# dbt Integration: Your dbt Project as a Semantic Layer | Silicon

URL: https://meetsilicon.com/integrations/dbt/

> Silicon reads your dbt project directly: models, columns, descriptions, tests and the metrics you define in column meta. Your dbt project becomes your semantic layer.

Integrations / dbt
# Silicon + dbt
Silicon reads your dbt project directly: models, columns, descriptions, tests and the metrics you define in column meta. Your dbt project becomes your semantic layer.
Available on: All plans
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Features
## What you can do
- Metrics defined under meta.metrics become governed, reusable metrics
- dbt descriptions give the AI analyst business context
- Model dependencies power schema protection and lineage
- Works with dbt Core and dbt Cloud projects
Set-up
## Connect dbt
- Connect the Git repository that holds your dbt project, or upload it with the Silicon CLI.
- Silicon compiles the project and lists your models, columns and descriptions.
- Add metrics under meta in your model YAML and they appear in the metrics catalog.
- Open a pull request to change a metric, and it is reviewed like any other code.
Detailed instructions for connecting dbt are in the Silicon docs. Questions about your setup? Talk to Sujay.
FAQ
## dbt questions
### Does it work with dbt Core and dbt Cloud? +
Yes. Silicon reads the project files, so it works the same with either.
### Do we have to rewrite our metrics? +
No. Metrics you already define in column meta are read as they are, and you can add more in the same YAML.
### Which Silicon plans include dbt? +
All plans. See the pricing page for what each plan includes.
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