Azure Durable Task Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Durable Task. Covers best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
- Preferred: Use
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
- Fallback: Use
fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category |
Lines |
Description |
| Best Practices |
L35-L43 |
Patterns and constraints for writing robust orchestrator code, including retries and error handling, eternal/continue-as-new flows, external event handling, and singleton orchestration patterns. |
| Decision Making |
L44-L49 |
Guidance on when to use Durable Functions vs raw Durable Task SDK, and how to compare and choose durable storage providers/backends for orchestrations. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns |
L50-L57 |
Patterns for orchestrating Durable workflows: fan-out/fan-in, human approval steps, long-running monitors, and function chaining design and implementation. |
| Limits & Quotas |
L58-L63 |
Configuring orchestration status size/retention limits, querying status, and monitoring Durable Task Scheduler action metrics, performance, and billing impacts. |
| Configuration |
L64-L68 |
Configuring Durable Task hubs storage (connection, scaling, reliability) and using instance management APIs to query, control, and manage orchestration instances. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns |
L69-L73 |
Managing Durable Task workflow instances: starting, querying, terminating, purging, and using instance management APIs for lifecycle control and monitoring |
| Deployment |
L74-L77 |
Guidance on safely deploying Durable orchestrations using versioning strategies, handling breaking changes, and managing upgrades without disrupting running workflows. |
Best Practices
Decision Making
Architecture & Design Patterns
Limits & Quotas
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment
