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agent

AI agent expert in PostgreSQL

4Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.1KGitHub stars
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What it is

AI agent expert in PostgreSQL

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week6 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-03-13 18:32:27 UTC to 2025-05-23 18:21:33 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

01232025-03-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 commentsMar 102025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-04-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-04-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-04-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 142025-04-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-04-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-04-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 19

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Mar 102025-03-10 00:00:00 UTC2025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC312
Mar 172025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 242025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 312025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC2025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 72025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC2025-04-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 142025-04-14 00:00:00 UTC2025-04-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 212025-04-21 00:00:00 UTC2025-04-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 282025-04-28 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-05 00:00:00 UTC000
May 52025-05-05 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-12 00:00:00 UTC000
May 122025-05-12 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-19 00:00:00 UTC000
May 192025-05-19 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-26 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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The prompts that do most of the work are in this file: https://github.com/xataio/agent/blob/main/apps/dbagent/src/l... - strings stored in these variables: SLOW_QUERIES_PLAYBOOK GENERAL_MONITORING_PLAYBOOK TUNING_PLAYBOOK INVESTIGATE_HIGH_CPU_USAGE_PLAYBOOK INVESTIGATE_HIGH_CONNECTION_COUNT_PLAYBOOK INVESTIGATE_LOW_MEMORY_PLAYBOOK Looks like they are orchestrated by these system prompts: https://github.com/xataio/agent/blob/69329cede85d4bc920558c0...
In Xata Agent: AI agent expert in PostgreSQL
Interesting, might try it out at home. Documentation asserts: > I use preset SQL commands. I will never run destructive (even potentially destructive) commands against your database. This is enforced by taking the responsibility for generating SQL in order to evaluate state out of the hands of the LLM. The LLM simply interprets results of predetermined commands based on a set of prompts/playbooks: https://github.com/xataio/agent/blob/69329cede85d4bc920558c0...
In Xata Agent: AI agent expert in PostgreSQL

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