Trigger Dev

Trigger.dev v3 API Skill

Overview

Trigger.dev v3 is a full-featured background jobs platform for TypeScript, enabling long-running tasks (hours), AI generation pipelines, chunked batch jobs, and crons without serverless timeout limits.

Installation

npm install @trigger.dev/sdk@latest

Configuration

// trigger.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from '@trigger.dev/sdk/v3';

export default defineConfig({
  project: 'proj_myproject123',
  runtime: 'node',
  maxDuration: 3600, // 1 hour max execution
});

Task Definition (v3)

// src/trigger/video-processor.ts
import { task, logger } from '@trigger.dev/sdk/v3';

export const processVideoTask = task({
  id: 'process-video-task',
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,
  },
  run: async (payload: { videoUrl: string; quality: '1080p' | '4k' }) => {
    logger.info('Starting video encoding', { url: payload.videoUrl });

    // Execute long-running processing without timeout constraints
    const resultUrl = await encodeVideo(payload.videoUrl, payload.quality);

    logger.info('Video encoding completed', { resultUrl });
    return { success: true, resultUrl };
  },
});

Triggering Tasks from Application Backend

import { tasks } from '@trigger.dev/sdk/v3';
import { processVideoTask } from '@/trigger/video-processor';

// Trigger async job
const handle = await tasks.trigger<typeof processVideoTask>(
  'process-video-task',
  {
    videoUrl: 'https://storage.example.com/raw.mp4',
    quality: '1080p',
  }
);

console.log('Task run ID:', handle.id);

AI Pitfalls & Anti-Hallucination Guidelines

• v2 vs v3 Architecture: Trigger.dev v3 eliminated HTTP webhook roundtrips and runs direct Node worker processes. Do not use legacy client.defineJob(). Use task({ id, run }).
• Logging: Use logger.info() from @trigger.dev/sdk/v3 to stream real-time logs to the Trigger.dev dashboard.

Production Verification Checklist

• trigger.config.ts specifies active project reference
• Deployments sync tasks via npx trigger.dev@latest deploy
• Task payload types validated with TypeScript

Last Verified: 2026-07-03