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workflow-orchestration-patterns
by wshobson/agents
Design durable workflows with Temporal for distributed systems. Covers workflow vs activity separation, saga patterns, state management, and determinism…
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Workflow Orchestration Patterns Master workflow orchestration architecture with Temporal, covering fundamental design decisions, resilience patterns, and best practices for building reliable distributed systems. 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 - Human-in-the-loop systems requiring timeouts and escalations When NOT to Use