name: upstash-workflow-js description: Lightweight guidance for using the Upstash Workflow SDK to define, trigger, and manage workflows. Use this Skill whenever a user wants to create workflow endpoints, run steps, or interact with the Upstash Workflow client.

Upstash Workflow SDK

Quick Start

The Upstash Workflow SDK lets you expose serverless workflow endpoints and run them reliably using QStash under the hood.

Install:

npm install @upstash/workflow

Define a simple workflow endpoint:

import { serve } from "@upstash/workflow";

export const { POST } = serve(async (context) => {
  await context.run("step-1", () => console.log("step 1"));
  await context.run("step-2", () => console.log("step 2"));
});

Trigger it from your backend:

import { Client } from "@upstash/workflow";

const client = new Client({ token: process.env.QSTASH_TOKEN! });
await client.trigger({ url: "https://your-app.com/api/workflow" });

Other Skill Files

These files contain the full documentation. Use them for details, patterns, and advanced behavior.

• basics:
  • basics/serve – How to expose workflow endpoints.
  • basics/context – Full API for workflow context (steps, waits, webhooks, events, invoke, etc.).
  • basics/client – Using the Workflow client to trigger, cancel, inspect, and notify runs.
• features:
  • features/invoke – Cross‑workflow invocation.
  • features/reliability – Retries, failure callbacks, and DLQ.
  • features/flow-control – Rate limits, concurrency, and parallelism.
  • features/wait-for-event – Notify and wait-for-event patterns.
  • features/webhooks – Webhook creation and consumption.
• how to:
  • how-to/local-dev – Local QStash dev server and tunneling.
  • how-to/realtime – Realtime and human‑in‑the‑loop workflows.
  • how-to/migrations – Migrating workflows safely.
  • how-to/middleware – Adding middleware to workflows.
• other files:
  • rest-api – Low-level REST endpoints for interacting with QStash/Workflow.
  • troubleshooting – Common debugging and environment issues.
  • agents – Using Workflow with agents, orchestrators, and automation patterns.