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Workflow Orchestration Patterns · microck | DecimalAI

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Workflow Orchestration Patterns

microck/workflow-orchestration-patterns

Source microck/ordinary-claude-skills ↗License NOASSERTION

Design durable workflows with Temporal for distributed systems. Covers workflow vs activity separation, saga patterns, state management, and determinism constraints.

SkillScore100Maintained

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Last verified 8/21/2026

What it changes

Passed 22 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 19 of 22 without it.

Without skill86%

With skill100%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Wrap the non-deterministic library call inside an Activity.
Register the compensating action immediately before executing the corresponding forward action step.
Maintain a single long-lived Entity Workflow instance per cart that receives state updates via signals.

3 fixed19 passed either way0 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +14 pp
Tokens: +89%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -18%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/21/2026v122 of 22 cases passed with skill

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One of 3 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 3

Prompt

A workflow requires parsing a third-party non-deterministic cryptographic token using an external C library. Should this function be called directly in the workflow logic or wrapped in an activity?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Wrap the non-deterministic library call inside an Activity.	Missed	Passed

case-19 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/21/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md281 linessingle file

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

Simple CRUD operations (use direct API calls)
Pure data processing pipelines (use Airflow, batch processing)
Stateless request/response (use standard APIs)
Real-time streaming (use Kafka, event processors)

Critical Design Decision: Workflows vs Activities

The Fundamental Rule (Source: temporal.io/blog/workflow-engine-principles):

Workflows = Orchestration logic and decision-making
Activities = External interactions (APIs, databases, network calls)

Workflows (Orchestration)

Characteristics:

Contain business logic and coordination
MUST be deterministic (same inputs → same outputs)
Cannot perform direct external calls
State automatically preserved across failures
Can run for years despite infrastructure failures

Example workflow tasks:

Track record

Benchmark

22 / 22

test cases passed, vs 19 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

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Workflow Orchestration Patterns

When to Use Workflow Orchestration

Ideal Use Cases (Source: docs.temporal.io)

When NOT to Use

Critical Design Decision: Workflows vs Activities

Workflows (Orchestration)

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