# Kestra Event-Driven Orchestration and Scheduling Platform

> Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform that makes both scheduled and event-driven workflows easy. Define workflows declaratively in YAML with a rich plugin ecosystem covering databases, cloud storage, APIs, and scripting in any language.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/kestra-event-driven-orchestration-and-scheduling-platform` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/kestra-event-driven-orchestration-and-scheduling-platform`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/kestra-event-driven-orchestration-and-scheduling-platform/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/kestra-event-driven-orchestration-and-scheduling-platform

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# Kestra Event-Driven Orchestration and Scheduling Platform

Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform that makes both scheduled and event-driven workflows easy. Define workflows declaratively in YAML with a rich plugin ecosystem covering databases, cloud storage, APIs, and scripting in any language.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- **Docker and Kubernetes Support:** Seamlessly run Docker containers within your workflows or launch Kubernetes jobs to handle compute-intensive workloads.

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Kestra's functionality is extended through a rich [ecosystem of plugins](https://kestra.io/plugins) that empower you to run tasks anywhere and code in any language, including Python, Node.js, R, Go, Shell, and more. H...
- **Scripting Support:** Write scripts in your preferred programming language. Kestra supports Python, Node.js, R, Go, Shell, and others, allowing you to integrate existing codebases and deployment patterns.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Rich Plugin Ecosystem:** hundreds of plugins built in to extract data from any database, cloud storage, or API, and **run scripts in any language**.
- **Run Anywhere:**
- **Flexible Automation:** Execute shell commands, run SQL queries against various databases, and make HTTP requests to interact with APIs.

- Source: https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kestra-io/kestra/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/kestra-event-driven-orchestration-scheduling-platform/)