automation

Cadence: Scalable Workflow Automation

Execute long-running tasks reliably with Cadence, ideal for startup founders
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What it is

Build and run complex workflows that run in the background.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to automate a welcome process for new customers signing up on Stripe. They use Cadence to build a workflow that adds a new customer to Notion, sends a welcome email via Mailgun, and updates their customer profile. When a new customer signs up, the workflow executes in the background."

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When to use it
  • โ€ขWhen you have tasks that take a long time to complete and need to be retried upon failure
  • โ€ขWhen you need to manage complex workflows with multiple tasks and dependencies
  • โ€ขWhen you require a highly available and durable system to handle your business logic
Ready-to-paste prompt
cadence workflow create --task_list=main --workflow_id=example --input='{"key":"value"}'
Heads up: You need to have Docker and Docker Compose installed on your system to run Cadence, and you must also set the Cadence configuration file 'cadence.yaml' correctly to connect to the Cadence service
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder โ€” one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

โœ… Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly โ€” no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/cadence && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/cadence/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/cadence/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go โ€” no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

What's inside โ€” free to inspect

No purchase needed

Read the entire source before you build โ€” unlike paid marketplaces that hide it behind a buy button.

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top-level files
25
folders
90.2M
source size
Apache-2.0
license
Key files
AGENTS.md
MAINTAINERS.md
README.md
File tree
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.gen/
.gitar/
.github/
bench/
canary/
client/
cmd/
common/
config/
docker/
docs/
environment/
host/
internal/
logos/
proto/
schema/
scripts/
service/
simulation/
testflags/
Quick Actions
Details
Creator
cadence-workflow
Language
Go
Category
automation
Published
2/21/2017

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