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# Database schema inspection and SQL query runner

Explore database schemas and run targeted SQL queries to answer operational data questions

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When you askReceive query or data request
- ThenInspect schema and execute query
- ResultReturn formatted query results

Inspect table schemas, generate optimized SQL queries, and execute read queries across connected databases to extract operational insights and diagnose backend data issues.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
When receiving a data question, inspect the connected database schema to locate relevant tables and relationships. Construct a precise read-only SQL query and explain the execution strategy. Execute the select statement to fetch the data, formatting the response as clean summary tables. If any data modification, update, or deletion query is requested, draft the SQL statement and wait for explicit user approval before execution.
```

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## Tools it uses

DatabaseChat

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- sql
- database
- analytics
- devtools

## Source

[tabularis: Open-source desktop SQL workspace with 3 built-in database drivers and 16 shipped plugins, including SQL Server, DuckDB, ClickHou](https://github.com/TabularisDB/tabularis)
GitHub · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

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