Add CrewAI and workflow documentation

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+---
+type: docs
+title: "CrewAI"
+linkTitle: "CrewAI"
+weight: 25
+description: "Dapr first-class integrations with CrewAI Agents"
+---
+
+###  What is the Dapr CrewAI integration?
+
+Dapr provides APIs for developers looking to build CrewAI agents that scale and operate reliably in production. Dapr provides first class integrations that range from agent session management to connecting agents via pub/sub and orchestrating agentic workflows.

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+---
+type: docs
+title: "CrewAI Workflows"
+linkTitle: "CrewAI Workflows"
+weight: 25
+description: "How to run CrewAI agents with durable, fault-tolerant execution using Dapr Workflows"
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+Dapr Workflows make it possible to run CrewAI agents **reliably**, **durably**, and **with built-in resiliency**.  
+By orchestrating CrewAI tasks with the Dapr Workflow engine, developers can:
+
+- Ensure long-running CrewAI work survives crashes and restarts  
+- Get automatic checkpoints, retries, and state recovery  
+- Run each CrewAI task as a durable activity  
+- Observe execution through tracing, metrics, and structured logs  
+
+This guide walks through orchestrating multiple CrewAI tasks using Dapr Workflows, ensuring each step is run *exactly once* even if the process restarts.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Initialize Dapr locally to set up a self-hosted environment for development. This process installs the Dapr sidecar binaries, provisions the workflow engine, and prepares a default components directory. For full details, see the official [guide on initializing Dapr locally]({{% ref install-dapr-selfhost.md %}}).
+
+Initialize Dapr:
+
+```bash
+dapr init
+```
+
+Verify that daprio/dapr, openzipkin/zipkin, and redis are running:
+
+```bash
+docker ps
+```
+
+### Install Python
+
+{{% alert title="Note" color="info" %}}
+Make sure you have Python already installed. `Python >=3.10`. For installation instructions, visit the official [Python installation guide](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
+{{% /alert %}}
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+```bash
+pip install dapr dapr-ext-workflow crewai
+```
+
+### Create a Python Virtual Environment (recommended)
+
+```bash
+python -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate     # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
+```
+
+### Create a Workflow to Run CrewAI Tasks
+
+Create a file named crewai_workflow.py and paste the following:
+
+```python
+from dapr.ext.workflow import (
+    WorkflowRuntime,
+    DaprWorkflowContext,
+    WorkflowActivityContext,
+    DaprWorkflowClient,
+)
+from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
+import time
+
+wfr = WorkflowRuntime()
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Define Agent, Tasks, and Task Dictionary
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Analyst",
+    goal="Research and summarize impactful technology updates.",
+    backstory="A skilled analyst who specializes in researching and summarizing technology topics.",
+)
+
+tasks = {
+    "latest_ai_news": Task(
+        description="Find the latest news about artificial intelligence.",
+        expected_output="A 3-paragraph summary of the top 3 stories.",
+        agent=agent,
+    ),
+    "ai_startup_launches": Task(
+        description="Summarize the most impactful AI startup launches in the last 6 months.",
+        expected_output="A list summarizing 2 AI startups with links.",
+        agent=agent,
+    ),
+    "ai_policy_updates": Task(
+        description="Summarize the newest AI government policy and regulation updates.",
+        expected_output="A bullet-point list summarizing the latest policy changes.",
+        agent=agent,
+    ),
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Activity — runs ONE task by name
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+@wfr.activity(name="run_task")
+def run_task_activity(ctx: WorkflowActivityContext, task_name: str):
+    print(f"Running CrewAI task: {task_name}", flush=True)
+
+    task = tasks[task_name]
+
+    # Create a Crew for just this one task
+    temp_crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
+
+    # kickoff() works across CrewAI versions
+    result = temp_crew.kickoff()
+
+    return str(result)
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. Workflow — orchestrates tasks durably
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+@wfr.workflow(name="crewai_multi_task_workflow")
+def crewai_workflow(ctx: DaprWorkflowContext):
+    print("Starting multi-task CrewAI workflow", flush=True)
+
+    latest_news = yield ctx.call_activity(run_task_activity, input="latest_ai_news")
+    startup_summary = yield ctx.call_activity(run_task_activity, input="ai_startup_launches")
+    policy_updates = yield ctx.call_activity(run_task_activity, input="ai_policy_updates")
+
+    return {
+        "latest_news": latest_news,
+        "startup_summary": startup_summary,
+        "policy_updates": policy_updates,
+    }
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. Runtime + Client (entry point)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    wfr.start()
+
+    client = DaprWorkflowClient()
+    instance_id = "crewai-multi-01"
+
+    client.schedule_new_workflow(
+        workflow=crewai_workflow,
+        input=None,
+        instance_id=instance_id
+    )
+
+    state = client.wait_for_workflow_completion(instance_id, timeout_in_seconds=60)
+    print(state.serialized_output)
+```
+
+### Create the Workflow Database Component
+
+Dapr Workflows persist durable state using any [Dapr state store]({{% ref supported-state-stores %}}) that supports workflows.
+Create a components directory, then create the file workflowstore.yaml:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+metadata:
+  name: statestore
+spec:
+  type: state.redis
+  version: v1
+  metadata:
+  - name: redisHost
+    value: localhost:6379
+  - name: redisPassword
+    value: ""
+  - name: actorStateStore
+    value: "true"
+```
+
+This component stores:
+
+* Checkpoints
+* Execution history
+* Deterministic resumption state
+* Final output data
+
+### Set a CrewAI LLM Provider
+
+CrewAI needs an LLM configuration or token to run. See instructions [here](https://docs.crewai.com/en/concepts/llms#setting-up-your-llm).
+
+### Run the Workflow
+
+Launch the CrewAI workflow using the Dapr CLI:
+
+```bash
+dapr run \
+  --app-id crewaiwf \
+  --dapr-grpc-port 50001 \
+  --resources-path ./components \
+  -- python3 ./crewai_workflow.py
+```
+
+As the workflow runs, each CrewAI task is executed as a durable activity.
+If the process crashes, the workflow resumes exactly where it left off.
+
+Open Zipkin to view workflow traces:
+
+```
+http://localhost:9411
+```