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Trigger Job Run

Trigger a specified job to begin running. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's dbt Cloud account once, then configure and run Trigger Job Run from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "dbt-trigger-job-run",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    dbt: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    accountId: "Account",
    projectId: "Project",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Trigger Job Run inputs
Property Type Description
accountId Account string
Identifier of an account
Required Dynamic
projectId Project string
Identifier of a project
Optional Dynamic
environmentId Environment string
Identifier of an environment
Optional Dynamic
jobId Job string
Identifier of a job
Required Dynamic
cause Cause string
Cause of the triggered job
Optional
steps Steps Override string[]
Steps to override the job's default steps
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
dbt-trigger-job-run
Version
0.0.5
App
dbt Cloud
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes