# Ask Data Questions in Slack, Get the Number Source: https://maito.app/workflows/answer-data-questions-in-slack Ask a question in plain words and Maito runs the query on BigQuery or Supabase, replies with the number and attaches the SQL it used. Ask a question in plain words and get the number, with the query behind it. [Data](https://maito.app/workflows/team/data) · When you ask · Updated October 19, 2026 Works with - Slack - Email - [BigQuery](https://maito.app/workflows/tool/bigquery) - [Supabase](https://maito.app/workflows/tool/supabase) ## How do you answer data questions in Slack? To answer data questions in Slack, mention Maito with the question in plain words. It writes the query, runs it on BigQuery or Supabase, replies with the number, notes anything that skews it, such as test accounts or a spike from one source, and attaches the query so your team can check it. ## How it's done today Questions wait in the data team's queue. ## What Maito does 1. Read the question 2. Write and run the query 3. Answer with the number and a chart ## Example **Nina** (11:02 AM): How many teams signed up last month from Germany? **Maito** (11:03 AM): 142 teams signed up from Germany in September, up 18% from 120 in August. That excludes 9 internal test teams. **The catch:** 27 of the 142 share one email domain (initech-training.example) and signed up on Sept 17 within 40 minutes. It looks like one class or event. Without them it is 115, which is down 4% from August. From BigQuery: the signups table, teams created Sept 1 to 30, country = DE. Chart and query attached: germany-signups.png, germany-signups.sql. **Nina** (11:06 AM): And Austria and Switzerland? **Maito** (11:07 AM): Austria 38 (up 12%), Switzerland 41 (down 5%). Neither has a cluster like that. Same query with the country changed. ## How to set it up When you ask Answer data questions in Slack Set up Nothing to set up. Ask in Slack or by email whenever you need it. Connect database - BigQuery - Supabase Not connected yet? Your agent sends you a link to sign in. ## What it won't do It can only answer from tables it can read, and a wrong definition produces a wrong number. When a term is ambiguous, it asks which one you mean. ## Questions ### Which databases does it use? BigQuery and Supabase, connected through MCP. ### Can I see how it got the number? Yes. It attaches the SQL and says which table and filters it used. ### Does it change data? No. It runs read queries to answer questions. ## More data workflows - [Chart a metric Get a chart of any metric over time, ready to paste into a deck. Data · When you ask Works with BigQuery, Supabase.](https://maito.app/workflows/chart-a-metric) - [Explain a dashboard number Know what a number means and how it's calculated. Data · When you ask Works with BigQuery, Supabase, Notion, Confluence.](https://maito.app/workflows/explain-a-dashboard-number) - [Check data for problems Spot missing data, duplicates and sudden jumps before anyone trusts a bad number. Data · On a schedule Works with BigQuery, Supabase.](https://maito.app/workflows/check-data-for-problems) - [Write and fix SQL Get a working query from a description, or fix a broken one. Data · When you ask Works with BigQuery, Supabase.](https://maito.app/workflows/write-and-fix-sql) - [Send a weekly metrics digest Key numbers for the company every Monday, with what changed and why. Data · On a schedule Works with BigQuery, Supabase, Stripe, PayPal.](https://maito.app/workflows/send-a-weekly-metrics-digest) - [Review possible duplicate customers before merging See why two customer records might be the same person, then decide. Nothing merges on a shared name. Data · When something happens Works with HubSpot, Salesforce, Airtable, Microsoft 365.](https://maito.app/workflows/review-possible-duplicate-customers-before-merging) [See all workflows](https://maito.app/workflows) ## Put your AI teammate to work. Set it up in minutes. Start with this one, and let it earn the next one. [Put Maito to work](https://maito.app/login?returnTo=%2Fworkflows%2Fanswer-data-questions-in-slack)[Book a demo](mailto:support@maito.app?subject=Maito%20demo)