Snowflake Cortex features table

See the following table for an overview of the capabilities offered by the connector.

Feature Area	Funktionen	Snowflake Cortex Agent in Maestro
Authentication	Single token, Bearer token (e.g. Personal Access Token).	Ja
Authentication	Service Principal-based authentication (e.g., service key, OAuth 2.0).	Nein
Authentication	User-delegated, token-based authentication (e.g., On-Behalf-Of, OpenID).	Nein
Project Discovery	Discover available projects based on authentication	Yes (discovers databases, schemas)
Agent Discovery	Discover available agents.	Yes (lists all agents)
Invocation	Supports synchronous (request-response) invocation.	Nein
Invocation	Supports streaming invocation (Server-Sent Events).	Yes (Maestro captures last event:response from stream)
Invocation	Supports asynchronous invocation with polling or webhook/callback.	Nein
Invocation	Ability to specify the agent's tools/skills within the API request.	Yes (in Prompt)
Session Management	Maintains conversational context via session IDs and allows for the retrieval of event history from an ongoing session.	Ja
Output Controls	Enforces structured, schema-adherent JSON output from agents.	Nein
Content Handling	Supports multi-modal content exchange (e.g., binary files, images, audio).	Nein
Observability	Provides comprehensive observability through togglable verbose tracing, OTEL-formatted traces, and cross-platform correlation IDs.	Yes (in Snowflake)
Consumption & Attribution	Tracks and attributes AI consumption (tokens/units) per response for cost analysis.	Yes (in Snowflake)
Versionierung	Enables agent versioning for CI/CD workflows, targeted invocations by version number (e.g., GA, preview), and rollbacks.	Nein
Fehlerabwicklung	Delivers structured, detailed error messages (reason, domain, metadata) for advanced debugging and conditional logic.	Yes (in Snowflake)