Does it cover the Saga pattern?

Yes, it provides detailed guidance on implementing the Saga pattern with compensating actions to handle failures in distributed transactions.

What is the main focus of this skill?

It focuses on architecting reliable distributed systems using Temporal, covering workflow design, activities, and resilience patterns.

Does it provide best practices for activity design?

Yes, it includes guidelines for making activities idempotent, setting appropriate timeouts, and using heartbeats for long-running tasks.

When should I use this orchestration skill?

Use it when building complex, multi-step processes that require high reliability, such as order processing, inventory management, or infrastructure automation.

Why is determinism important for this skill?

Temporal workflows must be deterministic to ensure consistency during event history replays; this skill helps you avoid non-deterministic pitfalls like direct API calls in workflows.

Workflow Orchestration Patterns

Name: Workflow Orchestration Patterns
Author: Microck

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Cloud Infrastructure

Architects resilient distributed systems using Temporal orchestration patterns and fault-tolerant design principles.

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The Workflow Orchestration Patterns skill provides expert guidance on designing durable, long-running processes using the Temporal engine. It helps developers master the critical distinction between deterministic Workflows and side-effect-heavy Activities, while implementing advanced patterns like Sagas for distributed transactions and Fan-out/Fan-in for parallel execution. This skill is essential for building microservice architectures that require automatic state persistence, reliable failure recovery, and strict consistency across distributed boundaries.

Key Features

81 GitHub stars
Temporal-specific design pattern implementations
Strict determinism validation for workflow logic
Framework for separating orchestration from external interactions
Saga pattern logic for distributed transaction rollbacks
Resilience strategies including retries and heartbeats

Use Cases

Automating complex infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines
Developing multi-step e-commerce fulfillment and payment systems
Managing long-running human-in-the-loop approval workflows

About

Key Features

81 GitHub stars
Temporal-specific design pattern implementations
Strict determinism validation for workflow logic
Framework for separating orchestration from external interactions
Saga pattern logic for distributed transaction rollbacks
Resilience strategies including retries and heartbeats

Use Cases

Automating complex infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines
Developing multi-step e-commerce fulfillment and payment systems
Managing long-running human-in-the-loop approval workflows