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Autocomplete and go to definition

dbt-power user extension auto-completes model, macro, column names in the VSCode

Models

a) Autocomplete model

Autocomplete model

b) Go to model definition

Go to model definition

Macros

a) Autocomplete macro

Autocomplete macro

b) Go to macro definition

Go to macro definition

Sources

a) Autocomplete source

Autocomplete source

b) Go to source definition

Go to source definition

Doc blocks

a) Autocomplete doc block

Autocomplete doc block

b) Go to doc block definition

Go to doc block definition

Hover actions

Hover tooltips expose Altimate Code action links so you can ask AI questions about whatever symbol you're inspecting without leaving the file. Clicking an action opens the Altimate Code chat beside the editor with a pre-filled prompt.

Model hover — ref('model_name')

  • ✨ Explain transformation — walks through selects, filters, joins, and aggregations step by step.

Hover popup on a ref('model_name') showing the "Explain transformation" Altimate Code action

Macro hover — {{ macro_name(...) }}

  • ✨ Explain what this macro does — explains purpose, parameters, and usage.
  • ⚠️ Find risky usages — analyzes missing args, wrong types, edge cases, and anti-patterns.

Hover popup on a macro call showing "Explain what this macro does" and "Find risky usages"

Looking for column-level hover actions?

When you hover a column's name: value in schema.yml, two more Altimate Code actions appear — ✏️ Suggest description and 🧪 Suggest tests. Those live with the doc-generation flow on the Generate documentation page.

Hover actions delegate to the Datamates extension

Like all Altimate Code surfaces, hover actions open the chat panel provided by the Datamates extension (altimateai.vscode-altimate-mcp-server), which is installed as a dependency of Power User for dbt. The bundled chat handles BYOK or Altimate LLM Gateway routing.