diff --git a/website/docs/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli.md b/website/docs/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli.md index 2874e166a8f..854950f5d8c 100644 --- a/website/docs/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli.md +++ b/website/docs/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli.md @@ -189,3 +189,10 @@ move %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\dbt_cloud.yml %USERPROFILE%\.dbt\dbt_cloud.yml This command moves the `dbt_cloud.yml` from the `Downloads` folder to the `.dbt` folder. If your `dbt_cloud.yml` file is located elsewhere, adjust the path accordingly. + + + +By default, [all artifacts](/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts) are downloaded when you execute dbt commands from the dbt Cloud CLI. To skip these files from being downloaded, add `--download-artifacts=false` to the command you want to run. This can help improve run-time performance but might break workflows that depend on assets like the [manifest](/reference/artifacts/manifest-json). + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/website/docs/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts.md b/website/docs/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts.md index 8d3e1ae29e8..c38cc2768e1 100644 --- a/website/docs/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts.md +++ b/website/docs/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts.md @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Most dbt commands (and corresponding RPC methods) produce artifacts: - [catalog](catalog-json): produced by `docs generate` - [sources](/reference/artifacts/sources-json): produced by `source freshness` +When running commands from the [dbt Cloud CLI](/docs/cloud/cloud-cli-installation), all artifacts are downloaded by default. If you want to change this behavior, refer to [How to skip artifacts from being downloaded](/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli#how-to-skip-artifacts-from-being-downloaded). + ## Where are artifacts produced? By default, artifacts are written to the `/target` directory of your dbt project. You can configure the location using the [`target-path` flag](/reference/global-configs/json-artifacts).