simonw / simonw/datasette

Improve user friendly-ness with LLM help?

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Description

Just tried out datasette for the first time against my claude export history and it's great.

However for now techies, perhaps a cool feature might be to accept text input and to connect datasette to an llm and for the llm to generate the sql that datasette could run against. This can have the benefit of helping a new user get up to speed with sql and to be able to query data in natural language too.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing Datasette’s current query experience and SQL execution flow, then clarify the LLM provider, safety boundaries, and generated-query workflow. Done would require an agreed scope and tests covering the proposed natural-language query behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, sql
Domain
ai, databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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