is there a clean way to invoke tasks as functions? e.g. for unit testing outside a prefect flow? The cleanest way I could think of is to define the function regularly (without the

task

decorator) and treat them as tasks only inside the flow. i.e.:

def f():
    pass

# regular call
foo = f()

# inside a flow
with Flow() as flow:
    foo = task(f)()

any nicer suggestions?

Hi @Avi A, you can call task.run() to invoke the task as a function. All the “Prefect stuff” happens in the

TaskRunner

class to preserve easy testing of tasks!

For some extra inspo while you are working on testing, you might be interested in these two pages in the docs too! https://docs.prefect.io/core/idioms/testing-flows.html#testing-prefect-flows-and-tasks https://docs.prefect.io/core/advanced_tutorials/local-debugging.html

Thanks guys, I adore your work!

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