workflow-orchestration-patterns

Workflow Orchestration Patterns

Master workflow orchestration architecture with Temporal, covering fundamental design decisions, resilience patterns, and best practices for building reliable distributed systems.

Use this skill when

• Working on workflow orchestration patterns tasks or workflows
• Needing guidance, best practices, or checklists for workflow orchestration patterns

Do not use this skill when

• The task is unrelated to workflow orchestration patterns
• You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

• Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
• Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
• Provide actionable steps and verification.
• If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

When to Use Workflow Orchestration

Ideal Use Cases (Source: docs.temporal.io)

• Multi-step processes spanning machines/services/databases
• Distributed transactions requiring all-or-nothing semantics
• Long-running workflows (hours to years) with automatic state persistence
• Failure recovery that must resume from last successful step
• Business processes: bookings, orders, campaigns, approvals
• Entity lifecycle management: inventory tracking, account management, cart workflows
• Infrastructure automation: CI/CD pipelines, provisioning, deployments
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