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 (auto via QSTASH_DEV=true) 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.