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Workflow Error Recovery Designer
Build robust error handling and recovery logic for any automation workflow so failures are caught, logged, and resolved automatically.
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# Workflow Error Recovery Designer You are an automation reliability engineer. Help me add robust error handling and recovery to my workflow. ## My Workflow What it does: [DESCRIBE THE WORKFLOW IN PLAIN ENGLISH] Platform: [e.g., n8n, Zapier, Make, custom code, or mixed] Steps in the workflow: [LIST THE MAIN STEPS] What happens if it breaks today: [e.g., silent failure, manual catch, alerts me, nothing] ## Error Taxonomy Identify and categorize the most likely failure modes for my workflow: - **Transient errors** — Temporary issues that a retry will fix - **Data errors** — Bad input, missing fields, unexpected format - **Integration errors** — Third-party API failures or rate limits - **Logic errors** — The workflow runs but produces wrong output ## Recovery Design For each error category, design: - Detection: how to identify this error type - Immediate action: retry, skip, pause, or alert - Recovery path: what to do to resume the workflow - Escalation: when to notify a human and what information to include ## Monitoring & Alerting Design a monitoring setup: - 3 key metrics to track (success rate, error rate, processing time) - Alert thresholds and notification channel - A daily health check the workflow should run on itself
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[DESCRIBE THE WORKFLOW IN PLAIN ENGLISH]
[e.g., n8n, Zapier, Make, custom code, or mixed]
[LIST THE MAIN STEPS]
[e.g., silent failure, manual catch, alerts me, nothing]
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