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NORA · Talk to your database

Ask your database anything. In plain words.

NORA connects to your relational databases and turns questions into SQL. You get the number, the table and the query behind it, limited to the rows each person is allowed to see.

NORA · read-only · PostgreSQLCONNECTED
Total revenue by region last quarter.
TRAINED QUERY0.3s

$4.82M across 4 regions. EMEA led with $1.9M, up 12% on the prior quarter.

EMEA$1.90M
North America$1.46M
APAC$0.98M
LATAM$0.48M
SELECT region, SUM(amount) FROM orders WHERE …
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • MariaDB
What NORA does

Your tables, answered without writing SQL.

NORA works only on relational data. It reads your schema, writes the query, runs it read-only, and shows its working.

01

Plain language to SQL

Totals, filters, top-N, trends and comparisons, translated into SQL for the connected database. Ask ad hoc, or pin the questions you ask every week.

02

Schema-aware

Learns your tables, joins and business terms, so "revenue", "headcount" and "overdue" map to the right columns.

03

Answer, table and query

Every result comes back as a sentence, a table or figure, and the SQL that produced it, one click away.

04

Follow-up questions

"What about last quarter?" is read against the previous question in the session, not as a new one.

05

Read-only by design

NORA runs SELECT queries on a read-only connection. It never writes to or changes your data.

06

Audit and lineage

Every answer is logged with who asked, when, the SQL that ran and the tables it touched. Exportable for compliance review.

How NORA answers

Known questions answer instantly. The rest are written fresh.

Most of what a team asks its database, it asks again. NORA answers those from validated queries, and writes new SQL for everything else.

FAST PATH

Trained query

Close match to a validated question. The saved query runs directly, with no fresh generation.

Under a second
CLARIFY

"Did you mean…?"

Close but not exact. NORA offers the trained question; decline twice and it stops asking.

Confirm or answer fresh
NEW SQL

Generated query

Anything new is written against your schema, checked, and run on a read-only connection.

SELECT only
RETRAIN

Gets faster

Frequent new questions are reviewed and added to the trained set, so they answer instantly next time.

Human-reviewed
NORA · question to answer
Plain-language question
Trained query
Generated SQL
Read-only DB
Row & column access
Answer · table · SQL
Trust, by default

Every answer shows its working.

Source on every answer

Trained Query or AI Generated, visible on every response without a click.

The SQL, one click away

See the exact query and the tables it read, so any figure can be checked.

Scope stated, not guessed

"Top clients" or "recent" without a threshold? NORA asks, or states the scope it assumed.

Row and column access

Permissions are applied to the query itself, so each role only sees the rows and columns it is allowed.

No silent staleness

If a connection is down or a replica is behind, the answer says which database and by how much.

Flag and follow up

Flag a wrong answer in one click, and see when it has been reviewed and corrected.

Workflow copilots

One NORA, tuned to each team.

Same engine and access rules over the same databases. Different defaults for the way each function works.

DEFAULT ANSWER

Figures first

The number, then a table, then the query. Scope stated when assumed.

  • Total revenue by region last quarter.
  • Which invoices are more than 60 days overdue?
  • What about the same period last year?

Brief, account-centric

Answers framed around the account, from the CRM database.

Brief

Short, direct answers, with personal fields hidden unless the role allows them.

Table first

Results as a table you can sort and export, with the trend underneath.

Detailed, with SQL

The generated query shown up front, ready to copy.

FAQ

NORA, answered.

NORA is a Knot Labs product that lets you ask relational databases questions in plain language. It writes the SQL, runs it read-only and returns the answer, the table and the query.

Numbers you can check.

Point NORA at a read-only copy of your database. We'll put your team's own questions to it.