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Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch

  • Hacker News

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 loo...

  • Published: Apr 27, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 27, 2026
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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 loo...

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://raminmousavi.dev/blog/building-a-sql-analyst-agent.
  • Description: 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 queri....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch".
  • Source description: 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 queri....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-27.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-27).
  • Primary public product URL is https://raminmousavi.dev/blog/building-a-sql-analyst-agent.
  • Description: 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 queri....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch".

Why Now

Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

29.7

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

4

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch".
  • Source description: 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 queri....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-27.
  • Description: 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 queri....
  • Primary public product URL is https://raminmousavi.dev/blog/building-a-sql-analyst-agent.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-27).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch

Listed on Hacker News as "Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch".

Building a SQL analyst agent from scratch official profile

Primary public product URL is https://raminmousavi.dev/blog/building-a-sql-analyst-agent.

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