Top use cases
Save the prompts you reuse and regenerate diagrams every time your stack changes.
Document ingestion jobs with retries, SLAs, and dependencies
Map orchestration paths for Airflow/Dagster with failure handling
Show CDC vs batch flows for stakeholder alignment
Create onboarding diagrams for new pipeline contributors
Workflow that ships
Describe sources, extraction cadence, and landing zones. Include CDC vs batch flags.
List orchestration steps with dependencies and recovery strategies. Ask AI to render a DAG-style view.
Add quality checks per stage and connect them to alerting channels.
Export the diagram to your runbook and update prompts when DAGs change.
Prompt recipes
Copy, tweak, and save in your repo so regenerations stay consistent.
"Show an ELT pipeline: Fivetran to staging, dbt transforms to marts, tests, and BI. Include SLAs and alerts."
"Create an Airflow DAG view for hourly CDC ingest, dedupe, SCD2, and downstream aggregates. Highlight retries."
"Document a Dagster pipeline with assets for events, sessions, and revenue. Show backfill paths."
Quality checklist
Every edge has cadence (hourly/daily/real-time) and failure policy.
Quality checks are attached to the stage they protect.
Critical paths for exec reporting are labeled.
Orchestration owner and channel are visible.
Why use Datadef
Prompt-to-canvas in seconds
Generate React Flow diagrams from prompts, then tweak nodes, metadata, and z-index with live collaboration.
Always in sync
Save prompts alongside canvas versions so you can regenerate diagrams as schemas, services, or policies change.
Shareable and auditable
Export PNG/SVG for decks, or share live canvases with lineage, SLAs, and runbook links for reviewers.
Built for data teams
Support data mesh, lakehouse, and streaming patterns with typed nodes for tables, pipelines, services, and governance layers.
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FAQ
How do I show retries and failure handling?
Label edges with retry policy and add alert destinations. Keep the main flow readable by grouping retries per stage.
What about hybrid batch + streaming?
Use separate lanes for batch and streaming with convergence points. AI can color streams differently to avoid confusion.
Can AI diagrams replace DAG UIs?
They complement them. Use AI diagrams for high-level communication and keep DAG UIs for execution detail.
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Capture the prompt once, regenerate after every schema change, and keep diagrams audit-ready.