| 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.
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Workflow Orchestration Skill
Step Execution Pattern
For each step in the workflow:
- Check preconditions
- Execute the action
- Validate the result
- Handle errors (retry, skip, or abort)
- 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:
- Read the Attention Log — know which steps succeeded/failed last time
- Read the Confidence Map — know which steps are flaky or uncertain
- Read the Surplus Value — know what workflow insights emerged
- Read the Filter — skip known dead-end paths, prioritize productive ones
References
- See
references/workflow-patterns.md for common automation patterns
