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Review the MotherDuck Retail Reference

This path inspects repository artifacts. It does not write to S3, register a DuckLake table, or query MotherDuck.

Prerequisites​

  • A checkout of this repository
  • A shell with sed and rg
  • No AWS or MotherDuck credentials

Run the inspection​

From the repository root:

test -f static/pipelines/motherduck-retail-pipeline.yaml
sed -n '1,100p' static/pipelines/motherduck-retail-pipeline.yaml
rg -n 'generate|mapping|parquet|aws_s3' \
  static/pipelines/motherduck-retail-pipeline.yaml

Expected output​

The file check exits successfully. The final command identifies synthetic generation, transformation, encoding, and the external S3 handoff.

Cleanup​

No files or external resources are created.

Common failures​

  • A missing file means the checkout does not contain the referenced artifact.
  • No rg matches means the pipeline shape changed; inspect the complete file before updating the walkthrough.
  • Artifact inspection does not verify object format, table registration, or query behavior.

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