# Welcome to the Trigger.dev docs

> Source: https://trigger.dev/docs

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[Quick start\
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Get started with Trigger.dev and run your first task in 3 minutes](https://trigger.dev/docs/quick-start)

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[Guides, frameworks & examples\
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Browse our wide range of guides, frameworks and example projects](https://trigger.dev/docs/guides/introduction#example-tasks)

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[Building with AI\
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Learn how to build Trigger.dev projects using AI coding assistants](https://trigger.dev/docs/building-with-ai)

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[Video walkthrough\
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Watch an end-to-end demo of Trigger.dev in 10 minutes](https://trigger.dev/docs/video-walkthrough)

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What is Trigger.dev?
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Trigger.dev is an open source background jobs framework that lets you write reliable workflows in plain async code. Run long-running AI tasks, handle complex background jobs, and build AI agents with built-in queuing, automatic retries, and real-time monitoring. No timeouts, elastic scaling, and zero infrastructure management required. We provide everything you need to build and manage background tasks: a CLI and SDK for writing tasks in your existing codebase, support for both [regular](https://trigger.dev/docs/tasks/overview)
 and [scheduled](https://trigger.dev/docs/tasks/scheduled)
 tasks, full observability through our dashboard, and a [Realtime API](https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime)
 with [React hooks](https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime/react-hooks#realtime-hooks)
 for showing task status in your frontend. You can use [Trigger.dev Cloud](https://cloud.trigger.dev/)
 or [self-host](https://trigger.dev/docs/self-hosting/overview)
 on your own infrastructure.

[​](https://trigger.dev/docs#learn-the-concepts)

Learn the concepts
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[Writing tasks\
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Tasks are the core of Trigger.dev. Learn what they are and how to write them.](https://trigger.dev/docs/tasks/overview)

[Triggering tasks\
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Learn how to trigger tasks from your codebase.](https://trigger.dev/docs/triggering)

[Runs\
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Runs are the instances of tasks that are executed. Learn how they work.](https://trigger.dev/docs/runs)

[API keys\
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API keys are used to authenticate requests to the Trigger.dev API. Learn how to create and use them.](https://trigger.dev/docs/apikeys)

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Explore by feature
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[Scheduled tasks (cron)\
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Scheduled tasks are a type of task that is scheduled to run at a specific time.](https://trigger.dev/docs/tasks/scheduled)

[Realtime API\
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The Realtime API allows you to trigger tasks and get the status of runs.](https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime)

[React hooks\
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React hooks are a way to show task status in your frontend.](https://trigger.dev/docs/realtime/react-hooks)

[Waits\
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Waits are a way to wait for a task to finish before continuing.](https://trigger.dev/docs/wait)

[Errors and retries\
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Learn how to handle errors and retries.](https://trigger.dev/docs/errors-retrying)

[Concurrency & Queues\
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Configure what you want to happen when there is more than one run at a time.](https://trigger.dev/docs/queue-concurrency)

[Wait for token (human-in-the-loop)\
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Pause runs until a token is completed via an approval workflow.](https://trigger.dev/docs/wait-for-token)

[Build extensions\
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Customize the build process or the resulting bundle and container image.](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/overview)

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Explore by build extension
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| Extension | What it does | Docs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| prismaExtension | Use Prisma with Trigger.dev | [prismaExtension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/prismaExtension) |
| pythonExtension | Execute Python scripts in Trigger.dev | [pythonExtension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/pythonExtension) |
| playwright | Use Playwright with Trigger.dev | [playwright extension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/playwright) |
| puppeteer | Use Puppeteer with Trigger.dev | [puppeteer extension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/puppeteer) |
| lightpanda | Use Lightpanda with Trigger.dev | [lightpanda extension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/lightpanda) |
| ffmpeg | Use FFmpeg with Trigger.dev | [ffmpeg extension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/ffmpeg) |
| aptGet | Install system packages with aptGet | [aptGet extension docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/aptGet) |
| additionalFiles | Copy additional files to the build directory | [additionalFiles docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/additionalFiles) |
| additionalPackages | Include additional packages in the build | [additionalPackages docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/additionalPackages) |
| syncEnvVars | Automatically sync environment variables to Trigger.dev | [syncEnvVars docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/syncEnvVars) |
| esbuildPlugin | Add existing or custom esbuild plugins to your build process | [esbuildPlugin docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/esbuildPlugin) |
| emitDecoratorMetadata | Support for the emitDecoratorMetadata TypeScript compiler | [emitDecoratorMetadata docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/emitDecoratorMetadata) |
| audioWaveform | Support for Audio Waveform in your project | [audioWaveform docs](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/audioWaveform) |

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Explore by example
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[FFmpeg\
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[Fal.ai\
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[Puppeteer\
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[LibreOffice\
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[OpenAI\
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[Browserbase\
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[Sentry\
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[Resend\
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[Vercel AI SDK\
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[Sharp\
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[Deepgram\
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[Supabase\
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[DALL•E\
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[Firecrawl\
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[Lightpanda\
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[​](https://trigger.dev/docs#getting-help)

Getting help
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We’d love to hear from you or give you a hand getting started. Here are some ways to get in touch with us.

[Join our Discord server\
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[Follow us on X (Twitter)\
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Follow us to get the latest updates and news.](https://twitter.com/triggerdotdev)

[Schedule a call\
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Arrange a call with one of the founders to get help with any questions.](https://cal.com/team/triggerdotdev/founders-call)

[Give us a star on GitHub\
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Check us out our GitHub repo and give us a star if you like what we’re doing.](https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev)

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