Connect dbt and
Redshift with AI

Redbird AI syncs dbt models, test results, and lineage metadata directly with your Redshift warehouse. Stop manually tracking failed tests, promoting models between environments, or piecing together transformation dependencies across your analytics stack.

No code required
Live in minutes
SOC 2 Type II

What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Auto-archive model test failures and rerun logic in Redshift tables

When dbt tests fail during scheduled runs, automatically write failure details, affected rows, and test SQL to a monitoring table in Redshift. Track test history over time and trigger downstream alerts when critical models break quality thresholds.

Sync dbt model metadata to Redshift catalog tables for governance

After each dbt run, extract model descriptions, column definitions, tags, and owners from your project and write them to a governance schema in Redshift. Keep your data catalog, lineage, and documentation queryable alongside production data without maintaining separate systems.

Promote models from staging to production based on Redshift query performance

Monitor query execution times and resource consumption for staging tables in Redshift. When new dbt models consistently outperform existing production versions, automatically update your dbt project configuration and trigger promotion workflows.

Alert data team when Redshift table schemas drift from dbt expectations

Compare live Redshift table structures against dbt model definitions on a schedule. When columns are added outside of dbt, data types change, or constraints differ, flag the drift and notify analytics engineers to reconcile definitions.

Enrich dbt run artifacts with Redshift table stats and storage metrics

After every dbt job completes, query Redshift system tables for row counts, disk usage, sort key efficiency, and distribution stats for affected models. Append this operational context to dbt run results for performance tracking and optimization decisions.

Generate weekly model health reports from dbt test history in Redshift

Aggregate dbt test results stored in Redshift over rolling windows to produce model reliability scores, failure trend analysis, and data quality KPIs. Automatically distribute reports showing which models need attention and which teams own degrading pipelines.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize dbt and Redshift with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird understands dbt project structure, manifest schemas, and test result formats alongside Redshift table definitions, system catalogs, and query execution metadata.

AI that reads dbt manifests and Redshift schemas together

Redbird parses dbt manifest.json, run_results.json, and catalog.json files to understand your transformation graph, then cross-references this with Redshift's pg_catalog, SVV_TABLE_INFO, and STL_QUERY logs. It knows how dbt models map to Redshift tables, which tests validate which columns, and how lineage flows through both systems. When you ask Redbird to sync metadata or detect drift, it automatically matches model definitions to warehouse reality without custom mapping logic.

dbt manifest & lineage parsing
Redshift system table analysis
Schema drift detection
Test result normalization
10×

faster than writing custom Python scripts to sync dbt metadata with Redshift

No Airflow DAGs, Lambda functions, or S3 staging buckets required

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from dbt and Redshift simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either dbt or Redshift.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from dbt into Redshift, or from Redshift back into dbt. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start automations from dbt job events or Redshift table changes and take action in either system without writing code.

dbt
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

dbt run completes

Fires when a dbt job finishes, whether successful or failed, with full run results and timing.

Trigger

Model test fails

Triggers when any dbt test returns failures, including severity level and affected rows.

Trigger

Model freshness check warns

Activates when source freshness falls outside acceptable thresholds defined in your project.

Action

Update model description

Modify a model's YAML documentation or add column-level descriptions programmatically.

Action

Tag models or sources

Apply or remove tags to group models by domain, sensitivity, or operational tier.

Action

Trigger dbt Cloud job

Initiate a specific job run in dbt Cloud with custom parameters or environment overrides.

Redshift
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Table row count changes significantly

Detects when a Redshift table's row count shifts beyond expected variance thresholds.

Trigger

Schema modification occurs

Fires when columns are added, removed, or altered on tracked tables outside of orchestrated workflows.

Trigger

Query execution time degrades

Triggers when specific queries or table scans exceed historical performance baselines.

Action

Create or replace table

Execute DDL to build new tables or swap production tables with validated staging versions.

Action

Run VACUUM or ANALYZE

Optimize table storage and update statistics to maintain query performance across workloads.

Action

Insert metadata to audit table

Write operational events, test results, or lineage records to centralized governance tables.

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Ready to connect your stack?

Sync dbt and Redshift in minutes. Automate test monitoring, metadata syncing, and schema validation without maintaining custom scripts or orchestration overhead.

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