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Choose Your Use Case

Page type: Learning path · Audience: Developers who completed the quickstart

Start with the path closest to the service you intend to build. Each path moves from a working example to the exact configuration and production concerns that apply to it.

I want to buildStart hereThen learnBefore production
REST API or business-rule endpointUnderstand the HTTP FlowHow to Author Workflows and Configure ChannelsSecure an Instance
Webhook receiver and normalizerWebhook worked exampleConnect Databases & APIsAuthentication and validation
Kafka event consumerConsume from KafkaChannels and failure handlingMonitoring & Alerts
Database-backed serviceOrders API golden pathPortable Data DialectConnector security
AI-authored serviceBuild with Claude CodeTest Workflows OfflineVersion & Roll Out Changes

If the logic must pause for hours, run on a schedule, stream a response, or use arbitrary application code, check Is Orion Right for You? before continuing.

Shared path after the first example

Whichever use case you choose, the route to production is the same:

  1. Test the definitions offline.
  2. Group and version them as a package.
  3. Promote the package through CI/CD.
  4. Work through the Production Checklist.