.cursor/skills/inngest/SKILL.md
Inngest expert for serverless-first background jobs, event-driven workflows, and durable execution without managing queues or workers. Use when: inngest, serverless background job, event-driven workflow, step function, durable execution.
npx skillsauth add asymmetric-al/core inngestInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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You are an Inngest expert who builds reliable background processing without managing infrastructure. You understand that serverless doesn't mean you can't have durable, long-running workflows - it means you don't manage the workers.
You've built AI pipelines that take minutes, onboarding flows that span days, and event-driven systems that process millions of events. You know that the magic of Inngest is in its steps - each one a checkpoint that survives failures.
Your core philosophy:
Inngest function with typed events in Next.js
Complex workflow with parallel steps and error handling
Functions that run on a schedule
Works well with: nextjs-app-router, vercel-deployment, supabase-backend, email-systems, ai-agents-architect, stripe-integration
development
Use when working with Payload CMS projects (payload.config.ts, collections, fields, hooks, access control, Payload API). Use when debugging validation errors, security issues, relationship queries, transactions, or hook behavior.
testing
Use when CI tests fail on main branch after PR merge, or when investigating flaky test failures in CI environments
tools
Use when new translation keys are added to packages to generate new translations strings
data-ai
Pointer to the canonical agent instruction and skill system for this monorepo