$ man event-driven-workflows
Engineering · Automation
Event-Driven Workflows
Automation that reacts to events instead of running on a schedule.
by Shawn Tenam
why it matters
Cron jobs run on time. Event-driven workflows run when something happens. Push to GitHub triggers deploy. New file in content folder triggers scan. Smarter than polling.
how you use it
Vercel auto-deploys on push events. MCP servers trigger on API calls. Watchers trigger on file changes. Design systems that react instead of poll.
related terms
content playbooks