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tracing-upstream-lineage

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Find where your data comes from in Airflow.

What it does

Traces a table, column, or DAG back to its data sources and explains the lineage and transformations.

When to use it

Use when the user asks about data origins, what feeds a table, or upstream dependencies.

How to use it

Give it a table, column, or DAG to trace; it returns a lineage report describing sources, transformations, and data quality implications.

What you provide

  • a table, column, or DAG

Uses

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What you need · 3

Requires the af command to list DAGs, inspect their source and tasks, and check recent run status.

Requires access to the Airflow instance containing the DAGs being investigated.


Access · 2

This skill

Airflow

Read

Reads Airflow DAGs and run status

table schemas

Read

Reads the target table schema