Advanced Model Navigation & Audit Interface for SQLMesh
The SQLMesh Localite Context extension optimizes the developer experience by providing a high-performance, lightweight interface for managing SQLMesh projects. By utilizing a streamlined "shedded" Context class, it delivers essential navigation and auditing tools without the overhead of a full context load.
🚀 Key Features
Lightweight Context Management: Operates on a specialized SQLMesh Context subset, ensuring rapid response times even in large-scale projects.
Intelligent Model Navigation: Seamlessly jump between model definitions via a dedicated right-click context menu.
Integrated Model Browser: Explore your entire SQLMesh project hierarchy through a centralized, intuitive sidebar view.
Macro Support: Enhanced visibility and navigation for project-wide macros.
Streamlined Auditing: Integrated hooks for model planning and audit verification (Experimental).
🛠 Requirements
To ensure full functionality, the extension requires a Python virtual environment containing the following dependencies:
SQLMesh: The core transformation engine.
FastAPI & Uvicorn: Powers the local communication layer.
Watchdog: Enables real-time file system monitoring for project updates.
⚙️ Extension Settings
Setting
Description
Default
sqlmesh.localite.pythonPath
Path to the virtual environment's Python executable.
python
sqlmesh.localite.autoLoad
Automatically load the context on workspace startup.
false
⚠️ Current Status & Known Issues
IMPORTANT: This extension is currently in Beta (Development Phase). Some core features may behave unexpectedly as we refine the integration.
Plan & Audit: The planning and auditing workflows are undergoing active development and may be unstable in this version.
📅 Release Notes
0.0.9
Initial Beta Release: Core model browsing and navigation features introduced.
