Click to build parent/child models

There are two methods to do it. You can either do it from the top right corner toolbar or from the extension side pane

Method 1: Build and run models from the toolbar

The toolbar action to build models is present on the top right corner of the VSCode as shown in the image below:

Method 2: Run models from the side panel

You cannot build models from the side panel

When a build fails

When dbt build, dbt run, or dbt test fails, the extension surfaces a Fix with Altimate Code button so you can jump straight into AI-assisted debugging without copying error text by hand.

There are three places the button appears:

Failure point	Where you see it	Prompt sent to Altimate Code
Model fails at runtime (run_results.json contains an error)	Notification: dbt: my_model failed	Run command + failed resource names/types + error messages
dbt exits before generating run_results.json (broken ref(), missing node, config error)	Notification: dbt command failed: dbt run --select my_model	Exact dbt CLI command (machine paths stripped) + full stderr
Failed model / seed / snapshot in the Run History panel	Inline 💡 Fix with Altimate Code action on the failed row	Run command first, error in a fenced code block