What can you do with the dbt Cloud integration?

LiveContext exposes 25 operations on dbt Cloud, covering environment, job, project and run. Common uses include automate job management, automate project management and automate environment management.

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dbt Cloud Administrative API for managing data transformation projects, jobs, runs, and environments. Trigger jobs, monitor run status, manage projects and accounts, and orchestrate analytics engineering workflows.

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Common dbt Cloud use cases

automate job management
automate project management
automate environment management
automate run management
automate account management
automate run artifact management
get job programmatically
get run programmatically
list job programmatically
list run programmatically

What you can do with dbt Cloud

Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Environment, 5 operations

POSTcreate_environment
Create a new dbt environment in a project with type (development or deployment), dbt version, credentials, and branch settings
DELETEdelete_environment
Permanently delete a dbt environment from an account. Jobs using this environment must be reassigned first.
GETget_environment
Retrieve details for a specific dbt environment including its type, dbt version, credentials, and custom branch settings
GETlist_environments
List dbt environments in an account with optional filtering by project, dbt version, name, type, and state
POSTupdate_environment
Update an existing dbt environment's name, type, dbt version, credentials, or branch configuration

Job, 5 operations

POSTcreate_job
Create a new dbt job in an account with execution steps, schedule, triggers, and dbt version settings
DELETEdelete_job
Permanently delete a dbt job definition from an account. Running jobs are not affected.
GETget_job
Retrieve the definition and configuration of a specific dbt job by its ID
GETlist_jobs
List dbt jobs in an account with optional filtering by project, environment, pagination, and sort order
POSTupdate_job
Update the definition of an existing dbt job including steps, schedule, triggers, and settings

Project, 5 operations

POSTcreate_project
Create a new dbt project within a dbt Cloud account, specifying name, optional connection, repository, and subdirectory
DELETEdelete_project
Permanently delete a dbt project from a dbt Cloud account. This action is irreversible.
GETget_project
Retrieve details for a specific dbt project including its name, connection, repository, and dbt version settings
GETlist_projects
List all dbt projects within a dbt Cloud account, with optional pagination via limit and offset
POSTupdate_project
Update an existing dbt project's name, connection, or repository association

Run, 3 operations

POSTcancel_run
Cancel a dbt run that is currently queued or in progress. Has no effect on completed or already-cancelled runs.
GETget_run
Retrieve details of a specific dbt run by its ID, including status, timing, and optionally related job and step data
GETlist_runs
List dbt job runs in an account with optional filtering by job, project, environment, status, and pagination

Account, 2 operations

GETget_account
Retrieve details for a specific dbt Cloud account by its numeric ID, including plan, name, and configuration
GETlist_accounts
List all dbt Cloud accounts accessible by the authenticated user's API token

Run artifact, 2 operations

GETget_run_artifact
Download a specific artifact file produced by a dbt run, such as manifest.json or run_results.json
GETlist_run_artifacts
List all artifacts produced by a dbt run, such as manifest.json, run_results.json, and catalog.json

Job run, 1 operation

POSTtrigger_job_run
Manually trigger a dbt job to run immediately, with optional overrides for git ref, schema, dbt version, threads, and steps

Repository, 1 operation

GETlist_repositories
List all Git repositories connected to a dbt Cloud account, optionally filtered by project

User, 1 operation

GETlist_users
List all users who have access to a dbt Cloud account, including their roles and permissions

Use dbt Cloud from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect dbt Cloud in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its dbt Cloud operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up the MCP server step by step

How to connect dbt Cloud

Create your workspace
Sign up free. Nothing to install.
Connect dbt Cloud once
Add your dbt Cloud connection in Settings. Every tool from this integration reuses it, and secrets are encrypted at rest and visible only to you.
Describe the job in chat
The workflow builds itself in front of you and picks the endpoints it needs. Drag the steps yourself on the canvas whenever you would rather be explicit.

dbt Cloud integration FAQ

What can you do with the dbt Cloud integration?: LiveContext exposes 25 operations on dbt Cloud, covering environment, job, project and run. Common uses include automate job management, automate project management and automate environment management.