aws-step-functions

1# AWS Step Functions
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3## Overview
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5AWS Step Functions uses Amazon States Language (ASL) to define state machines as JSON. With AWS Step Functions, you can create workflows, also called State machines, to build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data and machine learning pipelines.
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7This skill provides comprehensive guidance for writing state machines in ASL, covering:
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9- ASL structure and JSONata expression syntax
10- Details on the eight available workflow states
11- The `$states` reserved variable
12- Workflow variables with `Assign`
13- Error handling
14- AWS Service integration patterns
15- Example code for data transformation and architecture
16- Validation and testing of state machines
17- How to migrate from JSONPath to JSONata
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19## When to Load Reference Files
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21Load the appropriate reference file based on what the user is working on:
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23- **ASL structure**, **state types**, **Task**, **Pass**, **Choice**, **Wait**, **Succeed**, **Fail**, **Parallel**, **Map** → see [references/asl-state-types.md](references/asl-state-types.md)
24- **Error handling**, **troubleshooting**, **Retry**, **Catch**, **fallback**, **error codes**, **States.Timeout**, **States.ALL** → see [references/error-handling.md](references/error-handling.md)
25- **Service integrations**, **Lambda invoke**, **DynamoDB**, **SNS**, **SQS**, **SDK integrations**, **Resource ARN**, **sync**, **async** → see [references/service-integrations.md](references/service-integrations.md)
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