prefect-cloud 0.1.6

Package for easily deploying to Prefect Cloud.

prefect-cloud

:zap: Deploy your code to Prefect Cloud in seconds! :zap:

Deploy and run your Python functions on Prefect Cloud with a single command.

Installation

First, install uv if you haven't already. See installation docs here

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Create and activate a virtual environment:

uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate

Then install prefect-cloud:

uv pip install prefect-cloud

Alternatively, you can run prefect-cloud as a tool without installing it using uvx. See uv tools guide for more details.

Login to Prefect Cloud

prefect-cloud login

Deploy your workflow

Deploy any Python function from a GitHub repository. For example:

# https://github.com/ExampleOwner/example-repo-cloud/blob/main/examples/hello.py

def hello_world():
    print("Hello, World!")

Deploy to Prefect Cloud

prefect-cloud deploy <path/to/file.py:function_name> --from <source repo URL>

e.g.

prefect-cloud deploy examples/hello.py:hello_world --from PrefectHQ/prefect-cloud

Run it with

prefect-cloud run <flow_name>/<deployment_name>

e.g.

prefect-cloud run hello_world/hello_world

Schedule it with

prefect-cloud schedule <flow_name>/<deployment_name> <SCHEDULE>

e.g.

prefect-cloud schedule hello_world/hello_world "0 * * * *"

Additional Options

Add Dependencies

# Add dependencies
prefect-cloud deploy ... --with pandas --with numpy

# Or install from requirements file at runtime
prefect-cloud deploy ... --with-requirements </path/to/requirements.txt>

Include Environment Variables

prefect-cloud deploy ... --env KEY=VALUE --env KEY2=VALUE2

Include Secrets as Environment Variables

prefect-cloud deploy ... --secret KEY=VALUE --secret KEY2=VALUE2

From a Private Repository

(Recommended!) Install the Prefect Cloud GitHub App into the repository you want to deploy from. This will allow you to deploy from private repositories without needing to provide a personal access token.

prefect-cloud github setup

Alternatively, you can provide a personal access token on each deploy:

prefect-cloud deploy ... --from <private source repo URL> --credentials GITHUB_TOKEN