Workflow

---
name: workflow
description: Vercel Workflow DevKit (WDK) 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://useworkflow.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 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"