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Clarify that metadata-only mode text replies can disagree with the chart - #1543
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The Data access control page's metadata-only mode description said no data values are shared with the agent, but didn't explain what that means for the agent's written reply. Since the agent never sees its own query results in that mode, any figure, count, or total in its text isn't read from the data — only the chart is, because Lightdash renders the chart from the real query. The two can disagree.
This PR expands that section's warning to explain the discrepancy, and recommends either an agent instruction that avoids stating figures in text (describing fields, filters, and sort instead, and pointing to the chart) or turning on Data Access if the reply text needs to quote values.
It also adds a sentence to the Set up AI agents tutorial's Data Access step, linking to this caveat so readers see it before they turn metadata-only mode on.
A customer pointed this docs problem out in a support thread. Written by Cloudy's docs writer; a teammate reviews it before merge, and edits are welcome.