The dbclaw blog

Practical guides on talking to your databases in plain English — local-first, read-only, and free.

How to Query a PostgreSQL Database in Plain English (Free, 100% Local)

Stop hand-writing SELECTs and JOINs. Here's how to ask your Postgres database questions in plain English with dbclaw — and keep every byte on your own machine.

Natural-Language SQL with a Local LLM: Connect dbclaw to Ollama

Turn English into SQL entirely offline — no API key, no cloud. A step-by-step guide to running dbclaw with a local model through Ollama.

Query Across Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server & MongoDB at Once

Your data lives in more than one place. See how dbclaw joins across different databases — and Excel — in a single plain-English question.