Agents, Workflows - Agents SDK v0.3.7: Workflows integration, synchronous state, and scheduleEvery()
The latest release of the Agents SDK brings first-class support for Cloudflare Workflows, synchronous state management, and new scheduling capabilities.
Cloudflare Workflows integration
Agents excel at real-time communication and state management. Workflows excel at durable execution. Together, they enable powerful patterns where Agents handle WebSocket connections while Workflows handle long-running tasks, retries, and human-in-the-loop flows.
Use the new AgentWorkflow class to define workflows with typed access to your Agent:
JavaScript import { AgentWorkflow } from "agents/workflows";export class ProcessingWorkflow extends AgentWorkflow { async run(event, step) { // Call Agent methods via RPC await this.agent.updateStatus(event.payload.taskId, "processing");
// Non-durable: progress reporting to clients await this.reportProgress({ step: "process", percent: 0.5 }); this.broadcastToClients({ type: "update", taskId: event.payload.taskId });
// Durable via step: idempotent, won't repeat on retry await step.mergeAgentState({ taskProgress: 0.5 });
const result = await step.do("process", async () => { return processData(event.payload.data); });
await step.reportComplete(result); return result; }} TypeScript import { AgentWorkflow } from "agents/workflows";import type { AgentWorkflowEvent, AgentWorkflowStep } from "agents/workflows";
export class ProcessingWorkflow extends AgentWorkflowMyAgent, TaskParams> { async run(event: AgentWorkflowEventTaskParams>, step: AgentWorkflowStep) { // Call Agent methods via RPC await this.agent.updateStatus(event.payload.taskId, "processing");
// Non-durable: progress reporting to clients await this.reportProgress({ step: "process", percent: 0.5 }); this.broadcastToClients({ type: "update", taskId: event.payload.taskId });
// Durable via step: idempotent, won't repeat on retry await step.mergeAgentState({ taskProgress: 0.5 });
const result = await step.do("process", async () => { return processData(event.payload.data); });
await step.reportComplete(result); return result; }}
Start workflows from your Agent with runWorkflow() and handle lifecycle events:
JavaScript export class MyAgent extends Agent { async startTask(taskId, data) { const instanceId = await this.runWorkflow("PROCESSING_WORKFLOW", { taskId, data, }); return { instanceId }; }
async onWorkflowProgress(workflowName, instanceId, progress) { this.broadcast(JSON.stringify({ type: "progress", progress })); }
async onWorkflowComplete(workflowName, instanceId, result) { console.log(Workflow ${instanceId} completed); }
async onWorkflowError(workflowName, instanceId, error) { console.error(Workflow ${instanceId} failed:, error); }} TypeScript export class MyAgent extends Agent { async startTask(taskId: string, data: string) { const instanceId = await this.runWorkflow("PROCESSING_WORKFLOW", { taskId, data, }); return { instanceId }; }
async onWorkflowProgress( workflowName: string, instanceId: string, progress: unknown, ) { this.broadcast(JSON.stringify({ type: "progress", progress })); }
async onWorkflowComplete( workflowName: string, instanceId: string, result?: unknown, ) { console.log(Workflow ${instanceId} completed); }
async onWorkflowError( workflowName: string, instanceId: string, error: unknown, ) { console.error(Workflow ${instanceId} failed:, error); }}
Key workflow methods on your Agent:
runWorkflow(workflowName, params, options?) — Start a workflow with optional metadata getWorkflow(workflowId) / getWorkflows(criteria?) — Query workflows with cursor-based pagination approveWorkflow(workflowId) / rejectWorkflow(workflowId) — Human-in-the-loop approval flows pauseWorkflow(), resumeWorkflow(), terminateWorkflow() — Workflow control
Synchronous setState()
State updates are now synchronous with a new validateStateChange() validation hook:
JavaScript export class MyAgent extends Agent { validateStateChange(oldState, newState) { // Return false to reject the change if (newState.count 0) return false; // Return modified state to transform return { ...newState, lastUpdated: Date.now() }; }} TypeScript export class MyAgent extends AgentEnv, State> { validateStateChange(oldState: State, newState: State): State | false { // Return false to reject the change if (newState.count 0) return false; // Return modified state to transform return { ...newState, lastUpdated: Date.now() }; }}
scheduleEvery() for recurring tasks
The new scheduleEvery() method enables fixed-interval recurring tasks with built-in overlap prevention:
JavaScript // Run every 5 minutesawait this.scheduleEvery("syncData", 5 * 60 * 1000, { source: "api" }); TypeScript // Run every 5 minutesawait this.scheduleEvery("syncData", 5 * 60 * 1000, { source: "api" });
Callable system improvements
Client-side RPC timeout — Set timeouts on callable method invocations StreamingResponse.error(message) — Graceful stream error signaling getCallableMethods() — Introspection API for discovering callable methods Connection close handling — Pending calls are automatically rejected on disconnect
JavaScript await agent.call("method", [args], { timeout: 5000, stream: { onChunk, onDone, onError },}); TypeScript await agent.call("method", [args], { timeout: 5000, stream: { onChunk, onDone, onError },});
Email and routing enhancements
Secure email reply routing — Email replies are now secured with HMAC-SHA256 signed headers, preventing unauthorized routing of emails to agent instances.
Routing improvements:
basePath option to bypass default URL construction for custom routing Server-sent identity — Agents send name and agent type on connect New onIdentity and onIdentityChange callbacks on the client
JavaScript const agent = useAgent({ basePath: "user", onIdentity: (name, agentType) => console.log(Connected to ${name}),}); TypeScript const agent = useAgent({ basePath: "user", onIdentity: (name, agentType) => console.log(Connected to ${name}),});
Upgrade
To update to the latest version:
npm i agents@latest
For the complete Workflows API reference and patterns, see Run Workflows.
Fetched April 4, 2026