step-functions

AWS Step Functions workflow orchestration with state machines. Use when designing workflows, implementing error handling, configuring parallel execution, integrating with AWS services, or debugging executions.

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Review — 77%

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Evaluation — 94%

Agent success when using this skill

Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Evaluation results

82%

Resilient Payment Processing Workflow

Error handling and retry configuration

Criteria

Without context

With context

SDK Lambda resource

OutputPath Payload

Retry Lambda.ServiceException

100%

Retry TooManyRequests

100%

Retry BackoffRate

100%

Retry MaxAttempts

100%

Catch ResultPath

100%

Catch States.ALL

100%

TimeoutSeconds on Task

100%

boto3 client method

100%

definition json.dumps

100%

Workflow type STANDARD

100%

Without context: $0.2376 · 57s · 11 turns · 12 in / 3,430 out tokens

With context: $0.5888 · 1m 27s · 21 turns · 4,766 in / 5,045 out tokens

100%

Nightly Order Fulfillment Pipeline

Workflow type selection and parallel/map execution

Criteria

Without context

With context

Express workflow type

100%

Map state used

100%

Map ItemsPath

100%

Map MaxConcurrency

50%

100%

Parallel state for post-purchase

100%

Parallel branches count

100%

Wait state for delay

100%

No Lambda sleep

100%

Meaningful state names

100%

Express reasoning documented

100%

Without context: $0.2169 · 49s · 10 turns · 11 in / 3,154 out tokens

With context: $0.3770 · 1m 17s · 16 turns · 17 in / 3,644 out tokens

100%

Compliance Review Workflow for Policy Changes

Callback pattern and intrinsic functions

Criteria

Without context

With context

waitForTaskToken resource

100%

Task token passed

100%

TimeoutSeconds on wait state

100%

Catch States.Timeout

100%

send_task_success used

100%

send_task_failure used

100%

boto3 stepfunctions client

100%

Intrinsic function used

100%

Choice routing approval

100%

Expiry state handling

100%

Meaningful state names

100%

Without context: $0.3083 · 1m 19s · 12 turns · 13 in / 5,142 out tokens

With context: $0.6993 · 2m 12s · 26 turns · 73 in / 7,679 out tokens

Evaluated: 30 minutes ago
Agent: Claude Code

Table of Contents

Resilient Payment Processing Workflow Nightly Order Fulfillment Pipeline Compliance Review Workflow for Policy Changes

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