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Question: is it possible to use the @task decorator on a class method?

I don’t believe so, as Prefect will probably complain that `self` is a missing argument

Any ideas for a work around? Besides writing a function that inits the class, runs the function, and returns?

I’d recommend subclassing your custom class as a Task:
```class MyPrefectClass(MyCustomClass, Task):
    ...
    def run(self, *args, **kwags):
        # same logic as the method you wanted to decorate```
that way all of your statefulness that you are relying on the class for is tracked on the `Task` object