The hero’s journey to AI durability with Temporal

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This post details how Temporal's Durable Execution model addresses the challenges of building reliable AI features in production. It explains how Workflows and Activities can be used to handle multi-step AI flows, ensuring idempotency for model calls, managing human-in-the-loop processes with Signals and Queries, and orchestrating tool execution within AI agents. Key patterns discussed include using Activities for external work (model calls, tool execution) and Workflows for state management and orchestration, ensuring that progress is not lost upon worker restarts or failures. It also emphasizes the use of Temporal timers for durable waits within Workflows and the integration with MCP for tool execution.