Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch
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I built a SQL analyst agent based on a simple idea: generating SQL is not the same as doing analysis.Most text-to-SQL tools stop at producing a query. But real analysis is iterative. You explore the schema, run queries, adjust, and refine.This project tries to model that loop instead of treating a query as the final output.I wrote about the approach, challenges, and tradeoffs here: https://raminmousavi.dev/blog/building-a-sql-analyst-agentGithub repo: https://github.com/raminious/sql-analyst-ai-agent
HN · launched Apr 27, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 72%) · 0 views
Niche: ai intelligence and analysis tools · 141 launches, 17 in the last 7 days ▲ +13% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Agent / copilot
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes The project is a straightforward agentic loop wrapping OpenAI and SQLite via the Vercel AI SDK, using basic tool calling to inspect schemas and run queries.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 379 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #338 of 380 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 178 days after the earliest competitor.
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