As AI eats more unstructured tasks, the structured glue that holds systems together becomes even more valuable. Workflows aren't just about automation; they're about clarity, traceability, and control. "Show your work" still matters and workflows are how we do that at scale.

*NEW* helper methods have been added to version 1.0.52 that allow you to write workflows more in the style that Taylor Otwell envisioned!

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Laravel Workflow is a composable async runtime embedded in your application, powered by your database and queues.

I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become

AI is now the recommendation engine. Prompt formulation is the new top-of-funnel. Discovery is shifting from distribution and visibility to “are users asking AI the right questions to find you?”

Thin workflows. Fat activities.

AI is excellent at: - generating content - deciding what should happen - interpreting data AI is bad at: - guaranteeing execution - handling retries - tracking long-running state - coordinating distributed systems Laravel Workflow is the control plane for AI-driven systems.

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Workflows were already perfect for AI because AI is just another source of nondeterminism. An LLM call is no different from a flaky external service call that returns "creative" results.

Explaining how replay-based workflow engines work.

Laravel Workflow is: ✅ Designed for Laravel ✅ Built with Laravel primitives ✅ Optimized for PHP’s execution model ✅ Opinionated in Laravel’s favor ✅ Focused on DX, not infra purity

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AI decides what to do. Workflows make sure it happens.

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Time does not pass inside of a workflow. Signals are applied before replay. Conditions that can change control flow should be wrapped in a sideEffect() to pin the value to the workflow history for that step.