riela-temporary-workflow

name	riela-temporary-workflow
description	Use when creating, validating, or running temporary riela workflows from inline JSON or JSON files without installing a project/user-scope workflow bundle. Applies to --workflow-json, --workflow-json-file, embedded prompt-only payloads, temp workflow payload logs, and dry-run smoke checks.
metadata	{"short-description":"Create and run temporary riela workflows"}

Riela Temporary Workflow

Use this skill when the user wants a one-off riela workflow that can run directly from a JSON string or JSON file, without creating or installing a workflow bundle under project or user scope.

Temporary Payload Shape

Temporary workflows use one JSON object with this shape:

{
  "workflow": {
    "workflowId": "temporary-example",
    "description": "One-off workflow loaded from temporary JSON.",
    "defaults": {
      "maxLoopIterations": 3,
      "nodeTimeoutMs": 120000
    },
    "entryStepId": "main-worker",
    "nodes": [
      {
        "id": "main-worker",
        "nodeFile": "nodes/node-main-worker.json"
      }
    ],
    "steps": [
      {
        "id": "main-worker",
        "nodeId": "main-worker",
        "role": "worker"
      }
    ]
  },
  "nodePayloads": {
    "nodes/node-main-worker.json": {
      "id": "main-worker",
      "description": "Do the one-off task.",
      "executionBackend": "codex-agent",
      "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
      "promptTemplate": "Return one concise JSON object with the requested result.",
      "variables": {}
    }
  }
}

Authoring Rules

• Use step-addressed workflow.steps[] and workflow.nodes[].
• Keep every node payload embedded under nodePayloads.
• Match workflow.nodes[].nodeFile to a nodePayloads key.
• Embed prompt content directly in promptTemplate, systemPromptTemplate, sessionStartPromptTemplate, or prompt variants.
• Do not use promptTemplateFile, systemPromptTemplateFile, sessionStartPromptTemplateFile, stepFile, or unresolved external node files.
• Avoid absolute paths and machine-local values in reusable examples.
• Use --dry-run first when checking structure or demonstrating the workflow without calling an agent backend.

Run Commands

Run from a JSON file:

riela workflow run \
  --workflow-json-file ./temp-workflow.json \
  --dry-run \
  --output json

Run from inline JSON:

temporary_workflow_json="$(cat ./temp-workflow.json)"

riela workflow run \
  --workflow-json "$temporary_workflow_json" \
  --dry-run \
  --output json

Inside the riela source checkout, use:

riela workflow run \
  --workflow-json-file ./temp-workflow.json \
  --dry-run \
  --output json

Payload Log Verification

Temporary workflow runs persist the submitted and normalized payload under the run artifact tree:

find ./tmp -path '*/temporary-workflow-payload/*' -type f | sort

Expected files:

• temporary-workflow-payload/input.json
• temporary-workflow-payload/normalized.json
• temporary-workflow-payload/metadata.json

The JSON run output should report:

• source.scope: "temporary"
• source.input: "inline-json" for --workflow-json
• source.input: "json-file" for --workflow-json-file

Normal project, user, explicit-directory, manifest, and registry workflow runs do not create temporary-workflow-payload/.

Recommended Creation Workflow

1. Draft the temporary JSON payload in a file first.
2. Run it with --workflow-json-file ... --dry-run --output json.
3. Confirm source.scope is temporary and exitCode is 0.
4. Inspect temporary-workflow-payload/metadata.json for schemaVersion and contentDigest.
5. Convert to inline JSON only when the payload is small enough to be readable on the command line.
6. Remove --dry-run only when the selected backends and models should execute.