Open the same context in the browser

Outcome

A web_url from CLI JSON opens the web UI on the same discover query or resource you analyzed in the terminal.

When to use this

Surface	Use when
CLI	You already ran discover or explain 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

Steps

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

Example

export DBT_TOOLS_WEB_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:5173
dbt-tools discover --dbt-target ./target "orders" --json
dbt-tools explain model.my_project.orders --dbt-target ./target --json

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