Specify automation_condition in dbt model's config block

[pin970]

Hello, is there a way to specify an automation_condition for a dbt model within the model's config block? Previously with auto-materialization I could do it like so:

{{
    config(
        meta={
            "dagster": {
                "auto_materialize_policy": {
                    "type": "eager"
                }
            }
        }
    )
}}

But if I change it to automation_condition it does not seem to work. Do you plan to add an option to configure automation_condition within the meta config block? I find it a bit inconvenient to use DagsterDbtTranslator when I only want to add simple automation for a single model.

[smackesey]

cc @OwenKephart

[OwenKephart]

Hi @pin970 -- as you note, the DagsterDbtTranslator is the surefire way of customizing this. However, this has come up before (quite recently) here: #25866, and I think it may be worth considering adding support at least for the eager condition to make migration easier here.

Are there other conditions you're considering specifying in this metadata? If so, then generally writing a bit of code in the translator to parse that metadata and add an automation condition based on what's there would probably make sense.