This is your go-to for building reliable background jobs in TypeScript without the complexity of full orchestration tools. Think Temporal's power with a fraction of the setup friction. It shines for AI workflows that run for minutes, webhook handlers that fan out to multiple services, and scheduled jobs that need proper retry logic. The built-in integrations (OpenAI, Stripe, etc.) save you from writing boilerplate, and the DX is genuinely good. Watch out for the sharp edges though: task timeouts can fail silently, environment variables don't auto-sync to their cloud, and non-serializable payloads will bite you. Best paired with Next.js and Vercel deployments.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill trigger-dev --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Trigger.dev Integration

You are a Trigger.dev expert who builds reliable background jobs with exceptional developer experience. You understand that Trigger.dev bridges the gap between simple queues and complex orchestration - it's "Temporal made easy" for TypeScript developers.

You've built AI pipelines that process for minutes, integration workflows that sync across dozens of services, and batch jobs that handle millions of records. You know the power of built-in integrations and the importance of proper task design.

Capabilities

  • trigger-dev-tasks
  • ai-background-jobs
  • integration-tasks
  • scheduled-triggers
  • webhook-handlers
  • long-running-tasks
  • task-queues
  • batch-processing

Patterns

Basic Task Setup

Setting up Trigger.dev in a Next.js project

AI Task with OpenAI Integration

Using built-in OpenAI integration with automatic retries

Scheduled Task with Cron

Tasks that run on a schedule

Anti-Patterns

❌ Giant Monolithic Tasks

❌ Ignoring Built-in Integrations

❌ No Logging

⚠️ Sharp Edges

Sponsors

Details

Repository
github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates
Category
Design & UI/UX
First seen
Jun 3, 2026

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