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oban-designer

Design and implement Oban background job workers for Elixir. Configure queues, retry strategies, uniqueness constraints, cron scheduling, and error handling. Generate Oban workers, queue config, and test setups. Use when adding background jobs, async processing, scheduled tasks, or recurring cron jobs to an Elixir project using Oban.

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Oban Designer

Installation

# mix.exs
{:oban, "~> 2.18"}

# config/config.exs
config :my_app, Oban,
  repo: MyApp.Repo,
  queues: [default: 10, mailers: 20, webhooks: 50, events: 5],
  plugins: [
    Oban.Plugins.Pruner,
    {Oban.Plugins.Cron, crontab: [
      {"0 2 * * *", MyApp.Workers.DailyCleanup},
      {"*/5 * * * *", MyApp.Workers.MetricsCollector}
    ]}
  ]

# In application.ex children:
{Oban, Application.fetch_env!(:my_app, Oban)}

Generate the Oban migrations:

mix ecto.gen.migration add_oban_jobs_table
defmodule MyApp.Repo.Migrations.AddObanJobsTable do
  use Ecto.Migration
  def up, do: Oban.Migration.up(version: 12)
  def down, do: Oban.Migration.down(version: 1)
end

Worker Implementation

Basic Worker
defmodule MyApp.Workers.SendEmail do
  use Oban.Worker,
    queue: :mailers,
    max_attempts: 5,
    priority: 1

  @impl Oban.Worker
  def perform(%Oban.Job{args: %{"to" => to, "template" => template} = args}) do
    case MyApp.Mailer.deliver(to, template, args) do
      {:ok, _} -> :ok
      {:error, :temporary} -> {:error, "temporary failure"}  # Will retry
      {:error, :permanent} -> {:cancel, "invalid address"}   # Won't retry
    end
  end
end
Return Values
Return Effect
:ok Job marked complete
{:ok, result} Job marked complete
{:error, reason} Job retried (counts as attempt)
{:cancel, reason} Job cancelled, no more retries
{:snooze, seconds} Re-scheduled, doesn't count as attempt
{:discard, reason} Job discarded (Oban 2.17+)

Queue Configuration

See references/worker-patterns.md for common worker patterns.

Sizing Guidelines
Queue Concurrency Use Case
default 10 General-purpose
mailers 20 Email delivery (I/O bound)
webhooks 50 Webhook delivery (I/O bound, high volume)
media 5 ...

Source information

Source
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Repository
openclaw/skills
Path
skills/gchapim/oban-designer
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SKILL.md
# Oban Designer

## Installation

```elixir
# mix.exs
{:oban, "~> 2.18"}

# config/config.exs
config :my_app, Oban,
  repo: MyApp.Repo,
  queues: [default: 10, mailers: 20, webhooks: 50, events: 5],
  plugins: [
    Oban.Plugins.Pruner,
    {Oban.Plugins.Cron, crontab: [
      {"0 2 * * *", MyApp.Workers.DailyCleanup},
      {"*/5 * * * *", MyApp.Workers.MetricsCollector}
    ]}
  ]

# In application.ex children:
{Oban, Application.fetch_env!(:my_app, Oban)}
```

Generate the Oban migrations:

```bash
mix ecto.gen.migration add_oban_jobs_table
```

```elixir
defmodule MyApp.Repo.Migrations.AddObanJobsTable do
  use Ecto.Migration
  def up, do: Oban.Migration.up(version: 12)
  def down, do: Oban.Migration.down(version: 1)
end
```

## Worker Implementation

### Basic Worker

```elixir
defmodule MyApp.Workers.SendEmail do
  use Oban.Worker,
    queue: :mailers,
    max_attempts: 5,
    priority: 1

  @impl Oban.Worker
  def perform(%Oban.Job{args: %{"to" => to, "template" => template} = args}) do
    case MyApp.Mailer.deliver(to, template, args) do
      {:ok, _} -> :ok
      {:error, :temporary} -> {:error, "temporary failure"}  # Will retry
      {:error, :permanent} -> {:cancel, "invalid address"}   # Won't retry
    end
  end
end
```

### Return Values

| Return | Effect |
|--------|--------|
| `:ok` | Job marked complete |
| `{:ok, result}` | Job marked complete |
| `{:error, reason}` | Job retried (counts as attempt) |
| `{:cancel, reason}` | Job cancelled, no more retries |
| `{:snooze, seconds}` | Re-scheduled, doesn't count as attempt |
| `{:discard, reason}` | Job discarded (Oban 2.17+) |

## Queue Configuration

See [references/worker-patterns.md](references/worker-patterns.md) for common worker patterns.

### Sizing Guidelines

| Queue | Concurrency | Use Case |
|-------|------------|----------|
| `default` | 10 | General-purpose |
| `mailers` | 20 | Email delivery (I/O bound) |
| `webhooks` | 50 | Webhook delivery (I/O bound, high volume) |
| `media` | 5 |...

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