# datasette-agent 0.3a0

> Source: <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/15/datasette-agent/#atom-everything>
> Published: 2026-06-15 17:19:27+00:00

**Release:** [datasette-agent 0.3a0](https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.3a0)

- New tool,
`execute_write_sql`

, which requests user approval and then writes to a database - taking user permissions into account.[#27]

I added a mechanism for asking user approval in [datasette agent 0.2a0](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/10/datasette-agent/). The new `execute_write_sql`

tool can now prompt the user for all kinds of useful operations. Here's an example where I add some pelican sightings to my `pelican_sightings`

table:

The new version also enhances the `datasette agent chat`

terminal mode to support approvals, and adds several new options including `--unsafe`

mode for auto-approving them:

`datasette agent chat`

can execute tools that require user approval.[#30]- Three new options for
`datasette agent chat`

-`--root`

to run as root,`--yes`

to approve all ask user questions, and`--unsafe`

for both.- Tools can now provide plain text alternatives to HTML, for display in the
`datasette agent chat`

CLI.[#31]

The `datasette agent chat content.db -m gpt-5.5 --unsafe`

command can now be used to chat directly with a specific database *and* directly modify it through prompts like "create a notes table", "add a note about X" etc.

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