---
title: "ktx ingest"
description: "Build, inspect, and replay KTX context ingest runs."
---

`ktx ingest` builds or refreshes KTX context from configured connections.
Database connections build schema context. Context-source connections ingest
metadata from tools such as dbt, Looker, Metabase, MetricFlow, LookML, and
Notion.

## Command signature

```bash
ktx ingest [options] [connectionId]
```

Use a connection id to build one configured connection. Use `--all` to build
every configured connection. Database connections run before context-source
connections when you use `--all`.

## Build options

| Flag | Description | Default |
|------|-------------|---------|
| `--all` | Build every configured connection | `false` |
| `--fast` | Use deterministic database schema ingest | Stored connection default, or `fast` |
| `--deep` | Use AI-enriched database ingest | Stored connection default, or `fast` |
| `--query-history` | Include database query-history usage patterns | Stored connection default |
| `--no-query-history` | Skip database query-history usage patterns for this run | Stored connection default |
| `--query-history-window-days <days>` | Query-history lookback window for this run | Stored connection default |
| `--plain` | Print plain text output | `true` |
| `--json` | Print JSON output | `false` |
| `--no-input` | Disable interactive terminal input | `false` |

`--fast` and `--deep` are mutually exclusive. Depth flags apply only to
database connections. Query-history flags apply only to database connections
that support query history.

## Status and replay

| Subcommand | Description |
|------------|-------------|
| `status [runId]` | Print status for the latest or selected stored ingest run or report file |
| `replay <runId>` | Replay a stored ingest run or bundle report through memory-flow output |

Both subcommands accept `--report-file <path>`, `--plain`, `--json`, `--viz`,
and `--no-input`.

## Examples

```bash
ktx ingest warehouse
ktx ingest warehouse --fast
ktx ingest warehouse --deep
ktx ingest warehouse --deep --query-history
ktx ingest warehouse --query-history-window-days 30
ktx ingest notion
ktx ingest --all
ktx ingest --all --deep

ktx ingest status
ktx ingest status run-abc123
ktx ingest status --json

ktx ingest replay run-abc123
ktx ingest replay run-abc123 --viz
ktx ingest replay run-abc123 --report-file /tmp/ingest-report.json
```

## Common errors

| Error | Cause | Recovery |
|-------|-------|----------|
| Connection not configured | The connection id is not present in `ktx.yaml` | Add the connection with `ktx setup` or update `ktx.yaml` |
| Deep readiness is missing | `--deep` or query history needs model, embedding, and scan-enrichment configuration | Run `ktx setup` or rerun with `--fast` |
| Query history is unsupported | The selected database driver does not support query history | Run schema ingest without query-history flags |
| Latest run not found | No stored ingest report exists in this project | Run `ktx ingest <connectionId>` first |
| Visual replay fails in a non-interactive shell | Visual report replay needs a terminal | Use `ktx ingest status --json` for agent and CI workflows |
