# asc-workflow

Turns App Store Connect chores into a repo-local .asc/workflow.json the agent can validate, dry-run and resume after a failed step.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 6700 installs · ★ 1101
- Author: rorkai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/asc-workflow

## What it does

The skill teaches the agent to use `asc workflow` from the App Store Connect CLI: keep multi-step scenarios in `.asc/workflow.json` and drive them with `validate`, `list` and `run`. It walks the order from structure check to execution, plus the file format and how step outputs are passed around.

A workflow is a file in your repo, not a hosted service. Steps are either a plain string or an object with `run`, `workflow`, `if`, `with`, `outputs`, `retry`, `timeout`. The `before_all`, `after_all` and `error` hooks wrap the whole run. Outputs are read as `${steps.step_name.OUTPUT_NAME}`, so the underlying `asc` command has to print JSON to stdout with `--output json`. A failed run is resumed by the run ID from the result, and you leave `KEY:VALUE` params off when you do it.

You need `asc` installed and authenticated first, which a hook like `asc auth status` confirms. Retry allows 2 to 100 attempts, with delay and timeout capped at 24 hours. A timeout without retry is final, because the command may already have gone through on Apple's side. Only wrap retry around commands you know are safe to repeat: the runner does not classify mutations for you. The file executes trusted shell commands, so a workflow from an unfamiliar PR is a reason to stop before adding secrets.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-workflow -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/asc-workflow/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-workflow -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-workflow -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills asc-workflow
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-workflow -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --path skills/asc-workflow
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills --skill asc-workflow -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/asc-workflow/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check workflow structure before the first run
- list available workflows and preview one with `--dry-run`
- split a release into validate, stage and submit
- pull a build ID out of JSON and feed it to the next step
- resume a failed run with its saved outputs

## Example prompts
- Validate `.asc/workflow.json` with `asc workflow validate` and tell me what is broken
- Run `asc workflow run --dry-run beta BUILD_ID:123456789` and walk me through the steps it would take
- Add a step with `outputs` and `retry`, reading `${steps.resolve_build.BUILD_ID}`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: asc-workflow
description: Define, validate, run, resume, and audit repo-local multi-step automations with current `asc workflow` and `.asc/workflow.json`, including step outputs and safe release/TestFlight workflows.
---

# asc workflow

Use this skill when you need lane-style automation inside the CLI using:

- `asc workflow validate`
- `asc workflow list`
- `asc workflow run`

Workflows are repo-local automation files. They run trusted shell commands, stream step output to stderr, and keep stdout as machine-readable JSON.

## Command discovery

Always verify flags with:

```bash
asc workflow --help
asc workflow validate --help
asc workflow list --help
asc workflow run --help
```

## End-to-end flow

1. Author `.asc/workflow.json`.
2. Validate structure and references:

```bash
asc workflow validate
```

3. Discover public workflows:

```bash
asc workflow list
asc workflow list --all
```

4. Preview execution:

```bash
asc workflow run --dry-run beta BUILD_ID:123456789 GROUP_ID:abcdef
```

5. Execute:

```bash
asc workflow run beta BUILD_ID:123456789 GROUP_ID:abcdef
```

6. If a recoverable run fails, resume with the run ID from the JSON result:

```bash
asc workflow run release --resume "release-20260312T120000Z-deadbeef"
```

Do not pass extra `KEY:VALUE` params with `--resume`; the saved workflow file, params, and persisted outputs are reused.

## File location and format

- Default path: `.asc/workflow.json`
- Override path: `asc workflow run --file ./path/to/workflow.json <name>`
- JSONC comments are supported.
- Top-level hooks: `before_all`, `after_all`, `error`
- Workflow keys: `description`, `private`, `env`, `steps`
- Step forms:
  - string shorthand: `"echo hello"`
  - `run` shell command
  - `workflow` sub-workflow call
  - `name` label
  - `if` conditional var name
  - `with` env overrides for workflow-call steps
  - `outputs` map for JSON stdout extraction from named run steps
  - `retry` fixed-delay retry policy for a `run` step
  - `timeout` positive per-attempt duration for a `run` step

## Outputs

Run steps can declare outputs. The command must emit JSON on stdout, so pass `--output json` for `asc` commands that produce outputs.

Output references use:

```text
${steps.step_name.OUTPUT_NAME}
```

Rules:
````
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