What is the difference between a Workflow and an Activity?

Workflows contain the orchestration logic and must be deterministic, while Activities handle all external interactions like API calls and database writes.

When should I use the Saga pattern in distributed systems?

Use the Saga pattern when you need to manage distributed transactions across multiple services that require compensation (rollback) logic if a step fails.

Why is determinism critical for Temporal workflows?

Temporal relies on replaying code to recover state after failures; if code is non-deterministic (using random() or direct time), the replay will diverge and fail.

How does this skill handle long-running processes?

It implements Async Callback and Signal patterns, allowing workflows to sleep for months or wait for external human approvals without consuming active resources.

Workflow Orchestration Patterns

Name: Workflow Orchestration Patterns
Author: HermeticOrmus

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API 개발

Orchestrates durable, distributed workflows using Temporal for resilient microservices and long-running business processes.

소개

This skill empowers Claude to design and implement robust distributed systems using Temporal orchestration. It provides comprehensive patterns for separating workflow logic from external activities, implementing saga patterns for distributed transactions, and ensuring strict determinism within workflows. By applying these patterns, developers can build scalable, fault-tolerant processes—such as payment flows, order management, and infrastructure automation—that automatically handle failures and state persistence without manual recovery logic.

주요 기능

Implementation of the Saga Pattern with automated compensation logic
Design guidance for strict Workflow vs. Activity separation
Determinism enforcement and state management best practices
Entity workflow patterns for long-lived stateful processes
Resilience strategies including retry policies and activity heartbeats
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사용 사례

Building multi-step distributed payment and order fulfillment systems
Orchestrating long-running infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines
Implementing human-in-the-loop approval processes with timeouts

소개

주요 기능

Implementation of the Saga Pattern with automated compensation logic
Design guidance for strict Workflow vs. Activity separation
Determinism enforcement and state management best practices
Entity workflow patterns for long-lived stateful processes
Resilience strategies including retry policies and activity heartbeats
0 GitHub stars

사용 사례

Building multi-step distributed payment and order fulfillment systems
Orchestrating long-running infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines
Implementing human-in-the-loop approval processes with timeouts