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Fixes #7782

Complements #7802, which addresses dialect-aware schema introspection.

Summary

  • infer the SQL dialect from the configured SQLAlchemy URI
  • allow callers to override the inferred dialect explicitly
  • append SQLite- or PostgreSQL-specific query guidance to the tool description while preserving custom descriptions
  • document the new option and add focused regression coverage

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  • Tests added or updated for the change
  • uv run --package crewai-tools --extra sqlalchemy pytest lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/test_nl2sql_dialect_guidance.py -q (4 passed)
  • uv run --package crewai-tools --extra sqlalchemy pytest lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/test_nl2sql_security.py -q -k "not test_dml_actually_persists" (80 passed)
  • Ruff check and format check passed
  • Mypy passed for nl2sql_tool.py

Additional context

The complete NL2SQL security file reaches 80 passing tests on Windows, then its pre-existing file-backed SQLite cleanup test fails with WinError 32 while deleting the still-open temporary database. This is tracked separately in #7443 and is unchanged by this PR.

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Low Risk
Behavior change is limited to tool metadata/description and an optional constructor field; query validation and execution paths are unchanged.

Overview
NL2SQLTool now tailors agent-facing SQL generation hints to the database dialect instead of leaving the model to guess from the URI alone.

On init, dialect is taken from an optional dialect argument (normalized) or inferred via SQLAlchemy make_url(db_uri).get_backend_name(). Built-in guidance for PostgreSQL and SQLite is appended to the tool description (custom descriptions are kept; guidance is not duplicated on re-instantiation from model_dump()). Other backends get a generic dialect-compatible message. The NL2SQL README documents inference and the override example.

New tests cover URI inference, explicit override, description preservation, and no duplicate guidance.

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Walkthrough

NL2SQLTool now accepts an optional SQL dialect or infers one from db_uri. It adds dialect-specific query-generation guidance to the tool description. Tests and README cover inference, explicit overrides, and the resulting guidance.

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NL2SQL dialect guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dialect input and guidance
lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/nl2sql/nl2sql_tool.py
The tool adds an optional dialect field and SQL-generation guidance for PostgreSQL, SQLite, and other dialects.
Dialect selection and validation
lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/nl2sql/nl2sql_tool.py, lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/test_nl2sql_dialect_guidance.py, lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/nl2sql/README.md
Initialization normalizes a supplied dialect or infers it from db_uri, then adds the matching guidance to the description. Tests cover SQLite and PostgreSQL inference, an explicit override, custom descriptions, and restored model data. The README documents inference and override behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ab586

The SQLite URI path still fails during tool construction, before users can access the SQLite guidance added here. Resolve the schema-discovery incompatibility or narrow the supported SQLite path before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to ab586

The new dialect option changes query guidance, not which database the tool connects to or how it validates and executes SQL. No material security regression was identified, though the available evidence does not establish complete coverage.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — An incorrect or caller-chosen dialect can influence SQL the agent attempts to generate, but the reviewed change does not give that setting a new database target or execution privilege.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — For the _run path, SQL validation remains between agent-supplied queries and database execution; the existing allow_dml setting remains separate from dialect guidance.
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy the coding requirements in [#7782]. NL2SQLTool accepts an optional dialect, normalizes explicit values, and infers the dialect from db_uri with SQLAlchemy make_url. Initial…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are limited to NL2SQLTool, its README, and focused dialect-guidance tests. The implementation and tests directly support [#7782]. No unrelated product behavior is shown.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: making NL2SQL guidance dialect-aware.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required related issue, summary, verification results, and additional context. It documents the behavior, test coverage, quality checks, and the pre-existing Windows clean…
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AI disclosure: this contribution was developed with AI-assisted tooling and has been reviewed and tested before submission. I attempted to add the required llm-generated label when opening the PR, but GitHub does not allow me to apply labels in the upstream repository. Could a maintainer or automation please add it?

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- Line 297: Update _fetch_available_tables to use SQLAlchemy’s dialect-aware
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