Trigger.dev
Fully‑managed AI agents and background workflows with observability, retries, and elastic scaling.
Tool Information
What is Trigger.dev?
Trigger.dev is a cloud platform for building AI‑driven workflows and long‑running background jobs in TypeScript (and Python) that run on managed servers without timeouts.
Core Features
AI agents
Build and deploy production‑ready AI agents with durability, retries, human‑in‑the‑loop, and built‑in observability.
Realtime updates & streaming
Subscribe to task runs for live status updates and stream LLM responses directly to front‑ends.
Observability & monitoring
Real‑time tracing and logs of each run via OpenTelemetry, with alerts for errors.
Concurrency & queues
Control how many tasks run at once, set concurrency keys, and create custom queues.
Durable cron schedules
Create recurring schedules up to a year that never hit function timeouts.
Build extensions
Add custom build steps, dependencies, system packages, browsers, Python scripts, FFmpeg, etc.
Python support
Execute Python scripts and use Python libraries (e.g., Pandas, Pillow) from Trigger.dev tasks.
React hooks
Interact with the Trigger.dev API from React apps, including realtime streams and input handling.
Use Cases
- #1
AI‑driven applications
Create autonomous agents that can call tools, handle human approval, and stream responses to users.
- #2
Background processing
Run long‑running async jobs such as data pipelines, media processing, or batch tasks without server management.
- #3
Scheduled automation
Set up durable cron jobs for periodic tasks like email sequences, data syncs, or report generation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Trigger.dev Contact & Social Media
- Support
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- GitHub
- Discord
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