/workflow

--- name: workflow description: Vercel Workflow SDK expert guidance. Use when building durable workflows, long-running tasks, API routes or agents that need pause/resume, retries, step-based execution, or crash-safe orchestration with Vercel Workflow. metadata: priority: 9 docs:

• "https://vercel.com/docs/workflow"
• "https://workflow-sdk.dev"

sitemap: "https://vercel.com/sitemap/docs.xml" pathPatterns:

• 'lib/workflow/**'
• 'src/lib/workflow/**'
• 'lib/workflow.*'
• 'src/lib/workflow.*'
• 'workflow.*'
• '*workflow*'

importPatterns:

• '@vercel/workflow'
• 'workflow'
• '@workflow/*'
• '*workflow*'

bashPatterns:

• '\bnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/workflow\b'
• '\bpnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/workflow\b'
• '\bbun\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@vercel/workflow\b'
• '\byarn\s+add\s+[^\n]*@vercel/workflow\b'
• '\bnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*\bworkflow\b'
• '\bpnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*\bworkflow\b'
• '\bbun\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*\bworkflow\b'
• '\byarn\s+add\s+[^\n]*\bworkflow\b'
• '\bnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@workflow/'
• '\bpnpm\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@workflow/'
• '\bbun\s+(install|i|add)\s+[^\n]*@workflow/'
• '\byarn\s+add\s+[^\n]*@workflow/'
• '\bnpx\s+workflow(?:@latest)?\b'
• '\bbunx\s+workflow(?:@latest)?\b'

promptSignals: phrases:

Direct workflow mentions

• "vercel workflow"
• "workflow sdk"

Legacy product name retained only as an input matcher.

• "workflow devkit"
• "durable workflow"
• "durable execution"
• "durable function"
• "durable pipeline"
• "durable process"
• "durable agent"
• "durable chat"
• "step function"
• "step functions"
• "use workflow"
• "use step"

Pipeline / multi-step language (the BIG gap — natural product prompts)

• "multi-step pipeline"
• "multi step pipeline"
• "multi-step process"
• "multi step process"
• "multi-step creation"
• "multi-step generation"
• "processing pipeline"
• "creation pipeline"
• "generation pipeline"
• "content pipeline"
• "production pipeline"
• "approval pipeline"
• "ingestion pipeline"
• "streams progress"
• "stream progress"
• "streams each phase"
• "streams each step"
• "streams each"
• "stream each"

Reliability / durability language (missed in customer-support eval)

• "survive page reload"
• "survive page reloads"
• "survive a crash"
• "survive crashes"
• "survive network"
• "fault-tolerant"
• "fault tolerant"
• "crash-safe"
• "crash safe"
• "automatically retry"
• "auto retry"
• "retry on failure"
• "retry on error"
• "reliable and retry"
• "reliable processing"
• "individually reliable"
• "each step reliable"
• "each step should be reliable"
• "steps should be reliable"
• "reliable with automatic retry"
• "reliable with retry"
• "retry on transient"
• "transient failures"
• "session persistence"
• "session should persist"
• "session survives"
• "reconnect automatically"
• "auto reconnect"
• "reconnect if the network"
• "reconnect on disconnect"
• "resume after failure"
• "resume after crash"
• "resume on reconnect"

Human-in-the-loop / approval patterns

• "human-in-the-loop"
• "human in the loop"
• "wait for approval"
• "approval step"
• "approval before"
• "editorial approval"
• "manual approval"
• "wait for user"
• "pause until"
• "wait for response"
• "callback url"
• "webhook callback"

Conversational AI with durability

• "chat should survive"
• "chat survives"
• "conversation should persist"
• "conversation persists"
• "conversation should survive"

Sequential / chain / trigger orchestration language

• "sequential chain"
• "email chain"
• "chain of emails"
• "chain of steps"
• "chain engine"
• "chain with triggers"
• "trigger chain"
• "triggered chain"
• "webhook chain"
• "webhook pipeline"
• "webhook orchestration"
• "multi-service trigger"
• "cross-service trigger"
• "various triggers"
• "different triggers"
• "triggers from different"
• "triggers from various"
• "sequential steps"
• "sequential pipeline"
• "sequential process"
• "sequential emails"
• "escalation chain"
• "escalation pipeline"
• "state machine"
• "step-based"
• "step based"
• "delay between steps"
• "delay between emails"
• "delayed steps"
• "conditional steps"
• "skip steps"
• "branch based on"
• "wait for webhook"
• "wait for trigger"
• "wait for event"
• "orchestrate emails"
• "orchestrate webhooks"
• "orchestrate services"
• "chain across services"

Debugging

• "workflow stuck"
• "workflow hung"
• "workflow hanging"
• "workflow waiting"
• "workflow failing"
• "workflow timeout"
• "workflow not running"
• "workflow error"
• "check workflow"
• "workflow logs"
• "workflow run status"
• "debug workflow"
• "workflow not finishing"
• "workflow not responding"
• "workflow stalled"
• "workflow pending"
• "step is stuck"
• "step is hanging"
• "why is my workflow"
• "workflow run"
• "step failed"
• "run status"
• "run failed"
• "run logs"
• "workflow run failed"
• "workflow step failed"

allOf:

• [workflow, durable]
• [workflow, retry]
• [workflow, resume]