# dbt

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/dbt/  
**Website:** https://www.getdbt.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

dbt Labs operates dbt Cloud, the managed platform for the open-source dbt (data build tool) used to transform data inside cloud warehouses. dbt Cloud exposes a set of APIs for managing accounts, projects, jobs, and runs programmatically (Administrative API), inspecting project metadata (Discovery API), and querying governed metrics (Semantic Layer API).

## Kin Score — 52.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 52.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 66.4 |
| Governance | 60.6 |
| Contract Governance | 60.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 55.3 |
| Access Clarity | 55.3 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **dbt Accounts API** — The Accounts API from dbt — 1 operation(s) for accounts.
- **dbt Environments API** — The Environments API from dbt — 1 operation(s) for environments.
- **dbt Jobs API** — The Jobs API from dbt — 1 operation(s) for jobs.
- **dbt Metadata API** — The Metadata API from dbt — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
- **dbt Metrics API** — The Metrics API from dbt — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
- **dbt Projects API** — The Projects API from dbt — 2 operation(s) for projects.
- **dbt Runs API** — The Runs API from dbt — 4 operation(s) for runs.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Dbt Agentic Access** — 12 operations · 4 acting

## Security (3)

- **Dbt Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Dbt Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Dbt Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Dbt Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Analytics Engineering, Data, ELT, Metrics, Project, SQL, Transformation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/dbt/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.