conductor-skills
Conductor Skills
Teach your AI coding agent to create, run, monitor, and manage Conductor workflow orchestrations.
What You Get
Once installed, your AI agent can:
- Create workflow definitions with any task type (HTTP, SWITCH, FORK, WAIT, AI/LLM, MCP, etc.)
- Run workflows synchronously or asynchronously
- Monitor executions and search by status, time, or correlation ID
- Manage workflows — pause, resume, terminate, retry, restart, rerun, skip-task, jump
- Signal WAIT and HUMAN tasks for human-in-the-loop patterns
- Schedule workflows on cron — schedules are part of OSS
- Write workers in Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C#, Ruby, or Rust
- Visualize workflows as Mermaid diagrams
- Review & optimize existing workflows against a checklist of 19 reliability / performance / security / structure rules
- Manage secrets and webhooks (Orkes)
On Claude Code, four slash commands give you direct entry points:
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/conductor |
Menu — lists subcommands and natural-language examples |
/conductor-setup |
First-time setup (CLI, server, auth) |
/conductor-optimize |
Review a workflow against the optimization checklist |
/conductor-scaffold-worker |
Generate a worker stub in your language |
Everything else (run, status, schedule, retry, signal, visualize, create) works through plain English — no command needed.
Quick Install
Claude Code Plugin (recommended for Claude users)
Install as a Claude Code plugin from the marketplace:
/plugin marketplace add conductor-oss/conductor-skills
/plugin install conductor@conductor-skills
Or test against a local checkout during development:
/plugin marketplace add /path/to/conductor-skills
/plugin install conductor@conductor-skills
Install via npm
If you have Node.js, you can install through npm — useful in CI and dev containers:
# One-off, no global install
npx @conductor-oss/conductor-skills --agent claude
npx @conductor-oss/conductor-skills --all
# Or globally
npm install -g @conductor-oss/conductor-skills
conductor-skills --agent cursor
conductor-skills --all --upgrade
conductor-skills --agent cline --uninstall
The npm package bundles all skill content, so it works offline once installed. For Claude Code, just restart your session after install to pick up the plugin.
Install for all detected agents
One command to auto-detect every supported agent on your system and install globally where possible. Re-run anytime — it only installs for newly detected agents.
macOS / Linux
curl -sSL https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.sh | bash -s -- --all
Windows (PowerShell)
irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -All
Windows (cmd)
powershell -c "irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -All"
Install for a specific agent
These agents don’t support global install — run the command from your project directory.
macOS / Linux
| Agent | Command |
|---|---|
| Amazon Q | curl -sSL https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.sh \| bash -s -- --agent amazonq |
Windows (PowerShell)
| Agent | Command |
|---|---|
| Amazon Q | irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -Agent amazonq |
Windows (cmd)
| Agent | Command |
|---|---|
| Amazon Q | powershell -c "irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -Agent amazonq" |
All other agents are installed globally via the install all command above. You can also use
--agent <name>for any agent to do a project-level install. GitHub Copilot and Amp share the same.agents/skills/directory as Codex/Gemini/Cursor/OpenCode — installing any one of them writes it.
That’s it — ask your agent to connect to your server (see Try It below).
Try It
After installing, try these prompts with your agent. Or run the slash command shown in brackets where one exists.
Setup & configure (or /conductor-setup)
- “Set up Conductor — I want to start a local server”
- “Connect to my Conductor server at https://developer.orkescloud.com/api”
- “Save my Conductor server config as a profile called production”
- “Switch to my staging Conductor profile”
- “How many workflows in dev vs prod?”
Create & run
- “Create a workflow that calls the GitHub API to get open issues and sends a Slack notification”
- “Create a FORK_JOIN workflow that fetches inventory and pricing in parallel”
- “Run the my-workflow workflow with input {"userId": 123}”
- “Run order-processing synchronously and wait until the approval step”
- “Run cleanup-workflow with correlation id daily-2026-05-11”
Monitor & diagnose
- “Show me all failed workflow executions from the last hour”
- “What’s the status of execution abc-123?”
- “Why did wf-789 fail?”
- “Show me the running executions of order-processing”
Manage
- “Retry all failed executions of my-workflow from today”
- “Pause the running execution xyz-456”
- “Terminate wf-123, customer cancelled”
- “Restart wf-456 on the latest workflow version”
- “Skip the email step in wf-789”
- “Jump wf-789 to fulfill_order”
Human-in-the-loop
- “Signal the wait task in execution abc-123 with approval: true”
- “Reject the wait task in wf-456 — don’t retry”
- “What’s blocking wf-789?”
Schedule (part of OSS)
- “Schedule cleanup-workflow to run daily at 2am”
- “Schedule order-report every Monday at 9:30 weekdays only”
- “Pause the cleanup schedule”
- “Show the last 50 scheduled cleanup runs”
Modify
- “Add an error-handling branch to the order-processing workflow”
- “Add a WAIT task before the payment step in my checkout workflow”
- “Convert the inline JS in compute_pricing to a worker”
- “Extract the fulfillment chunk into a sub-workflow”
Review & optimize (or /conductor-optimize)
- “Review the order-processing workflow”
- “Optimize this workflow JSON — what should I fix?” (attach a file)
- “Audit weather-notification for missing timeouts and retries”
- “Make this workflow simpler”
- “Are there any secrets being passed through workflow input that shouldn’t be?”
Workers (or /conductor-scaffold-worker)
- “Write a Python worker that processes image thumbnails”
- “Write a TypeScript worker that validates email addresses”
- “Generate a Go worker that fetches data from a REST API and transforms the response”
- “Scaffold a Java worker for the charge_card task”
AI / LLM workflows
- “Create a workflow that summarizes text with Claude”
- “Build me an AI agent that lists MCP tools, picks one, and calls it” — the canonical first-agent flow (example)
- “Create a RAG workflow that searches my Pinecone index and answers questions with sources” (example)
- “Build an autonomous agent loop that runs up to 10 think/act/observe iterations” (example)
- “Add a HUMAN approval step before the agent calls any tool”
- “Create a workflow that classifies support tickets with GPT-4o-mini and routes to the right queue”
- “Index this document into the knowledge base” — using
LLM_INDEX_TEXT - “Generate an image from a prompt with DALL-E” — using
GENERATE_IMAGE
Visualize
- “Show me a diagram of the order-processing workflow”
- “Render the FORK_JOIN flow as a Mermaid chart”
Orkes only — secrets, webhooks (Orkes Conductor required)
- “Save STRIPE_KEY as a secret”
- “Create a GitHub webhook that triggers github_pr_handler”
- “List my webhooks”
Examples
Operational:
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| Create and Run a Workflow | Define a workflow, register it, and execute it end-to-end |
| Monitor and Retry | Search executions, diagnose failures, and batch-retry |
| Signal a Wait Task | Human-in-the-loop with WAIT tasks and external signals |
| Review and Optimize | Apply the optimization checklist to an existing workflow |
Design patterns:
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| FORK_JOIN Parallel Branches | Run independent tasks in parallel and converge with JOIN |
| DO_WHILE Loop | Iteration counter via the self-reference pattern |
| SUB_WORKFLOW Composition | Compose reusable child workflows under a parent |
AI / LLM patterns:
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| Minimum LLM Workflow | Single LLM_CHAT_COMPLETE — building block |
| AI Agent with MCP Tools | List tools → plan → call → summarize (the canonical first-AI-agent tutorial) |
| Autonomous Agent Loop | ReAct-pattern DO_WHILE loop until the LLM decides it’s done |
| RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation | Vector search + grounded LLM answer with sources |
Raw JSON workflow definitions live in skills/conductor/examples/workflows/ — pass any directly to conductor workflow create.
References
| Reference | Description |
|---|---|
| Setup | Install the CLI, choose a server, configure auth, named profiles |
| CLI Index | Verb → CLI command lookup, grouped by lifecycle / intervention / tasks |
| Workflow Definition Schema | Full JSON schema, every task type, expression syntax |
| GraalJS Gotchas | JS-evaluated task pitfalls — Java-Map proxies, $.varName rule, scope rules, IIFE convention for DO_WHILE |
| Template Resolution | ${...} resolution pitfalls — missing-field-returns-parent, object → string toString, iteration paths |
| Writing Workers | SDK examples in Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C#, Ruby, Rust |
| API Reference | REST endpoints for direct API access |
| Visualization | Mermaid mappings for every Conductor construct + UI link |
| Schedules | Cron schedules (OSS) — schema, format, idempotency patterns |
| Optimization Checklist | 22 review rules across structure, reliability (incl. LLM-specific gotchas), performance, security |
| Troubleshooting | Common errors, diagnosis flow, stuck-workflow recovery |
| Orkes Enterprise | Secrets, webhooks (Orkes Conductor only) |
| Fallback CLI | Python REST script equivalents when the CLI isn’t available |
Evaluations
The evaluations/ directory contains automated test scenarios to validate the skill works correctly with your agent. See evaluations/README.md for details.
python3 scripts/run_evals.py --verbose
Upgrade
Check for a newer version and upgrade all installed agents:
macOS / Linux
curl -sSL https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.sh | bash -s -- --all --upgrade
Windows
irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -All -Upgrade
Or upgrade a single agent: --agent <name> --upgrade
Supported Agents
| Agent | Flag | Global install | Project install |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | claude |
~/.claude/skills/conductor/ + plugin (via /plugin marketplace add + /plugin install) — also adds /conductor* slash commands |
— |
| Codex CLI | codex |
~/.agents/skills/conductor/ |
.agents/skills/conductor/ |
| Gemini CLI | gemini |
~/.agents/skills/conductor/ |
.agents/skills/conductor/ |
| Cursor | cursor |
~/.agents/skills/conductor/ |
.agents/skills/conductor/ |
| Windsurf | windsurf |
~/.codeium/windsurf/memories/global_rules.md |
.windsurf/skills/conductor/ |
| Cline | cline |
~/.cline/skills/conductor/ |
.cline/skills/conductor/ |
| GitHub Copilot | copilot |
~/.agents/skills/conductor/ |
.agents/skills/conductor/ |
| Aider | aider |
~/.conductor-skills/ + ~/.aider.conf.yml |
.conductor-skills/ + .aider.conf.yml |
| Amazon Q | amazonq |
— | .amazonq/rules/conductor.md |
| Roo Code | roo |
~/.roo/rules/conductor.md |
.roo/rules/conductor.md |
| Amp | amp |
~/.agents/skills/conductor/ |
.agents/skills/conductor/ |
| OpenCode | opencode |
~/.agents/skills/conductor/ |
.agents/skills/conductor/ |
Codex, Gemini, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Amp share one .agents/skills/ install — installing any one of them writes the shared directory; installing another just points at the same copy. Uninstalling only removes the shared directory once every agent using it has been uninstalled.
Uninstall
macOS / Linux
# Remove a global install
curl -sSL https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.sh | bash -s -- --agent <name> --global --uninstall
# Remove a project-level install
curl -sSL https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.sh | bash -s -- --agent <name> --uninstall
Windows (PowerShell)
# Remove a global install
irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -Agent <name> -Global -Uninstall
# Remove a project-level install
irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -Agent <name> -Uninstall
Windows (cmd)
powershell -c "irm https://conductor-oss.github.io/conductor-skills/install.ps1 -OutFile install.ps1; .\install.ps1 -Agent <name> -Global -Uninstall"
License
Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.txt.
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