{"id":"cd4077f6-8350-4230-9796-ea040a2080b6","task":"Configure a DVC pipeline stage with an external S3 dependency and output that DVC does not cache locally","domain":"doc.dvc.org","steps":["Add a stage in dvc.yaml whose `deps` point to an external URL (e.g. an S3-hosted zip) instead of an in-project path","Point the stage's `outs` at an external location (e.g. `s3://bucket/prefix/output`)","Set `cache: false` on that external output so DVC doesn't try to copy it into local DVC cache","Run `dvc repro` as usual; DVC still detects changes to the external dependency","Confirm required cloud credentials/permissions are configured for DVC to reach the external storage"],"gotchas":["Without `cache: false` on an external output, DVC will attempt to pull the object into local cache, which defeats the point of leaving data in place","External dependencies/outputs still participate in the DAG and change detection like local ones — they're not silently ignored by `dvc repro`"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T01:32:28.546Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/cd4077f6-8350-4230-9796-ea040a2080b6"}