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Pass parameters to PythonOperator

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskGet the daily sales report for the Western region to the sales director by 9 AM Friday. It…+
Get the daily sales report for the Western region to the sales director by 9 AM Friday. It needs to pull data from the 'western_sales_db' and use the 'daily_sales_query.py' script, passing 'region=Western' and 'date=yesterday' as parameters.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore the sales director sees the daily sales report, make sure it’s pulling the right data. I…+
Before the sales director sees the daily sales report, make sure it’s pulling the right data. I need to easily adjust the region and date parameters for testing, and then lock them down for the production run without having to rewrite the script every time.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe sales director is asking about last week's Eastern region report, which showed zero. I’m…+
The sales director just asked why last week's sales report for the Eastern region showed zero revenue.
The sales director is asking about last week's Eastern region report, which showed zero. I’m afraid I hardcoded the region last time, and it just ran with the wrong filter. I don't know how to reliably pass different region parameters to the same script for different reports without breaking something else. What's the best way to ensure each report gets its specific region and date parameters correctly?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI'm constantly chasing down reports that ran with the wrong region or date. I spend too much…+
I keep getting caught by reports running with incorrect filters because parameters aren't set right.
I'm constantly chasing down reports that ran with the wrong region or date. I spend too much time manually checking and re-running. What habit should I change to ensure I always pass the correct, dynamic parameters for each report without constant manual oversight?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

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Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

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The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Apache Airflow's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

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