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title: Explorations
meta:
  description: Explore and understand your data with natural language in Tinybird.
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# {% icon name="exploration" /%} Explorations

Explorations is a conversational UI feature in Tinybird that lets you explore and interact with your data using natural language.

## Getting started

To start using Explorations:

1. Go to [Tinybird Cloud](https://cloud.tinybird.co) and log in to your account
2. Select **Explorations** in the sidebar
3. Start with a suggested prompt or ask your own question
4. Begin exploring your data

![Explorations initial screen](/img/explorations-empty.png)

## How it works

Explorations provides conversational analysis through a chat interface. Ask questions in natural language and receive structured, step-by-step responses. The AI breaks down complex analyses into clear, actionable steps that build upon each other. The chat also suggests follow-up questions that reference previous results, creating a natural flow where each question deepens your understanding of the data.

![An example of a conversation in Explorations](/img/explorations-chat.png)

If you want to write your own SQL queries, use [Playgrounds](/forward/work-with-data/playgrounds). For time-based data visualization, use Time Series.


## Get the most out of Explorations

### Custom workspace rules

Fine-tune how the AI assistant responds to get faster and more relevant results. Inside an Exploration, click the **workspace rules** link below the chat prompt input to add your custom rules. This context will be used in all your prompts.

### Add context

Click the `@` icon near the submit button to add specific resources to your query. The LLM will prioritize them for that specific prompt.

### Getting better results

Start with specific questions rather than broad exploratory queries. Instead of asking "show me my data," try "what are the top 5 pages by traffic in the last 7 days?" The AI performs better with clear, focused requests that have measurable outcomes.

## Usage and Billing

At the moment, Explorations usage is free for Developer and Enterprise organizations.
Free organizations receive a limited number of credits per month per organization and are restricted once they consume all credits. Read more in [Pricing](/forward/pricing/shared-infrastructure#llm-usage).

Usage can be tracked using the [`llm_usage`](/forward/monitoring/service-datasources?q=service#tinybird-llm-usage) service data source.

## Limitations and Privacy

Explorations are available to all roles within a Workspace.

The Explorations AI chat is only available in Tinybird Cloud.
Tinybird anonymously processes a limited sample of your data to deliver faster, more accurate results.

Currently, Explorations cannot be shared or exported. Each user can only access their own Explorations.


## Next steps

- Learn about [Playgrounds](/forward/work-with-data/playgrounds) to write your own SQL queries.
- Learn about [Time Series](/forward/work-with-data/time-series) to quickly visualize data.
- Learn about [Pipes](/forward/work-with-data/pipes).
- Learn about [Materialized views](/forward/work-with-data/optimize/materialized-views).