Switch from zero: ship a human-in-the-loop data quality agent to your team chat
I spent the Flip the Switch hackathon building Shield , an agent that checks a daily table, explains what it finds in a team channel and only fixes data after a person approves. This post is the guide I wish I had on day one: how to self-host Switch with no desktop app, how a custom agent joins a room, and the three things that will block you the first time. Everything here was run on Switch…
Shield is an agent that reviews a daily table, explains its findings in a team channel, and only modifies the data after a person gives approval. This guide explains how to self-host Switch, a chat-based data quality agent, without using the desktop app. The guide details the process of setting up a Switch server, registering a custom agent, and running the event stream in the background. The entire process can be accomplished for free using self-hosted Switch, a local open model, and a free CI.
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