Laravel Workflow Sample App

This is a sample Laravel 12 application with example workflows that you can run inside a GitHub codespace.

Create a codespace from the main branch of this repo.

Once the codespace has been created, wait for the codespace to build. This should take between 5 to 10 minutes.

Once it is done. You will see the editor and the terminal at the bottom.

Run composer install.

composer install

Run the init command to setup the app, install extra dependencies and run the migrations.

php artisan app:init

Start the queue worker. This will enable the processing of workflows and activities.

php artisan queue:work

Create a new terminal window.

Start the example workflow inside the new terminal window.

php artisan app:workflow

You can view the waterline dashboard at https://[your-codespace-name]-80.preview.app.github.dev/waterline/dashboard.

Run the workflow and activity tests.

php artisan test

That's it! You can now create and test workflows.

In addition to the basic example workflow, you can try these other workflows included in this sample app:

php artisan app:elapsed – Demonstrates how to correctly track start and end times to measure execution duration.
php artisan app:microservice – A fully working example of a workflow that spans multiple Laravel applications using a shared database and queue.
php artisan app:playwright – Runs a Playwright automation, captures a WebM video, encodes it to MP4 using FFmpeg, and then cleans up the WebM file.
php artisan app:webhook – Showcases how to use the built-in webhook system for triggering workflows externally.

Try them out to see Laravel Workflow in action across different use cases!

laravel-workflow/sample-app