Build production Apache Airflow DAGs with best practices for operators, sensors, testing, and deployment. Use when creating data pipelines, orchestrating workflows, or scheduling batch jobs.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
90%
0.95xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
Optimize this skill with Tessl
npx tessl skill review --optimize ./tests/ext_conformance/artifacts/agents-wshobson/data-engineering/skills/airflow-dag-patterns/SKILL.mdProduction DAG default_args and retry configuration
retries=3
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retry_delay 5 min
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Exponential backoff
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max_retry_delay 1h
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email_on_failure True
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email_on_retry False
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catchup=False
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max_active_runs=1
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No depends_on_past
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Task failure callback
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DAG failure callback
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No hardcoded date
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schedule= syntax
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Sensor patterns, branching, and trigger rules
TaskFlow @dag decorator
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TaskFlow @task decorator
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@task.sensor used
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Sensor mode=reschedule
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Sensor timeout set
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Sensor poke_interval set
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BranchPythonOperator used
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Join trigger rule
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Cleanup trigger rule
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PokeReturnValue returned
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DAG testing, project structure, and dynamic generation
Factory function
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globals() registration
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Config-driven clients
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Logic in common module
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DAG file stays thin
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DagBag fixture
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include_examples=False
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Import error test
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Cycle detection test
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Structural assertion
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