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Restrict task types for user roles

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskFor the new marketing team, restrict their access so they can only create and run ETL tasks,…+
For the new marketing team, restrict their access so they can only create and run ETL tasks, not modify any existing production DAGs or create new ones in the core data pipeline. Make sure this is live by end of day.
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 I onboard the new interns, set up the user roles for them. They need to be able to view…+
Before I onboard the new interns, set up the user roles for them. They need to be able to view all DAGs and task logs for debugging, but prevent them from making any changes or running any tasks. I want to avoid accidental data loads.
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 new analytics team is pushing back on their restricted access. They can't see the logs for…+
The new analytics team is complaining they can't see the logs for their own DAGs, but they also can't accidentally delete production data.
The new analytics team is pushing back on their restricted access. They can't see the logs for their own DAGs, which makes debugging impossible, but I'm terrified of them accidentally deleting production data. The head of analytics is getting impatient. What's the safest way to give them log visibility without opening up any write access, and what should I tell the head of analytics about the timeline?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternEvery time a new team comes on board, I spend days explaining what they can and cannot do in…+
New teams always struggle with understanding their permissions and what they can and cannot do.
Every time a new team comes on board, I spend days explaining what they can and cannot do in the system, and then fixing their access after they try to do something they shouldn't. It's draining my time and causing frustration. What habit should I change to set up new user roles more effectively from the start, so they understand their boundaries without constant intervention?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

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.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

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.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

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.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.