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Getting Started15-Minute Quickstart

15-Minute Quickstart

Use this quickstart to get your first reliable answer in Skoot in under 15 minutes.

Quickstart Goal and Success Criteria

By the end of this quickstart, you should have:

  1. One live data source connection.
  2. One business question answered in chat with SQL-backed output you reviewed.

What You Need Before Starting

  • Signup on Skoot app .
  • You have credentials for one supported data source from Supported Data Sources.
  • Those credentials have access to the tables you want to analyze.
  • Have one concrete business question in mind, or ask Skoot to suggest what can be analyzed from your connected data.

Connect One Data Source

  1. Open Data Sources .
  2. Pick a data source from Available Data Sources.
  3. Enter connection details and save.
  4. Confirm the connection’s status is Connected.

Tips:

  • Start with one source that already answers your most frequent stakeholder questions.
  • Schema refresh runs automatically in the background once a day.

Ask First Question and Validate Answer

  1. Start a new chat from Skoot Home .
  2. Ask one specific question with clear scope (metric + time range + key breakdown).
  3. If query approval is enabled, review and approve the SQL before execution.
  4. Validate the response by checking:
    • SQL intent matches your question
    • Time range and filters are correct
    • Review the query manually or match the results against another source
  5. Ask follow-up drill-downs to confirm consistency.

Good first-prompt examples:

  • “Why did conversion rate drop week over week? Break it down by channel and platform.”
  • “Show cancellation rate for the last 14 days by city and payment method.”
  • “Compare new-user activation this week vs last week, segmented by acquisition source.”

Optional Next Step: Add Context Assets for Better Reliability

After your first successful question, add lightweight agent context so answers get better over time:

  1. Open Data Context .
  2. Add a short description to the connection you just set up.
  3. Save one Verified Query for a question you trust.
  4. Add one Metric your team uses often.

This improves reuse, reduces repeated clarifications, and makes future ad-hoc analysis faster.

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