Datasette Agent
Simon Willison announced Datasette Agent on May 21, 2026, a new project that integrates AI agents with the Datasette ecosystem. The tool allows users to ask questions in plain English, which the agent translates into SQL queries against Datasette's SQLite databases. It can also generate visualizations and build dashboards automatically. The agent is built on top of Datasette's plugin system and uses large language models for query generation. Currently, it supports OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude, with plans to add more models. The project is open source under the Apache 2.0 license and available on GitHub. One concrete consequence is that journalists and researchers can now explore complex datasets without writing SQL, lowering the barrier to data analysis.
Makes SQLite data exploration accessible via natural language, reducing need for SQL expertise.