One AI Step Failed. What Else Does It Block?
Use NetworkX to map mandatory workflow dependencies, reject cycles and find the downstream tasks blocked by a failure. Includes a seven-task example and twelve runtime tests.
BY JASON EAD
AI engineering & business applications
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Stop a Data Join From Cloning Your AI Briefs
Catch duplicate lookup keys and unmatched accounts before a data join multiplies your AI workflow records. Reproduce the pandas example with 12 runtime tests.
Stop Blank AI Reports Before They Reach Your Clients
Build a tested Jinja rendering boundary that rejects missing report fields, escapes HTML text and keeps human approval separate from delivery.
Build a Local AI Run Review Console With Datasette
Build a local Datasette console to inspect AI workflow records, filter review queues and understand the limits of read-only snapshots and export controls.
Prepare Word Documents for AI With MarkItDown
Build a local DOCX-to-Markdown review bundle with source snapshots and hashes. A tested example shows why successful conversion can still lose business context.
Build a Duplicate-Company Review Queue With RapidFuzz
Build a local review queue for possible duplicate CRM companies. Includes tested RapidFuzz code, a fictional dataset, threshold results and limits for AI workflows.
Turn Business CSVs Into an AI-Ready Weekly Brief With DuckDB
Build a tested local DuckDB workflow that calculates weekly order metrics, produces a reproducible JSON brief and gives an AI assistant a focused business-review task.