airflow-plugins

Airflow 3 plugins let you embed FastAPI apps, React UIs, middleware, macros, operator buttons, and custom timetables directly into the Airflow process. No sidecar, no extra server.

CRITICAL: Plugin components (fastapiapps, reactapps, externalviews) require Airflow 3.1+. NEVER import flask, flaskappbuilder, or use appbuilderviews / flaskblueprints — these are Airflow 2 patterns and will not work in Airflow 3. If existing code uses them, rewrite the entire registration block using FastAPI.

Security: FastAPI plugin endpoints are not automatically protected by Airflow auth. If your endpoints need to be private, implement authentication explicitly using FastAPI's security utilities.

Build Airflow 3.1+ plugins that embed FastAPI apps, custom UI pages, React components, middleware, macros, and operator links directly into the Airflow UI. Use this skill whenever the user wants to create an Airflow plugin, add a custom UI page or nav entry to Airflow, build FastAPI-backed endpoints inside Airflow, serve static assets from a plugin, embed a React app in the Airflow UI, add middleware to the Airflow API server, create custom operator extra links, or call the Airflow REST API from inside a plugin. Also trigger when the user mentions AirflowPlugin, fastapi_apps, external_views, react_apps, plugin registration, or embedding a web app in Airflow 3.1+. If someone is building anything custom inside Airflow 3.1+ that involves Python and a browser-facing interface, this skill almost certainly applies. Source: astronomer/agents.