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Supercharging Cursor IDE: How the dbt Power User Extension’s Embedded MCP Server Unlocks AI-Driven dbt DevelopmentIntroduction We’re excited to announce a major new capability in the dbt Power User VSCode extension: an embedded Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This MCP server is now built directly into the extension, acting as a bridge between AI-powered dev...Mar 21, 2025·18 min read
Could AI Teammates Be the Secret to Efficient Snowflake Cost Management?In the past five years, Snowflake has disrupted the database, data storage, and analytics industry by massively simplifying the entire data and analytics landscape. However, a new wave of innovation is horizon - Artificial Intelligence and AI Teammat...Nov 13, 2024·9 min read
Write Better Data Docs FasterOnce upon a time, an analyst in the trouble Imagine Leila, an analyst, asked to build a monitoring dashboard for finance - given a tight deadline. While searching for a useful dataset, she comes across a table called “sh_monthly_revenue” that seems p...Sep 19, 2024·6 min read
Can AI Agents reduce Snowflake Cost using Dynamic Tables?In my previous article on Dynamic Tables, I explained their purpose, to help simplify building transformation pipelines for either batch or real time data feeds in Snowflake. In this article, I'll explain what they cost to run and how Artificial Inte...Sep 7, 2024·8 min read
