> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paradime.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Cube CLI

> Use the Cube CLI in the Paradime terminal to build, validate, and deploy Cube semantic models on top of your dbt project without leaving the Code IDE.

The [Cube CLI](https://cube.dev/) is a 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. In Paradime, you can develop and validate semantic models to create business-friendly data interfaces, complete with metrics, dimensions, and access controls, directly from the terminal.

## What you can do

* Build semantic modeling layers on top of your dbt models.
* Create business-friendly data interfaces with metrics, dimensions, and access controls.
* Validate your Cube project models for errors from the Paradime terminal.

<Warning>
  **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:

  ```text theme={"system"}
  cube
  |_models
   |_cubes
   |_views
  ...
  ```
</Warning>

## Commands

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

  In the Paradime terminal use:

  ```bash theme={"system"}
  cd cube
  ```
</Info>

### `validate`

Checks Cube project models for validation errors.

**Syntax**

```bash theme={"system"}
npx cubejs-cli validate
```

**Example Output**

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## Related topics

- [Integrations](/integrations/index.md)
- [Bolt CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/bolt-cli.md)
- [Paradime CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/index.md)
- [Catalog CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/catalog-cli.md)
- [Hightouch CLI](/developers/paradime-cli/hightouch-cli.md)