diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 5fd4d62bf..a7c0dbea0 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ DAGSTER__CLICKHOUSE__HOST=
 DAGSTER__CLICKHOUSE__USER=
 DAGSTER__CLICKHOUSE__PASSWORD=
 
+## sqlmesh
+SQLMESH_DUCKDB_LOCAL_PATH=/tmp/oso.duckdb
+
 ###################
 # DEPRECATED
 ###################
diff --git a/warehouse/metrics_mesh/README.md b/warehouse/metrics_mesh/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dce3977a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/metrics_mesh/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# OSO sqlmesh pipeline
+
+## Setup
+
+Make sure to set the following environment variables
+in your .env file (at the root of the oso repo)
+
+```
+GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID=opensource-observer
+SQLMESH_DUCKDB_LOCAL_PATH=/tmp/oso.duckdb
+```
+
+Make sure you've logged into Google Cloud on your terminal
+
+```bash
+gcloud auth application-default login
+```
+
+Now install dependencies and download playground data into
+a local DuckDB instance.
+
+```bash
+poetry install
+poetry shell
+oso metrics local initialize
+```
+
+## Run
+
+```bash
+cd warehouse/metrics_mesh
+sqlmesh plan dev --start 2024-07-01 --end 2024-08-01 # to run for specific date rates (fast)
+sqlmesh plan  # to run the entire pipeline (slow)
+```
diff --git a/warehouse/metrics_mesh/lib/local/utils.py b/warehouse/metrics_mesh/lib/local/utils.py
index f1244cf53..af6ecb700 100644
--- a/warehouse/metrics_mesh/lib/local/utils.py
+++ b/warehouse/metrics_mesh/lib/local/utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import typing as t
 import duckdb
+import os
 from google.cloud import bigquery
 
+project_id = os.getenv("GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID")
 
 def bq_to_duckdb(table_mapping: t.Dict[str, str], duckdb_path: str):
     """Copies the tables in table_mapping to tables in duckdb
 
     The table_mapping is in the form { "bigquery_table_fqn": "duckdb_table_fqn" }
     """
-    bqclient = bigquery.Client()
+    bqclient = bigquery.Client(project=project_id)
     conn = duckdb.connect(duckdb_path)
 
     conn.sql("CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS sources;")
diff --git a/warehouse/oso_lets_go/cli.py b/warehouse/oso_lets_go/cli.py
index dc9e7537d..1a1b5470d 100644
--- a/warehouse/oso_lets_go/cli.py
+++ b/warehouse/oso_lets_go/cli.py
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 A catchall for development environment tools related to the python tooling.
 """
 
-import os
-
-import click
 import dotenv
+dotenv.load_dotenv()
 
+import os
+import click
 from metrics_mesh.lib.local.utils import initialize_local_duckdb, reset_local_duckdb
 
-dotenv.load_dotenv()
-
 
 @click.group()
 @click.option("--debug/--no-debug", default=False)