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Datasette Agent adds user interaction and text editing tools

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Simon Willison has released new alpha versions of his Datasette Agent plugins. Datasette-Agent 0.2a0 introduces the ability for tools to ask users questions mid-execution, supporting yes/no, multiple-choice, and free-text queries. This new version also includes a 'save_query' tool that allows the agent to save SQL queries with human approval. Additionally, a new plugin, datasette-agent-edit 0.1a0, provides core tools for agentic text editing, adaptable for various plugins like collaborative Markdown editing or updating SQL queries. AI

IMPACT Enhances agentic capabilities by allowing user interaction and providing tools for text manipulation.

RANK_REASON These are updates to existing software plugins, adding new features and tools.

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Datasette Agent adds user interaction and text editing tools

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 Italiano(IT) ·

    datasette-agent 0.2a0

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.2a0">datasette-agent 0.2a0</a></p> <p>Highlights from the release notes:</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Tools can now ask the user questions mid-execution. Tools that declare a <code>cont…

  2. Simon Willison TIER_1 Italiano(IT) ·

    datasette-agent-edit 0.1a0

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent-edit/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-agent-edit 0.1a0</a></p> <p>I'm planning several plugins for Datasette Agent which can make edits to existing pieces of text - things like collaborative Markdown …

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    datasette-agent 0.2a0 https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/10/datasette-agent/#atom-everything # Python # OpenSource # AI

    datasette-agent 0.2a0 https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/10/datasette-agent/#atom-everything # Python # OpenSource # AI

    LINKS simonwillison.net/…/datasette-agent

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