​Kestra ​Tutorial – ​Build ​Flows ​Step by ​Step

Use this tutorial to learn Kestra’s core concepts and build flows step by step.

Learn Kestra by building Flows step by step

You can use Kestra to:

• Run workflows on demand, event-driven, or on a schedule.
• Interact with any system or language through plugins and tasks.
• Orchestrate microservices, batch jobs, scripts, SQL queries, data syncs, dbt or Spark jobs, and other processes.

This tutorial starts with a simple flow that makes an API request and then expands to use nearly Kestra's full toolbox: adding Inputs, downstream tasks, scripts, Outputs, and Triggers. Later sections cover conditional flow logic, parallel task execution, and error handling.

Tutorial – Add Inputs to Kestra Workflows

Inputs make your flows more dynamic and reusable.

Tutorial – Pass Outputs Between Tasks in Kestra

Outputs let you pass data between tasks and flows.

Tutorial – Add Triggers to Automate Kestra Flows

Triggers automatically start your flow based on events or a schedule.

Tutorial – Flowable Tasks in Kestra – Branch, Loop, Parallelize

Run tasks or subflows in parallel, create loops, and conditional branching.

Tutorial – Handle Errors in Kestra – Retries and Alerts

Handle errors with automatic retries and notifications.

Tutorial – Build a Hello World Flow in Kestra

Start by building a simple Hello World flow.