Using Dbt State
dbt-labs/dbt-agent-skills/skills/dbt/skills/using-dbt-stateby dbt-labs168a2b0b92da59be88866257140907c206ff0e44No license731 starsListed Oct 9, 2026Updated Oct 9, 2026Repository updated yesterday
Use when a user is enabling, configuring, optimizing, or debugging dbt State (the server-backed reuse mechanism that clones or skips nodes instead of rebuilding them). Use when they conflate dbt State with the `state:modified` selector or `--state` deferral. Use when asked about models rebuilding unexpectedly, views with `select *` rebuilding, volatile SQL (`current_timestamp()`, `random()`) rebuilding or not, cross-developer cloning, lag_tolerance.
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