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Metabase Axi by jarvusinnovations — Agent Skill

Name: Metabase Axi
Author: JarvusInnovations

Metabase Axi

AXI-compliant CLI for Metabase — query and explore a Metabase instance from the terminal with token-efficient TOON output. Use when the user wants to run SQL/MBQL against Metabase, execute or inspect saved questions (cards), introspect database schema (tables/fields/types), search Metabase content, browse dashboards/collections, or export query results to a file. Prefer this over raw Metabase API calls.

File contents

metabase-axi

Agent-ergonomic CLI over the Metabase HTTP API. Run metabase-axi --help for the command list and metabase-axi <command> --help for any command's usage.

Setup

metabase-axi auth add <name> --url https://metabase.example.org --api-key <key>
metabase-axi doctor   # verify

METABASE_URL + METABASE_API_KEY (or METABASE_USERNAME/METABASE_PASSWORD) override the stored config for CI/one-offs. Multiple instances are named profiles; select with --instance <name>.

Core workflow

metabase-axi db list — find a database id.
metabase-axi db schema <id> — see tables; --table <name> for fields, --search <substr> to find columns (names + types). Do this before writing SQL.
metabase-axi query "SELECT …" --db <id> — run native SQL (or --mbql <json>, or - for stdin). Results preview is capped; add --json-out / --csv-out / --xlsx-out to write the full result to a file (a jq hint is printed for JSON).
metabase-axi search "<q>" — locate cards/dashboards/tables by name.
metabase-axi card list|view|run <id> — list, inspect, or execute saved questions.
metabase-axi dashboard list|view <id>, metabase-axi collection list — browse.

Notes

Reads are safe; ad-hoc query and card run are potentially expensive and require an explicit --instance when multiple profiles exist (never guesses the target).
Output is TOON. Long results truncate with an explicit marker — use the *-out flags for the complete data rather than widening the preview.
This tool is read/query-focused (Tier 1). Creating or editing cards/dashboards is not yet supported.

---name: metabase-axidescription: AXI-compliant CLI for Metabase — query and explore a Metabase instance from the terminal with token-efficient TOON output. Use when the user wants to run SQL/MBQL against Metabase, execute or inspect saved questions (cards), introspect database schema (tables/fields/types), search Metabase content, browse dashboards/collections, or export query results to a file. Prefer this over raw Metabase API calls.---# metabase-axiAgent-ergonomic CLI over the Metabase HTTP API. Run `metabase-axi --help` for the commandlist and `metabase-axi <command> --help` for any command's usage.## Setup```shmetabase-axi auth add <name> --url https://metabase.example.org --api-key <key>metabase-axi doctor # verify````METABASE_URL` + `METABASE_API_KEY` (or `METABASE_USERNAME`/`METABASE_PASSWORD`) override thestored config for CI/one-offs. Multiple instances are named profiles; select with`--instance <name>`.## Core workflow1. `metabase-axi db list` — find a database id.2. `metabase-axi db schema <id>` — see tables; `--table <name>` for fields, `--search <substr>` to find columns (names + types). **Do this before writing SQL.**3. `metabase-axi query "SELECT …" --db <id>` — run native SQL (or `--mbql <json>`, or `-` for stdin). Results preview is capped; add `--json-out` / `--csv-out` / `--xlsx-out` to write the full result to a file (a `jq` hint is printed for JSON).4. `metabase-axi search "<q>"` — locate cards/dashboards/tables by name.5. `metabase-axi card list|view|run <id>` — list, inspect, or execute saved questions.6. `metabase-axi dashboard list|view <id>`, `metabase-axi collection list` — browse.## Notes- Reads are safe; ad-hoc `query` and `card run` are potentially expensive and require an explicit `--instance` when multiple profiles exist (never guesses the target).- Output is TOON. Long results truncate with an explicit marker — use the `*-out` flags for the complete data rather than widening the preview.- This tool is read/query-focused (Tier 1). Creating or editing cards/dashboards is not yet supported.

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