@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ pub(crate) const NATIVE_HEADER_COLUMNS: &str = "native_header_columns";
 pub(crate) const PARSED_HEADER_COLUMNS: &str = "parsed_header_columns";
 /// Config values converted into typed nodes for a key a reader asked for.
 pub(crate) const TYPED_CONFIG_READS: &str = "typed_config_reads";
+/// Reads of a model or project that is not a native compiled view, read by attribute instead.
+pub(crate) const COMPILED_VIEW_FALLBACKS: &str = "compiled_view_fallbacks";
 
 /// Compile stage runs since the last reset, by stage.
 #[pyclass]
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub(crate) mod inputs_view;
 pub(crate) mod model_input_view;
 pub(crate) mod model_reads;
 pub(crate) mod project_host;
+pub(crate) mod project_reads;
 pub(crate) mod project_view;
 pub(crate) mod records;
 pub(crate) mod registration;
 
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 //! A compiled model's analysis outcomes as Rust data: views read their owner, records their fields.
 
-use pyo3::prelude::{Bound, PyAny, PyAnyMethods, PyResult};
+use pyo3::prelude::{Bound, PyAny, PyAnyMethods, PyResult, Python};
 
+use crate::bindings::_helpers::compile_driver::stage_work::{COMPILED_VIEW_FALLBACKS, count_stage};
 use crate::bindings::_helpers::compiled_views::compiled_model_view::{
     DeclaredRow, LineageInput, NativeCompiledModel,
 };
@@ -27,10 +28,22 @@ const TRANSFORM_VALUES: [&str; 6] = [
 ];
 const CONFIDENCE_VALUES: [&str; 3] = ["unknown", "high", "medium"];
 
+/// The native view behind a model object; any other object is a Python-built record, counted.
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) fn native_model<'a>(
+    model: &'a Bound<'_, PyAny>,
+) -> PyResult<Option<&'a NativeCompiledModel>> {
+    if let Ok(view) = model.cast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
+        return Ok(Some(view.get()));
+    }
+    count_stage(model.py(), COMPILED_VIEW_FALLBACKS, 1)?;
+    Ok(None)
+}
+
 /// Each inferred output column as `(name, type, nullability)`, `None` when none were inferred.
 pub(crate) fn inferred_rows(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<Vec<InferredRow>>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().inferred_rows(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.inferred_rows(model.py());
     }
     let rows: Bound<'_, PyAny> = native_field(model, "inferred_rows")?;
     if rows.is_none() {
@@ -56,24 +69,23 @@ fn column_names(rows: Vec<InferredRow>) -> Vec<String> {
 
 /// Each declared column of the attached schema as `(name, type)`, `None` without a schema.
 pub(crate) fn declared_rows(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<Vec<DeclaredRow>>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().schema_column_rows(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.schema_column_rows(model.py());
     }
     native_field(model, "schema_column_rows")?.extract()
 }
 
 /// Whether the attached schema declares dynamic column families.
 pub(crate) fn dynamic_columns_declared(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<bool> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().dynamic_columns_declared(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.dynamic_columns_declared(model.py());
     }
     native_field(model, "has_dynamic_columns")?.is_truthy()
 }
 
 /// `(has star, star resolved)` of the model's analysed query.
 pub(crate) fn star_flags(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<(bool, bool)> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        let view: &NativeCompiledModel = view.get();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
         return Ok((
             view.fast_lineage_has_star(model.py())?,
             view.fast_lineage_star_resolved(model.py())?,
@@ -87,8 +99,8 @@ pub(crate) fn star_flags(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<(bool, bool)> {
 
 /// Output columns whose types semantic recovery forgot, in any order.
 pub(crate) fn unchecked_columns(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Vec<String>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return Ok(view.get().unchecked_columns().to_vec());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.unchecked_columns().to_vec());
     }
     native_field(model, "unchecked_output_columns")?
         .try_iter()?
@@ -98,8 +110,8 @@ pub(crate) fn unchecked_columns(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Vec<String
 
 /// Each lineage output with the `(resource, column)` pairs it reads; empty without lineage.
 pub(crate) fn lineage_inputs(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Vec<LineageInput>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return Ok(view.get().lineage_inputs(model.py())?.unwrap_or_default());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.lineage_inputs(model.py())?.unwrap_or_default());
     }
     let columns: Bound<'_, PyAny> = native_field(model, "fast_lineage_columns")?;
     if !columns.is_truthy()? {
@@ -123,25 +135,25 @@ pub(crate) fn lineage_inputs(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Vec<LineageIn
 
 /// Whether the native session validated the model's bindings.
 pub(crate) fn binding_validated(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<bool> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().binding_validated(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.binding_validated(model.py());
     }
     native_field(model, "binding_validated")?.is_truthy()
 }
 
 /// Whether the model's dynamic pivot proof proved its output columns.
 pub(crate) fn output_proven(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<bool> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().output_proven(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.output_proven(model.py());
     }
     let proof: Bound<'_, PyAny> = native_field(model, "dynamic_column_contract")?;
     Ok(!proof.is_none() && native_field(&proof, "output_proven")?.is_truthy()?)
 }
 
 /// Each lineage output with its transform kind and confidence values, `None` without lineage.
 pub(crate) fn lineage_facts(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<Vec<LineageFactRow>>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        let Some(rows) = view.get().lineage_rows(model.py())? else {
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        let Some(rows) = view.lineage_rows(model.py())? else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
         let mut facts: Vec<LineageFactRow> = Vec::with_capacity(rows.len());
@@ -190,8 +202,8 @@ fn coded(values: &[&str], code: u8) -> PyResult<String> {
 
 /// The input relations of a dynamic pivot proof that proved the model's outputs, else `None`.
 pub(crate) fn proven_inputs(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<Vec<String>>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().proven_inputs(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.proven_inputs(model.py());
     }
     let proof: Bound<'_, PyAny> = native_field(model, "dynamic_column_contract")?;
     if proof.is_none() || !native_field(&proof, "output_proven")?.is_truthy()? {
@@ -202,41 +214,112 @@ pub(crate) fn proven_inputs(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<Vec<Str
 
 /// The model's name.
 pub(crate) fn model_name(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<String> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return view.get().name(model.py());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.name(model.py());
     }
     native_field(model, "name")?.extract()
 }
 
 /// The model's compiled query SQL.
 pub(crate) fn query_sql<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return Ok(view.get().query_sql(model.py())?.into_any());
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.query_sql(model.py())?.into_any());
     }
     native_field(model, "query_sql")
 }
 
 /// The model's `CompiledObjectKey`.
 pub(crate) fn model_key<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return Ok(view.get().key(model.py())?.into_bound(model.py()));
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.key(model.py())?.into_bound(model.py()));
     }
     native_field(model, "key")
 }
 
 /// The model's destination `CompiledRelationLocation`.
 pub(crate) fn destination<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        return Ok(view.get().destination(model.py())?.into_bound(model.py()));
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.destination(model.py())?.into_bound(model.py()));
     }
     native_field(model, "destination")
 }
 
 /// The model's name as a Python string.
 pub(crate) fn name_object<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
-    if let Ok(view) = model.downcast::<NativeCompiledModel>() {
-        let name: String = view.get().name(model.py())?;
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        let name: String = view.name(model.py())?;
         return Ok(pyo3::types::PyString::new(model.py(), &name).into_any());
     }
     native_field(model, "name")
 }
+
+/// The model's attached `SchemaModelEntry`, or `None`.
+pub(crate) fn schema_entry<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.schema_entry(py)?.into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(model, "schema_entry")
+}
+
+/// The model's `CompileModelConfig`.
+pub(crate) fn config<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.config(py)?.into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(model, "config")
+}
+
+/// The model's `CompileSqlReference` tuple.
+pub(crate) fn references<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.references(py)?.into_bound(py).into_any());
+    }
+    native_field(model, "references")
+}
+
+/// The model file's relative path.
+pub(crate) fn relative_path<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.relative_path(py)?.into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(model, "relative_path")
+}
+
+/// The model's `InferredColumn` tuple, or `None`.
+pub(crate) fn inferred_columns<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.inferred_columns(py)?.into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(model, "inferred_columns")
+}
+
+/// `(resource type, name)` of each dependency.
+pub(crate) fn dep_rows(model: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Vec<(String, String)>> {
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return view.dep_rows(model.py());
+    }
+    native_field(model, "dep_rows")?.extract()
+}
+
+/// The model's dependency `CompiledObjectKey` tuple.
+pub(crate) fn deps<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.deps(py)?.into_bound(py).into_any());
+    }
+    native_field(model, "deps")
+}
+
+/// The model's enum columns by name.
+pub(crate) fn enum_columns<'py>(model: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = model.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_model(model)? {
+        return Ok(view.enum_columns(py)?.into_bound(py).into_any());
+    }
+    native_field(model, "enum_columns")
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+//! A compiled project's resource collections, read from its native view.
+
+use pyo3::prelude::{Bound, PyAny, PyResult, Python};
+
+use crate::bindings::_helpers::compile_driver::stage_work::{COMPILED_VIEW_FALLBACKS, count_stage};
+use crate::bindings::_helpers::compiled_views::project_view::NativeProjectView;
+use crate::bindings::_helpers::records::fields::field as native_field;
+
+const MODELS_FIELD: &str = "models";
+const SOURCES_FIELD: &str = "sources";
+const SEEDS_FIELD: &str = "seeds";
+const FUNCTIONS_FIELD: &str = "functions";
+const AUDITS_FIELD: &str = "audits";
+
+/// The native view behind a project object; any other object is a Python-built record, counted.
+#[inline]
+fn native_project<'a>(project: &'a Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Option<&'a NativeProjectView>> {
+    if let Ok(view) = project.cast::<NativeProjectView>() {
+        return Ok(Some(view.get()));
+    }
+    count_stage(project.py(), COMPILED_VIEW_FALLBACKS, 1)?;
+    Ok(None)
+}
+
+/// The project's compiled models, in compile order.
+pub(crate) fn models<'py>(project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = project.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_project(project)? {
+        return Ok(view.models(py).into_bound(py).into_any());
+    }
+    native_field(project, MODELS_FIELD)
+}
+
+/// The project's compiled sources.
+pub(crate) fn sources<'py>(project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = project.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_project(project)? {
+        return Ok(view.sources(py).into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(project, SOURCES_FIELD)
+}
+
+/// The project's compiled functions.
+pub(crate) fn functions<'py>(project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = project.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_project(project)? {
+        return Ok(view.functions(py).into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(project, FUNCTIONS_FIELD)
+}
+
+/// The project's compiled seeds.
+pub(crate) fn seeds<'py>(project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = project.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_project(project)? {
+        return Ok(view.seeds(py).into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(project, SEEDS_FIELD)
+}
+
+/// The project's compiled audits.
+pub(crate) fn audits<'py>(project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = project.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_project(project)? {
+        return Ok(view.audits(py).into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(project, AUDITS_FIELD)
+}
+
+/// The project's resource collection named `field`; any other field is read by attribute.
+pub(crate) fn collection<'py>(
+    project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>,
+    field: &str,
+) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    match field {
+        MODELS_FIELD => models(project),
+        SOURCES_FIELD => sources(project),
+        SEEDS_FIELD => seeds(project),
+        FUNCTIONS_FIELD => functions(project),
+        AUDITS_FIELD => audits(project),
+        _ => native_field(project, field),
+    }
+}
+
+/// The project's compiled SQL tests.
+pub(crate) fn sql_tests<'py>(project: &Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+    let py: Python<'py> = project.py();
+    if let Some(view) = native_project(project)? {
+        return Ok(view.sql_tests(py).into_bound(py));
+    }
+    native_field(project, "sql_tests")
+}
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use sqlbuild_host::entries::models::{ExecutorHost, UserCodeHost};
 
 use crate::bindings::_helpers::compiled_views::model_reads;
+use crate::bindings::_helpers::compiled_views::project_reads;
 use crate::bindings::_helpers::contracts::spec_resolution::matching_dynamic_families;
 use crate::bindings::_helpers::model_config::typed_config::{config_text, model_values};
 use crate::bindings::_helpers::planner_changes::results::native_enum;
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ pub(crate) fn detect_changes<'py>(
     let query_change_tracking: bool =
         native_field(&native_field(project, "settings")?, "query_change_tracking")?.is_truthy()?;
     let dialect: Option<String> = native_field(snapshot, "column_dialect")?.extract()?;
-    for function in native_field(project, "functions")?.try_iter()? {
+    for function in project_reads::functions(project)?.try_iter()? {
         let function: Bound<'py, PyAny> = function?;
         let name: Bound<'py, PyAny> = native_field(&function, "name")?;
         let fingerprint_sql: String = compiled_function_fingerprint_sql(&function)?;
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ pub(crate) fn scope_model_changes<'py>(
         }
     };
     let function_local_hashes: Bound<'py, PyAny> = function_local_hashes(
-        &native_field(project, "functions")?,
+        &project_reads::functions(project)?,
         native_field(project, "sql_analysis_dialect")?
             .extract::<Option<String>>()?
             .as_deref(),
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ fn model_schema_findings<'py>(
     for column in &validity {
         warehouse.retain(|(name, _)| !column.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name));
     }
-    let schema_entry: Bound<'py, PyAny> = native_field(model, "schema_entry")?;
+    let schema_entry: Bound<'py, PyAny> = model_reads::schema_entry(model)?;
     let mut yml: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
     let mut type_enforcement: bool = false;
     let mut dynamic: Option<Bound<'py, PyAny>> = None;