--- title: Snowflake Builders Blog: Data Engineers, App Developers,... description: Snowflake Intelligence agents enable non-technical users to query Snowflake account data using plain English instead of SQL. By creating a semantic model (YAML... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-builders-blog-data-engineers-app-developers-ai-data-science-aybkwoq7a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Snowflake Builders Blog: Data Engineers, App Developers, AI, & Data Science | daily.dev og:description: Snowflake Intelligence agents enable non-technical users to query Snowflake account data using plain English instead of SQL. By creating a semantic model (YAML... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-builders-blog-data-engineers-app-developers-ai-data-science-aybkwoq7a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aybKwoq7A.png og:image:alt: Snowflake Builders Blog: Data Engineers, App Developers, AI, & Data Science og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Snowflake Builders Blog: Data Engineers, App Developers, AI, & Data Science **[Snowflake Community](https://daily.dev/sources/snowflake_comm)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Snowflake Intelligence agents enable non-technical users to query Snowflake account data using plain English instead of SQL. By creating a semantic model (YAML file) that constrains an AI agent to specific tables and query patterns, teams can set up self-service analytics in under 5 minutes. The approach uses Cortex Analyst to translate natural language questions into vetted SQL queries against ACCOUNT_USAGE views, allowing business users to ask questions about warehouse costs, object ownership, storage usage, and audit trails without technical assistance. The semantic model acts as guardrails, ensuring accurate responses while preventing bad queries or runaway costs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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