Building durable Agents with Workflow DevKit & AI SDK - Peter Wielander, Vercel

The podcast introduces the Workflow Dev Kit, a tool designed to simplify the development of coding agents by providing features like observability, durability, and resumability. It addresses the complexities of managing long-running agents, especially in serverless environments, by offering a single library solution. The workflow pattern separates code into isolated steps that can be retried and orchestrated, demonstrated through transforming a coding agent into a Workflow-supported agent. Key functionalities include resumable streams, suspension and resumption at any point, and webhooks for human-in-the-loop processes. The discussion also covers the tool's ability to pause workflows for extended periods without consuming resources, enabling the creation of agents that function as cron jobs. Questions from the audience cover topics such as controlling agent access to the internet, queuing workflows, concurrency, and versioning.