workflow-skill

name	workflow-skill
description	Orchestrate multi-step automated workflows with trigger detection, step execution, error handling, and result delivery. Use when the user wants to automate a process, chain actions together, handle conditional logic between steps, or build trigger-action pipelines. Includes retry patterns, validation checkpoints, and execution logging.

Workflow Orchestration Skill

Step Execution Pattern

For each step in the workflow:

1. Check preconditions
2. Execute the action
3. Validate the result
4. Handle errors (retry, skip, or abort)
5. Pass outputs to the next step

Error Handling

• Transient failures: retry up to 3 times with backoff
• Data validation failures: flag and ask user
• Permission failures: report and suggest fix

Execution Log

Record each run with: timestamp, steps completed, errors encountered, outputs produced.

Trace Awareness

When previous TRACE.md or FILTER.md files exist for this workflow:

1. Read the Attention Log — know which steps succeeded/failed last time
2. Read the Confidence Map — know which steps are flaky or uncertain
3. Read the Surplus Value — know what workflow insights emerged
4. Read the Filter — skip known dead-end paths, prioritize productive ones

References

• See references/workflow-patterns.md for common automation patterns