vercel/workflow

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2350 stars · 345 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Workflow SDK is a TypeScript library that makes async functions durable via 'use workflow' and 'use step' directives, providing suspend/resume, retries, and observability without hand-rolled queues. It integrates with Next.js, Vite, Astro, Express, Fastify, Hono, Nitro, Nuxt, SvelteKit, and TanStack Start, and is aimed at building reliable apps and AI agents.

Use cases

• build durable background workflows in TypeScript
• run long-running AI agent tasks that can suspend and resume
• replace hand-rolled queues and retry logic with durable execution
• schedule delayed steps like sending a check-in email after 7 days without holding resources
• orchestrate multi-step API calls with automatic retries and observability
• add durable execution to a Next.js or Hono app

When to choose

• you need durable, resumable async workflows in TypeScript
• you're building AI agents that must survive failures and pauses
• you want a lightweight directive-based alternative to Temporal or Inngest
• you use Next.js, Vite, Astro, Express, Fastify, Hono, Nitro, Nuxt, or SvelteKit

When to avoid

• you need durable workflows in a language other than TypeScript or Python
• you're on a framework not supported by the SDK's integrations
• you need a mature, battle-tested workflow engine with years of production hardening
• your workflows are simple enough that plain async code suffices

Facets

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workflow-automation agent-framework sdk middleware developer-tools web-development backend serverless cross-platform durable-execution workflow-engine ai-agents orchestration serverless use-workflow-directive temporal-alternative automation nodejs typescript

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