InfluxDB Time Series

Store and query time-series data with InfluxDB. Designs measurement schemas, writes line protocol, builds Flux and InfluxQL queries, sets retention and downsampling, and powers IoT and monitoring dashboards.

This skill makes Claude an InfluxDB specialist. It models measurements, tags, and fields for high-cardinality time-series workloads, ingests via line protocol and Telegraf, and queries with Flux and InfluxQL. Covers retention policies, continuous queries and tasks for downsampling, and connecting InfluxDB to Grafana for IoT, metrics, and observability dashboards.

When to use

Use when designing an InfluxDB schema, writing Flux or InfluxQL queries, setting retention and downsampling, or building time-series dashboards for IoT and monitoring.

Examples

Design a schema

Model measurements

Design an InfluxDB measurement schema for sensor readings with tags for device and location

Write a Flux query

Aggregate over time

Write a Flux query for the 5-minute average temperature per device over the last 24 hours

Downsample data

Retention strategy

Set up an InfluxDB task that downsamples raw metrics to hourly rollups and expires raw data after 7 days