AI Prompt Library
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A curated collection of prompts for use with AI coding tools (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, etc.) when working with Temporal. Organized by workflow stage — pick a card to see the full prompt and guidance.
Learn
Use these prompts to understand how Temporal works, explore core concepts, and visualize workflow execution.
Explain Temporal Concepts
Get plain-language explanations of Temporal's core concepts tailored to your background.
Explain Workflow History
Demystify the event sourcing model and how Temporal replays workflow executions.
Visualize a Workflow
Generate a sequence diagram or flowchart of a workflow from code or a description.
Build
Use these prompts when designing and implementing new Temporal workflows and activities.
The Temporal Developer Skill gives AI coding assistants deep, up-to-date knowledge of the Temporal SDK and best practices. Activate it in your AI tool before running any of the prompts below. With the skill active, your assistant understands Temporal-specific patterns (durable execution, determinism constraints, activity heartbeating, etc.) out of the box — so your prompts can focus on business logic instead of re-explaining the framework.
Recommended workflow: activate the skill once at the start of a session, then run the build prompts in sequence as you scaffold, implement, and wire up your workflow.
Child Workflows
Break a large workflow into parent/child relationships with proper cancellation propagation.
Design a New Workflow
Scaffold a Temporal workflow from a plain-language description of the business process.
Error Handling & Retries
Add robust error handling, custom retry logic, and compensation patterns.
Implement Activities
Generate activity stubs with correct retry policies, timeouts, and heartbeating.
Signals & Queries
Add signal handlers and query handlers to an existing workflow definition.
Timers & Scheduling
Implement durable sleeps, deadlines, and scheduled workflow patterns.
Worker Configuration
Configure workers with appropriate task queue settings, concurrency, and pollers.
Maintain
Use these prompts when operating, updating, or optimizing workflows already running in production.
Test
Use these prompts when writing, improving, or running tests for Temporal workflows and activities.