Trigger.dev
Durable background jobs and workflows for production AI agents
Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and deploying reliable AI agents and long-running workflows in TypeScript. It provides managed workers, durable retries and waits, queues, schedules, real-time streaming, run logs, and checkpoints without server timeouts. Its CLI supports local development and deployment, while REST APIs and an MCP server make runs accessible to applications and agentic coding tools.
Best for agent capabilities
Useful in agent tasks
Overview
When to use Trigger.dev
Trigger.dev is listed for Deployment, Code Execution, Observability workflows. Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and deploying reliable AI agents and long-running workflows in TypeScript. It provides managed workers, durable retries and waits, queues, schedules, real-time streaming, run logs, and checkpoints without server timeouts. Its CLI supports local development and deployment, while REST APIs and an MCP server make runs accessible to applications and agentic coding tools. Consider it when an agent needs this capability through a documented service boundary instead of custom infrastructure maintained inside the application.
In 4agent's task model, the product maps to code execution, deployment, workflow automation, observability and evaluation. That makes it a candidate for workflows that build and deploy software, operate production agents, communicate with users, automate business workflows.
Integration checklist
- Access: confirm the api key authentication flow, credential scope, rotation process, and whether calls can be attributed to a user or service identity.
- Client support: official or documented clients are listed for typescript.
- Automation: OpenAPI is listed as available, MCP is listed as available, and CLI support is listed as available. Confirm each requirement in the provider's current documentation.
- Operations: test rate limits, timeouts, retry safety, error payloads, logs, data retention, and the current free-tier and paid pricing model with production-like volume.
Sources and verification
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