schema-exploration

1# Explore a PostgreSQL database
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3Start with the user's question, not a full-database audit unless that is the explicit ask. Use the database connection already available to you; if none is available, ask for access or work from provided schema files. Stay within the database and schemas the user has authorized. Catalog metadata can reveal sensitive names or source code: do not export it unnecessarily.
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5## Workflow
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71. Establish the current database, server version, role, and scope. Use [overview](references/overview.md) for a small inventory. Choose relevant schemas; do not assume `public` contains the application.
82. Pick the most promising object(s) and read **only** the matching drill-down reference: [tables](references/tables.md), [partitioning/inheritance](references/partitioning-and-inheritance.md), [foreign tables](references/foreign-tables.md), [views](references/views.md), [routines](references/routines.md), [triggers](references/triggers.md), [security/RLS](references/security.md), or [extensions](references/extensions.md). Follow cross-references only when the question requires them.
93. Corroborate meaning with comments, definitions, keys, and known dependencies. Names are clues, not proof of business meaning. If data-derived values would help, use [data-derived values](references/data-values.md) **only after obtaining approval** for the specific columns and access method. Ask the user when semantics remain ambiguous.
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