Prefect Use Cases

A collection of practical, production-ready Prefect workflow examples designed to solve real business problems. Each example is fully documented and ready to adapt to your needs.

Use Case Examples

1. Data Pipeline Automation

Currently Available:

• AWS S3 ETL Pipeline: Complete ETL workflow with:
  • GitHub API data extraction
  • Data validation and cleaning
  • S3 storage integration
  • Error handling and retries
  • View Documentation

2. Common Patterns

Learn essential patterns for building workflows:

• ETL pipeline construction
• Scheduling strategies
• Notification systems

3. Workflow Orchestration

Coming Soon:

• Scheduled report generation
• Event-driven processing
• Multi-step approval workflows
• Complex dependency management

4. Monitoring and Alerting

Coming Soon:

• Email notification system
• Slack integration
• Custom logging patterns
• Performance monitoring

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/prefect-use-cases.git
   cd prefect-use-cases

2. Set up your environment:

   pip install uv
   uv venv
   source .venv/bin/activate  # On Unix/macOS
   # or
   .venv\Scripts\activate     # On Windows

3. Choose a use case:

   • Navigate to the relevant example directory
   • Follow the example-specific README
   • Adapt the code to your needs

Prerequisites

• Prefect Cloud account
• Python 3.12 or higher
• uv package manager