built into the pipeline. | What is Quality? |
The three share one metadata layer. See How Coalesce Fits Together.
Popular Tasks
- Install Coalesce Desktop
- Write a SQL Node
- Deploy to an Environment
- Connect to Transform MCP
- Install a Marketplace package
- Build a Coalesce App
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