Tutorial 3: Add a CKE to Snowflake CoWork

Step-by-step instructions

It’s easy to add a Cortex Knowledge Extension to Snowflake CoWork. Once you have a CKE in your account, you can add it to Snowflake CoWork by adding the CKE to an Agent in Snowsight.

Important

Before you get started, make sure Snowflake CoWork has access to the CKE:

-- Grant Snowflake CoWork the right access to the CKE so it can be added as an agent
grant imported privileges on database <CKE_DATABASE_NAME> to role <SNOWFLAKE_INTELLIGENCE_ROLE>;

  1. Sign in to Snowsight.

  2. In the navigation menu, select AI & ML » Agents.

  3. In the Agents screen, select Create Agent and give the Agent a name.

    A screenshot the Create Agent page in Snowsight.

  4. On the Tools tab, click Search documents and unstructured to open the Add tool: Cortex Search dialog.

  5. Select the Database that has the CKE, and select the Search Service for the CKE.

  6. Give the CKE a display name and a description.

  7. Click Add.

    A screenshot how to add a search service to an agent.

  8. Navigate to Snowflake CoWork on the left side.

  9. Select on the drop down under the textbox to select the new Agent with your CKE tied to it.

A screenshot showing a chat box created from the agent.
  1. Ask a question with the selected Agent and see the cited answers with links back to the source content via the CKE.
A screenshot showing responses in a chat box created from the agent.