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The AskTable CLI is the official command-line tool, published as the npm package @datamini/asktable-cli with the command name asktable. It manages data sources, asks questions, and configures permissions from your terminal.

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Install

npm i -g @datamini/asktable-cli
This gives you the asktable command. Requires Node.js 18+.

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Get the skill

The CLI ships an Agent Skill — a file that teaches an AI coding assistant (such as Claude Code) how to use the asktable command, including authentication, querying, and every command group. Export it: 
asktable get-skill
Drop the exported file into your assistant’s skills directory, and the assistant can drive the AskTable CLI in natural language — create data sources, ask questions, configure permissions, and so on. To explore commands yourself, run asktable --help.
This “skill” is CLI usage guidance for an AI coding assistant — different from a skill (an analysis method) attached to an agent inside AskTable. Don’t confuse the two.

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Next steps

  • MCP — another way to connect AskTable to an AI agent
  • Connecting Data — learn the data source concepts