dbt Charts Open Sources Declarative Language for AI-Generated Dashboards
September 14, 2026
dbt Labs has open-sourced dbt Charts, a declarative language designed to allow AI agents to generate governed dashboards. This approach aims to solve the tension between the unconstrained code generation of agents and the rigid UI constraints of traditional BI tools.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can use this declarative language to build agents that generate production-ready, governed analytics.
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designerThis enables more flexible, chat-driven data visualization without losing design control.