Hi ReassuredTiger98

but I would rather just define a function that returns the task directly

🙂
Check it out:
https://github.com/allegroai/clearml/blob/36ee3d61209e413a917d8a718fb25f389143cfa1/clearml/automation/controller.py#L205
:param base_task_factory: Optional, instead of providing a pre-existing Task, provide a Callable function to create the Task (returns Task object)