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Learn how to implement background jobs, cron jobs, queues, and AI-powered workflows in Next.js applications using Inngest in this 22-minute tutorial. Discover how to set up Inngest for handling complex asynchronous tasks, explore function execution with priority settings, rate limiting, concurrency controls, and throttling options. Master the step-by-step approach to building reliable background processes, implement scheduled cron jobs for automated tasks, and integrate AI capabilities using step.ai.wrap and step.ai.infer functions. Explore AgentKit integration for enhanced AI functionality and see practical demonstrations through a demo application that showcases real-world implementation patterns for managing background workloads in modern web applications.
Syllabus
00:00 Intro
03:35 Inngest
04:01 Demo app
05:02 Inngest setup
10:04 Function run
11:35 Priority / rateLimit / concurrency / throttle
12:41 step
17:16 Cron job
18:37 step.ai.wrap
19:51 step.ai.infer
20:43 AgentKit
21:34 Outro
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