Bilbo

Bilbo is a Chrome extension that acts as an AI assistant for your Metabase data. It allows anyone on your team to ask questions about their business data using plain English and instantly get answers in the form of charts, graphs, or numbers. Instead of writing SQL or waiting for a developer, you can type requests like "how many sales did we have last week?" or "show the number of subscribers over time in a bar chart" directly into Bilbo.

It works by connecting to your Metabase instance, understanding your data schema, and translating your natural language questions into the complex database queries needed to find the answer. What sets Bilbo apart is its focus on team collaboration; it can use shared context so everyone is working from the same definitions, and it's designed specifically to integrate seamlessly into the Metabase workflow you already use.

This tool is a huge benefit for non-technical team members in marketing, product, or content roles who need quick access to data but don't have SQL skills. Real-world use cases include a marketing manager grabbing campaign metrics during a meeting to make a point, or a content team tracking their performance without constantly pinging the engineering department. It turns your data dashboard into a conversational partner.