Open the same context in the browser

Outcome

A web_url (and review_url) from CLI JSON opens the web UI on the same Inventory query or resource you analyzed in the terminal.

When to use this

Surface	Use when
CLI	You already ran discover, explain, or impact and want a shareable browser view
MCP	Skip—use CLI for handoff URLs or open the web app manually
Web	Destination of the deep link

MCP is skipped for this handoff; use CLI JSON or open the web app manually.

Steps

1. Start dbt-tools-web, export DBT_TOOLS_WEB_BASE_URL to its origin (deep links).
2. Run discover, explain, or impact with --json.
3. Copy web_url (or review_url) from the JSON payload into a browser (or follow the human “Open in web” line).

Published npx @dbt-tools/web listens on 3000. Vite dev (pnpm dev:web) uses 5173. Set the env var to the origin the process printed.

Example

export DBT_TOOLS_WEB_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3000
dbt-tools discover --dbt-target ./target "orders" --json
dbt-tools explain model.my_project.orders --dbt-target ./target --json
dbt-tools impact model.my_project.orders --dbt-target ./target --json

Typical Inventory URLs:

http://127.0.0.1:3000/?view=inventory&q=orders
http://127.0.0.1:3000/?view=inventory&resource=model.my_project.orders&assetTab=summary
http://127.0.0.1:3000/?view=inventory&resource=model.my_project.orders&assetTab=lineage

Next

• Investigation tour
• Deep links
• Find a model