Ask your business data questions right inside Slack

Lets your team ask plain-English questions in Slack and get real answers pulled from your database.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itAn outside serviceOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsMessaging & NotificationsReporting & Analytics
Connects
SlackDatabricksGemini

The problem it solves

Getting a simple answer from your data usually means asking someone who knows SQL, then waiting for them to find time to run the query. That back-and-forth slows down decisions that should take minutes, not days.

Who it fits

Teams that need quick answers from their business database without waiting on a data analyst.

How it works

  1. Someone asks a question in a Slack channel.
  2. AI looks at your database's structure to understand what data is available.
  3. AI writes and runs the right query to answer the question.
  4. The answer is posted back in Slack in plain English.
  5. If something goes wrong, you get an error message instead of being left waiting.
What you get

Database answers without writing a query

Your team can ask plain-English questions in Slack and get real answers pulled straight from your business database.

What you get

A plain-English answer to a data question, posted directly in Slack.

What you need

A Slack workspace, a Databricks account, and a Gemini API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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