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.mdfor common automation patterns