# inngest-agents

A skill for building and debugging agents on Inngest and AgentKit: model calls, tools, human approval, realtime progress.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 657 installs · ★ 29
- Author: inngest
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/inngest/inngest-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/inngest-agents

## What it does

This skill covers agents that survive deploys, crashes and serverless timeouts. Agents are defined with `createAgent` from AgentKit, and when an Inngest function owns the run, model calls go through `step.ai` so they retry and cache. Around the agent you keep ordinary steps: database reads, tool side effects, waits, approvals.

Inside is a nine-point architecture and a typed function example. The HTTP layer validates auth and returns fast, while the Inngest function does the work. State loads inside `step.run`, human approval waits on `step.waitForEvent`, and progress is published with native realtime. For v4 the skill points to `step.realtime.publish` and warns against installing the v3 `@inngest/realtime` package; a process-local WebSocket is not a valid single source of progress either.

There is a checklist for tools: what external state a call changes, which idempotency key stops a duplicate write, whether the output is safe to keep in run state. Tool parameters should be validated with schemas, and tenant IDs taken from authenticated event data rather than model text. For a single short read-only model call, none of this earns its keep.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agents -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/inngest-agents/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agents -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agents -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install inngest/inngest-skills inngest-agents
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agents -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/inngest/inngest-skills --path skills/inngest-agents
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inngest/inngest-skills --skill inngest-agents -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/inngest/inngest-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/inngest-agents/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build an agent that survives crashes and deploys
- add tool and external API calls to an agent loop
- wait for human approval before sending a reply
- stream agent progress to a UI from a durable workflow
- cap provider concurrency per tenant

## Example prompts
- build a durable support agent with Inngest and AgentKit that calls tools
- add human approval to this agent with step.waitForEvent
- move agent progress to native realtime in v4

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---
name: inngest-agents
description: Use when building durable AI agents or agentic workflows with Inngest and AgentKit, including model calls, tool calls, multi-agent networks, human approval, realtime progress, provider rate limits, crash-safe execution, and Agent Evals handoff. Covers AgentKit, `step.ai`, `step.run`, `step.waitForEvent`, native realtime, and when to use lower-level Inngest primitives instead of an in-memory agent loop. Use `inngest-agent-evals` with this skill when the user wants scoring, sessions, experiments, deferred scorers, or outcome-based evaluation for the agent.
---

# Inngest Agents

Use this skill when the user wants to build, migrate, or debug an AI agent,
multi-step AI workflow, tool-calling loop, support agent, research agent,
human-in-the-loop review flow, or realtime agent UI.

Inngest's AgentKit defines agents with `createAgent`; when an AgentKit run is
owned by an Inngest function, model calls use Inngest `step.ai` so they retry
and cache model results durably. Use the lower-level Inngest step primitives
around the agent for database reads/writes, tool side effects, waits,
approvals, realtime progress, and flow control.

Official references:

- AgentKit agents: https://agentkit.inngest.com/concepts/agents
- `createAgent`: https://agentkit.inngest.com/reference/create-agent
- AI inference and `step.ai`: https://www.inngest.com/docs/features/inngest-functions/steps-workflows/step-ai-orchestration
- Agent Evals: https://www.inngest.com/docs/learn/agent-evals
- AgentKit realtime hooks: https://www.inngest.com/changelog/2025-09-24-agentkit-use-agent

## Copyable Example

When starting a durable support or tool-calling agent from scratch, inspect the
companion example at `../../examples/durable-agent`. It shows the expected
agent-first shape: quick HTTP trigger, typed events, AgentKit inside an
Inngest function, step-scoped context loading, human approval with
`step.waitForEvent`, and durable side effects after approval.

## When to Use Inngest for Agents

Good fit:

- Agent can take longer than one HTTP request.
- Agent calls tools, APIs, databases, browsers, sandboxes, or MCP servers.
- Agent needs to survive deploys, crashes, serverless timeouts, or model/API
  failures.
- Agent may wait for human approval, external callbacks, scheduled follow-up,
  or user input.
- Agent progress should stream to a UI from the durable workflow.
- Model/provider calls need concurrency or throttle limits.
- Duplicate sends, charges, writes, or model calls would be costly.

Not usually worth it:

- One short, read-only model call with no side effects and no need for durable
  progress.
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