temporal — Readiness
CLI version: temporal version 1.7.2 (Server 1.31.1, UI 2.49.1) Date: 2026-07-07 Depth: full Total: 3/15 [F]
| Dimension | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation Quality | 1/3 | Built-in help has examples, but no local AGENTS.md/README agent guidance was present |
| Self-Description | 1/3 | Help is structured, but --schema, manifest, and --manifest are absent |
| Pre-built Integrations | 0/3 | No MCP/OpenAPI/skill/workflow artifacts found in the audit workspace |
| Setup Reproducibility | 0/3 | No local non-interactive install documentation was available to verify idempotently |
| Workflow Coverage | 1/3 | Basic command examples exist in help, but no agent-ready multi-step workflows were available locally |
Dimension Details
1. Documentation Quality — 1/3
No AGENTS.md, CODING_AGENTS.md, README.md, or package manifest existed in the audit workspace. The CLI's built-in help includes examples such as starting a dev server and workflow commands, but it does not provide agent-specific invocation rules, non-interactive defaults, or environment conventions in a local agent-facing doc.
2. Self-Description — 1/3
temporal --schema, temporal manifest, and temporal --manifest all failed as unknown. temporal --help is structured enough to discover commands and flags, but there is no machine-readable manifest with commands, typed flags, or exit codes.
3. Pre-built Integrations — 0/3
No MCP server config, OpenAPI spec, Claude skill, LangChain/LlamaIndex tool, recipes, or workflow artifacts were found under the audit workspace.
4. Setup Reproducibility — 0/3
The installed binary verifies with temporal --version, but the audit inputs did not include local install instructions. No documented non-interactive, idempotent install command was available to run twice.
5. Workflow Coverage — 1/3
Built-in help contains examples for commands such as server start-dev, workflow list, workflow start, and activity complete --help. A documented read-only help example exited 0, but no local multi-step workflow documentation or agent-specific examples were present.
Recommended Improvements
Documentation Quality — currently 1/3
To reach 2/3: Add AGENTS.md with canonical invocation, non-interactive flags, config/env conventions, and input rules. To reach 3/3: Validate AGENTS.md against CLI help in CI so documented flags do not drift.
Self-Description — currently 1/3
To reach 2/3: Add a JSON manifest command that lists commands, flags, and exit codes. To reach 3/3: Include full command schemas, etag/version metadata, auth scopes, and exit-code mappings.
Setup Reproducibility — currently 0/3
To reach 1/3: Document one non-interactive install path in README or AGENTS.md.
To reach 3/3: Make the documented install idempotent and pair it with temporal --version or temporal doctor --json.
Related failure modes
| §N | Title | Severity | Readiness dimension | |---|---|---| | §44 | Agent Knowledge Packaging Absence | Medium | Documentation Quality | | §52 | Recursive Command Tree Discovery Cost | Medium | Self-Description | | §21 | Schema & Help Discoverability | Medium | Self-Description | | §47 | MCP Wrapper Schema Staleness | High | Pre-built Integrations | | §20 | Environment & Dependency Discovery | Medium | Setup Reproducibility |