Airflow Tutor Agent 🤖✈️

A complete beginner-focused AI Tutor designed to help freshers step-by-step through setting up Apache Airflow 3.x locally on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

Project Goal

This agent doesn't just run a bash script to install Airflow. It stops, explains what each command does, asks the student to verify the output, and provides an immediate rule-based troubleshooting engine if they hit a wall. Finally, it teaches them core Airflow concepts and walks them through running their first beginner DAG.

Features

• Deterministic Preflight Checks: Verifies Python, Docker, Port 8080.
• Auto-Recommendation Engine: Recommends Docker Compose for Windows and pip + venv for macOS/Linux.
• Guided Setup Mode: Gives short 1-line commands and waits for confirmation.
• Troubleshooting Engine: Catches Exit Code 137, Port 8080 in use, Python version mismatch.
• Teaching Mode: Explains DAGs, Tasks, Schedulers, and runs a sample payload.

How to Run it Locally

1. Clone this repository (or copy the generated folder).
2. Install Python 3.8+ if you haven't already.
3. Open a terminal and navigate to this folder.
4. Run:

python -m venv venv
# Windows: .\venv\Scripts\activate
# Mac/Linux: source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Start the Tutor!

python -m app.main start

Preflight Only

If you just want to run the system checks without launching the interactive tutor:

python -m app.main check

Or execute the raw shell scripts in /scripts.

Architecture

See docs/architecture.md for a full breakdown. It uses Typer and Rich for a beautiful CLI interface.

Support OS & Methods

• Windows: Target method -> Docker Compose
• macOS / Linux: Target method -> pip + venv (standalone)
• Advanced Optional: Kubernetes with Helm

Security Notes

This is meant strictly for local learning on localhost:8080.

• Do not expose port 8080 to the public internet.
• Never commit airflow.cfg or .env files with generated secret keys to GitHub.
• Airflow's standalone password defaults are NOT safe for production!