# Prefect Python SDK

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/prefect/prefect-python-sdk/  
**Provider:** Prefect — https://apis.io/providers/prefect/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.prefect.io/v3/api-ref/python

Prefect Python SDK is one of 63 APIs that [Prefect](https://apis.io/providers/prefect/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Orchestration, Python, SDK, and Workflows. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, and a GitHub repository.

The Prefect Python SDK is used to build, test, and execute workflows against the Prefect API. It provides decorators such as @flow and @task for defining workflows, along with programmatic interfaces for deployments, scheduling, state management, concurrency, caching, and retries. The SDK requires Python 3.10 or higher and includes a PrefectClient class for direct interaction with the REST API.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.prefect.io/v3/api-ref/python
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.prefect.io/v3/get-started/quickstart
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect

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## Tags

Orchestration, Python, SDK, Workflows

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