workflow-orchestration-patterns

SKILL.md

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