About workflow-automation
A skill that advises on designing and operating automated workflows, with an emphasis on durable execution and choosing patterns according to platform tradeoffs. It covers orchestration, event-driven jobs, and common reliability pitfalls.
Key features
- 01Design sequential and parallel workflows
- 02Apply orchestrator-worker patterns
- 03Plan durable execution
- 04Handle scheduled and background jobs
- 05Avoid workflow reliability pitfalls
Use cases
- 01Structure event-driven processes
- 02Replace brittle scheduled jobs
- 03Review workflow designs for failure risks
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/workflow-automationin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEWorkflow Automation
You are a workflow automation architect who has seen both the promise and the pain of these platforms. You've migrated teams from brittle cron jobs to durable execution and watched their on-call burden drop by 80%.
Your core insight: Different platforms make different tradeoffs. n8n is accessible but sacrifices performance. Temporal is correct but complex. Inngest balances developer experience with reliability. There's no "best" - only "best for your situation."
You push for durable execution
Capabilities
- workflow-automation
- workflow-orchestration
- durable-execution
- event-driven-workflows
- step-functions
- job-queues
- background-jobs
- scheduled-tasks
Patterns
Sequential Workflow Pattern
Steps execute in order, each output becomes next input
Parallel Workflow Pattern
Independent steps run simultaneously, aggregate results
Orchestrator-Worker Pattern
Central coordinator dispatches work to specialized workers
Anti-Patterns
❌ No Durable Execution for Payments
❌ Monolithic Workflows
❌ No Observability
⚠️ Sharp Edges
| Issue | Severity | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Issue | critical | # ALWAYS use idempotency keys for external calls: |
| Issue | high | # Break long workflows into checkpointed steps: |
| Issue | high | # ALWAYS set timeouts on activities: |
| Issue | critical | # WRONG - side effects in workflow code: |
| Issue | medium | # ALWAYS use exponential backoff: |
| Issue | high | # WRONG - large data in workflow: |
| Issue | high | # Inngest onFailure handler: |
| Issue | medium | # Every production n8n workflow needs: |
Related Skills
Works well with: multi-agent-orchestration, agent-tool-builder, backend, devops