Author dags with the Astro IDE

The Astro IDE supports building, updating, understanding, and customizing Airflow dags with or without the Astronomer AI assistant. The AI features in the IDE are powered by Otto, Astronomer’s data engineering agent. Otto brings Airflow-specific context, team memory, and specialized skills to code generation. For more details on Otto’s capabilities, including memory, skills, and Airflow tools, see the Otto overview.

Author dag code with or without AI

The Astro IDE allows you to write or modify dag code directly. Or, you can use AI-powered features to generate or refactor code, including:

• Use context-aware AI tools to suggest, generate, or improve dag code, operator logic, and project structure.
• Ask the Astro IDE questions about the project to better understand existing dag code structure, logic, and dependencies.
• View the Astro IDE’s reasoning, streaming live in the AI panel as it proposes changes.
• Review all proposed code changes before choosing to accept or reject them.
• Manually edit Python scripts, dag files, and supporting resources in the built-in editor.

Add custom project rules for code generation

You can define custom instructions or rules that guide the AI for all code generation tasks within your Airflow project.