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+name: dbt production job
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+env:
+  #TODO(developer): update PROJECT_ID
+  PROJECT_ID: "dbt-demo-386220"
+  DBT_PROFILES_DIR: ./
+  GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: ./service_account.json
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+
+      - name: install requirements
+        run: pip install -q -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: install datafold-sdk
+        run: pip install -q datafold-sdk
+
+      - name: Authenticate dbt to BigQuery
+        run: 'echo "$KEYFILE" > ./service_account.json' # persist file in root dir
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          KEYFILE: ${{secrets.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}} # TODO: add a github secret
+
+      - name: dbt deps
+        run: dbt deps
+
+      - name: Generate dbt production manifest
+        run: dbt ls # TODO: update to dbt build after this initial run
+
+      # TODO: update the --config-id to your config id
+      - name: submit artifacts to datafold
+        run: |
+          set -ex
+          datafold dbt upload --ci-config-id 272 --run-type ${DATAFOLD_RUN_TYPE} --commit-sha ${GIT_SHA}
+        env:
+          DATAFOLD_APIKEY: ${{ secrets.DATAFOLD_APIKEY }}
+          DATAFOLD_RUN_TYPE: "${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && 'production' || 'pull_request' }}"
+          GIT_SHA: "${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"