workflow

name	workflow
description	Infrastructure skill — multi-step action orchestration: run a sequence of MCP tools in order, passing results between steps. Use when chaining two or more tools into a repeatable pipeline (select → rename → validate → export). Not for single-tool operations or DCC-specific business logic — use a domain skill for those.
license	MIT
metadata	{"dcc-mcp":{"dcc":"python","version":"1.0.0","layer":"infrastructure","search-hint":"chain, sequence, pipeline, multi-step, orchestration, workflow, batch, run steps, automate","tags":"workflow, orchestration, chain, pipeline, automation, infrastructure","tools":"tools.yaml"}}

Workflow Orchestration

Multi-step action chaining for DCC pipelines.

Overview

The workflow__run_chain tool lets an agent (or a human) execute a sequence of dcc-mcp-core actions in order. Results from earlier steps flow into later steps via context merging and {key} parameter interpolation.

Example: Select → Rename → Validate → Export

{
  "steps": [
    {
      "label": "List mesh objects",
      "action": "maya_scene__list_objects",
      "params": {"type": "mesh"}
    },
    {
      "label": "Rename with prefix",
      "action": "maya_scene__rename_objects",
      "params": {"prefix": "char_"}
    },
    {
      "label": "Validate naming",
      "action": "maya_pipeline__validate_naming",
      "params": {}
    },
    {
      "label": "Export FBX",
      "action": "maya_scene__export_fbx",
      "params": {"output": "/tmp/export.fbx"},
      "stop_on_failure": true
    }
  ]
}

Error Recovery

If a step fails and stop_on_failure is true, the chain halts immediately and returns the partial results so far, plus the error details. The agent can then use dcc_diagnostics__screenshot or dcc_diagnostics__audit_log to investigate before retrying.

Context Interpolation

Use {key} placeholders in params to inject values from the running context:

{"action": "export_fbx", "params": {"output": "{export_path}"}}

The context starts from the context input, then accumulates each step's context output.