Metis is Sphinx’s AI agent that solves your data transformation and analysis issues. You can describe your desired outcome or question and Metis will take actions on your behalf to help get you an answer. All actions that are taken by Metis are shown and explained to you.

Creating a Session

Metis is available in an Analysis or a Pipeline from the right-most panel titled “Chat – Metis”. Metis can also be initiated from the homepage, where you can start conversations and trigger agent runs.

Creation via the Homepage

You can initiate a conversation with Metis directly from the homepage. Provide as much context about what your goal is as possible. For example, if you are trying to analyze a dataset, tell Metis what type of experiment generated this data, what hypothesis you’re testing, and any other significant details about the data.

You can attach files to your messages, which Metis can use to create a new data import Pipeline. You can also reference an existing dataset in Sphinx using “@dataset_name” in your message. If you do not attach a file or reference a dataset in Sphinx, Metis will prompt you for more information.

Initiating Metis in an Analysis or Pipeline

Metis is available in an Analysis or Pipeline from the right-most panel titled “Chat – Metis”. In Metis you can describe your desired outcome and it will take action based on the current state of your Pipeline or Analysis and your request.

Working with Metis

Metis operates like other chat experiences you may be used to. You simply type your request and Metis will respond to you and take actions within Sphinx to help you achieve your goals. One difference, however, is that Metis can plan several steps ahead and solve complex queries you might have. There are many ways you can use Metis, and we encourage you to explore and see what works best for you. We have a short list of things Metis can and cannot do to get you started.

Metis can help you with:

• Creating a new Dataset from a file (or multiple files).
• Answering questions about data layouts and how they can be transformed.
• Configuring the steps of Pipeline.
• Creating and editing Analyses.
• Fitting curves and performing statistical tests.
• Writing custom analysis code.
• Adding plots and transformations to an Analysis.

Metis cannot yet help you with

• Creating Dataset Collections
• Editing the contents of file you upload.
• Editing existing Datasets.