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website/docs/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli.md

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 This command moves the `dbt_cloud.yml` from the `Downloads` folder to the `.dbt` folder. If your `dbt_cloud.yml` file is located elsewhere, adjust the path accordingly.
 
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+By default, [all artifacts](/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts) are downloaded when you execute dbt commands from the dbt Cloud CLI. To skip these files from being downloaded, add `--download-artifacts=false` to the command you want to run. This can help improve run-time performance but might break workflows that depend on assets like the [manifest](/reference/artifacts/manifest-json). 
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website/docs/reference/artifacts/dbt-artifacts.md

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 - [catalog](catalog-json): produced by `docs generate`
 - [sources](/reference/artifacts/sources-json): produced by `source freshness`
 
+When running commands from the [dbt Cloud CLI](/docs/cloud/cloud-cli-installation), all artifacts are downloaded by default. If you want to change this behavior, refer to [How to skip artifacts from being downloaded](/docs/cloud/configure-cloud-cli#how-to-skip-artifacts-from-being-downloaded).
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 ## Where are artifacts produced?
 
 By default, artifacts are written to the `/target` directory of your dbt project. You can configure the location using the [`target-path` flag](/reference/global-configs/json-artifacts).