Connect Airflow and
PostgreSQL with AI

Redbird AI syncs Airflow pipeline metadata with PostgreSQL and orchestrates database operations based on DAG events. Stop writing custom operators and manually tracking pipeline runs in spreadsheets—automate the connection between your workflow orchestration and your operational database.

No code required
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What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Log DAG run metadata and task status to PostgreSQL tables automatically

Capture every Airflow DAG execution—runtime, status, task-level failures, retry counts—and write structured records to PostgreSQL. Build operational dashboards that query live pipeline history without hitting the Airflow metadata database. Surface trends like task duration increases or failure patterns across environments.

Trigger Airflow DAGs when PostgreSQL tables receive new data or updates

Start data transformation pipelines automatically when source tables in PostgreSQL are updated or reach row count thresholds. Eliminate cron-based polling—let database events drive orchestration. Ideal for CDC workflows where downstream processing must kick off immediately after upstream inserts.

Archive completed DAG logs and XCom data to PostgreSQL for compliance

Move Airflow task logs, XCom outputs, and execution context to long-term PostgreSQL storage on a schedule. Reduce metadata database bloat while maintaining audit trails. Query historical execution artifacts alongside application data for compliance reporting and forensic analysis.

Sync PostgreSQL query results into Airflow variables for dynamic DAG configuration

Pull configuration data, feature flags, or lookup tables from PostgreSQL and inject them as Airflow variables or connections. Update pipeline behavior without redeploying DAGs—let database-driven config control orchestration logic. Support multi-tenant pipelines that read tenant-specific settings from Postgres.

Alert on Airflow pipeline failures with contextual PostgreSQL data enrichment

When DAG tasks fail, query PostgreSQL for related context—affected customer IDs, transaction counts, or system state—and include it in alerts. Give on-call engineers the full picture without manual lookups. Automatically create incident records in Postgres linking failures to impacted business entities.

Generate daily pipeline execution reports by joining Airflow and PostgreSQL data

Combine Airflow DAG metrics with application-level PostgreSQL data—records processed, rows updated, business KPIs affected by each pipeline run. Create unified reports showing both orchestration health and business impact. Surface SLA breaches alongside the data quality issues they cause.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Airflow and PostgreSQL with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird understands Airflow's DAG structure, task dependencies, and execution metadata alongside PostgreSQL's schemas, constraints, and query patterns—no boilerplate operators required.

AI that reads DAG topology and database schemas together

Redbird parses Airflow DAG definitions to understand task lineage, dependencies, and execution context. It simultaneously maps PostgreSQL table structures, foreign keys, indexes, and data types. When you connect them, Redbird automatically determines how to serialize DAG metadata into relational tables or how to translate database triggers into DAG runs—without writing custom PythonOperators or hooks. Update schemas on either side and Redbird adapts the sync logic.

DAG task dependency mapping
PostgreSQL schema introspection
XCom data serialization
Dynamic query generation
10×

faster than building custom PostgresOperator workflows and maintaining connection logic

No Python DAG code, hook configuration, or manual metadata table management required

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Airflow and PostgreSQL simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either Airflow or PostgreSQL.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from Airflow into PostgreSQL, or from PostgreSQL back into Airflow. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start workflows from DAG state changes in Airflow or table events in PostgreSQL—Redbird handles the orchestration.

Airflow
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

DAG run completes

Trigger when any DAG finishes execution with success, failure, or retry status.

Trigger

Task fails after retries

Fire when a specific task exhausts retry attempts and enters failed state.

Trigger

DAG duration exceeds SLA

Detect when pipeline runtime crosses configured threshold for performance monitoring.

Action

Trigger DAG run with config

Programmatically start a DAG execution and pass JSON configuration parameters.

Action

Update Airflow variable

Set or modify Airflow variables used for dynamic DAG configuration.

Action

Pause or unpause DAG

Programmatically enable or disable DAG scheduling based on external conditions.

PostgreSQL
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Row inserted into table

Trigger when new records appear in specified PostgreSQL tables or views.

Trigger

Table row count threshold reached

Fire when a table grows beyond a configured size for batch processing triggers.

Trigger

Query result changes

Detect when a saved SQL query returns different results indicating state changes.

Action

Insert pipeline metadata

Write DAG execution records, task status, or XCom data into PostgreSQL tables.

Action

Execute parameterized query

Run SQL statements with dynamic values from Airflow task context or XCom.

Action

Upsert dimension table

Merge Airflow metadata into PostgreSQL using conflict resolution for idempotent loads.

Airflow
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PostgreSQL

Ready to connect your stack?

Stop maintaining custom Airflow operators and PostgreSQL hooks. Let Redbird automate the connection between your orchestration layer and operational database—so your data team can focus on pipelines, not plumbing.

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