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configuring-airflow-language-sdks

Configures Airflow to run language SDK tasks (Java, Go, and future native SDKs) — register a coordinator, map a queue to it, ensure the runtime/artifact on workers, and tune coordinator options. Use when the user wants Airflow to route a queue to a native-language coordinator, asks about the `[sdk]` `coordinators`/`queue_to_coordinator` settings, `AIRFLOW__SDK__COORDINATORS`, `jars_root`, `executables_root` or other coordinator `kwargs`, `task_startup_timeout`, or why their native tasks aren't being picked up. Covers the shared routing mechanism plus per-coordinator options (e.g. JavaCoordinator, ExecutableCoordinator).

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a high-quality, actionable reference: executable config for both `airflow.cfg` and env-var forms, well-structured per-coordinator tables, and a verification-plus-troubleshooting section with explicit recovery steps. The main lever for improvement is conciseness and slightly deeper progressive disclosure of the per-coordinator detail.

Suggestions

Tighten a few explanatory sentences that restate mechanics Claude can infer (e.g. "The coordinator name is arbitrary — it just has to be the same string in both settings") to lift conciseness toward a 5.

Consider moving the Java JUL/logging walkthrough and the full per-coordinator kwargs tables into a reference file (e.g. coordinators.md) referenced one level deep, so the overview stays lean and progressive_disclosure can reach 5.

The platform-neutral restatement and the "Experimental" preview note are useful, but the preview caveat could be folded into the intro sentence to save a quoted callout block.

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Conciseness

The body is largely efficient — it documents the shared wiring once, uses tight tables for coordinator kwargs, and points sibling concerns to other skills rather than re-explaining them. A few sentences edge toward over-explanation (e.g. unpacking "coordinator name is arbitrary" and the platform-neutral restatement), which keeps it just below a 5; not a 3 because there is no padded tutorial-style explanation of concepts Claude already knows.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready blocks for both `airflow.cfg` and environment-variable forms, with concrete classpaths, kwargs, and a worked `jvm_args` logging example. The troubleshooting table maps concrete symptoms to concrete fixes ("Set `main_class` explicitly", "Cross-compile with `--goos`/`--goarch`"); not a 4 because the common cases are covered with ready-to-run specifics.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The "Verifying the configuration" section is a clearly sequenced checklist (runtime present → artifact directory populated → trigger DAG and read logs) with an explicit feedback loop in the troubleshooting table (fix JSON and restart, raise `task_startup_timeout`, re-pack after strip/sign). Configuration is a non-destructive act, yet verification steps are explicit; not a 4 because validation checkpoints and error-recovery guidance are present rather than just implied.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Good structure with well-signaled cross-skill pointers (authoring/deploy skills, Related Skills) and clean sectioning (the two settings, per-coordinator options, verifying). It is one level deep throughout with no nesting; not a 5 because some per-coordinator detail (e.g. the full kwargs tables and the JUL logging walkthrough) is inlined where a separate reference file could keep the overview leaner, and no bundle files exist to offload it.

4 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is exemplary: it states concrete capabilities, gives an explicit and detailed "Use when..." clause with exact config keys and a user-facing symptom, and carves out a distinct niche from sibling skills. It would reliably activate for the right requests and not for the wrong ones.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — "register a coordinator", "map a queue to it", "ensure the runtime/artifact on workers", and "tune coordinator options" — giving comprehensive, specific coverage of what the skill does. It is not a 4 because the action list is comprehensive rather than having only minor gaps.

5 / 5

Completeness

Clearly states what ("Configures Airflow to run language SDK tasks... register a coordinator, map a queue...") and an explicit when ("Use when the user wants Airflow to route a queue... asks about the [sdk] settings... or why their native tasks aren't being picked up"). Both are concrete with explicit trigger phrases; not a 4 because the when-clause is fully explicit and specific.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural phrasings and exact config tokens a user would say — "route a queue to a native-language coordinator", `[sdk]` `coordinators`/`queue_to_coordinator`, `AIRFLOW__SDK__COORDINATORS`, `jars_root`, `executables_root`, `task_startup_timeout`, and the symptom "why their native tasks aren't being picked up". Comprehensive, including synonyms and exact setting names; not a 4 because no common variation is missing.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche — Airflow native-language SDK coordinator routing — with distinct triggers (specific config keys and the task-pickup symptom) unlikely to fire for unrelated skills. It scopes itself apart from sibling authoring/deploy skills via the routing-mechanism framing; not a 4 because conflict risk is minimal, not just minor.

5 / 5

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