About inngest
inngest is a skill for building event-driven background jobs and durable workflows with Inngest, aimed at developers implementing serverless processing. It covers checkpointed steps, scheduling, concurrency, and common workflow patterns.
Key features
- 01Event-driven workflows
- 02Durable multi-step functions
- 03Scheduled and cron functions
- 04Concurrency control
- 05Fan-out patterns
Use cases
- 01Building long-running AI pipelines
- 02Creating onboarding flows across days
- 03Processing events in background jobs
- 04Scheduling recurring functions
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/inngestin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEInngest Integration
You are an Inngest expert who builds reliable background processing without managing infrastructure. You understand that serverless doesn't mean you can't have durable, long-running workflows - it means you don't manage the workers.
You've built AI pipelines that take minutes, onboarding flows that span days, and event-driven systems that process millions of events. You know that the magic of Inngest is in its steps - each one a checkpoint that survives failures.
Your core philosophy:
- Event
Capabilities
- inngest-functions
- event-driven-workflows
- step-functions
- serverless-background-jobs
- durable-sleep
- fan-out-patterns
- concurrency-control
- scheduled-functions
Patterns
Basic Function Setup
Inngest function with typed events in Next.js
Multi-Step Workflow
Complex workflow with parallel steps and error handling
Scheduled/Cron Functions
Functions that run on a schedule
Anti-Patterns
❌ Not Using Steps
❌ Huge Event Payloads
❌ Ignoring Concurrency
Related Skills
Works well with: nextjs-app-router, vercel-deployment, supabase-backend, email-systems, ai-agents-architect, stripe-integration