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Hello, I have a flow.

```def flow(a:int,b:str)```
How do i disable validation for `b` while keeping the validation for `a` active?

If i'm understanding right you can change the type hint for `b` to be whatever you'd like or remove it entirely

```from prefect import flow
from typing import Any

@flow
def flow(a: int, b: Any):
    print(a, b)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    flow(1, 'b')
    flow(1, 5)```

Not exactly what I wanted but I think This would work. Let me test

are you looking to do something like:
```@flow
def flow(a: int, b: DontCoerce[str]):
  ...```

I wanted my `b` to be a Enum type of which the values are computed are baked into the deployment using the open api params. But when i run the flow, the `b` param was being checked and failing.

But I think I can set `b` to str while only modifying the deplyment open api params without any issues.