Connect Metabase to ChatGPT
Give ChatGPT governed access to Metabase’s 45 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Metabase to ChatGPT in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in ChatGPT then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Metabase in Runlayer
Add Metabase from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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Connect ChatGPT to Runlayer
Admins publish the Runlayer Plugin and its skill to the whole ChatGPT organization. With direct tool listing turned on for your deployment, Metabase’s 45 tools show up in ChatGPT’s own tool list.
ChatGPT setup guide - 3
Sign in to Metabase
Sign in the way Metabase requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Metabase from ChatGPT
Metabase’s approved tools appear in ChatGPT. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
45 Metabase tools in ChatGPT
Runlayer policy decides which of these ChatGPT users can call. 25 read data only and 6 can change or delete data.
Construct query
Construct a Metabase query from a structured program with source and operations.
Create dashboard
Create a dashboard in Metabase.
Create question
Save a query as a named question in Metabase.
Execute query
Execute a previously constructed query and return the results with column metadata, row count, and execution time.
Get metric
Get details about a metric including its queryable dimensions.
Get metric field values
Get sample values and statistics for a field in a metric.
Get table
Get details about a table including its fields, related tables, and metrics.
Get table field values
Get sample values and statistics for a field in a table.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in ChatGPT
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what ChatGPT exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Metabase call from ChatGPT passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, ChatGPT as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Compliance API import (available)
OpenAI Compliance Logs Platform imports ChatGPT web chats for review.
Managed browser extension (available)
Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for ChatGPT yet, so control happens at the gateway.
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