# Cube CLI

The Cube CLI is a powerful tool that complements your dbt development workflow. While dbt handles data transformation and modeling in your warehouse, Cube CLI enables you to create semantic modeling layers on top of your dbt models. You can develop and validate semantic models to create business-friendly data interfaces, complete with metrics, dimensions, and access controls.

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#### Prerequisites

Paradime requires your Cube project to follow this specific folder structure for organizing models and views where the `cube` folder is at the root of your repository:

```
cube
|_models
 |_cubes
 |_views
...
```

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## Overview

The Cube CLI utility enables you in Paradime to:

* Validate existing models

## Commands

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Make sure to run any of the below command from the cube project directory.

In the Paradime terminal use:

```bash
cd cube
```

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### `validate`

Checks Cube project models for validation errors.

#### Syntax

```bash
npx cubejs-cli validate
```

**Example Output**

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