# create-workflow-command

This skill generates multi-step workflow commands that delegate execution to sub-agents using dedicated task files, preventing context bloat in complex runs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 1787
- Author: NeoLabHQ
- License: GPL-3.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/create-workflow-command/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/create-workflow-command

## What it does

The skill builds workflow orchestrators designed to stop context bloat. Instead of dumping every step instruction into a single orchestrator prompt, it offloads heavy prompts into discrete files inside the `tasks/` folder. The orchestrator stays lean at roughly 50 to 100 tokens per step, while sub-agents read their own 500-token instructions only when triggered.

It structures tasks for sequential handoffs, parallel sweeps across codebase reviews, or stateful continuation using the `resume` parameter with an existing agent ID. You can choose whether steps run on Claude Haiku or Sonnet based on workflow complexity.

Keep in mind that spawned sub-agents operate under specific limits: they cannot nest the `Task` tool to spawn further sub-agents, and they do not inherit active skills. Every tool requirement must go directly into the task markdown files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-workflow-command -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-workflow-command -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-workflow-command -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit create-workflow-command
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-workflow-command -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --path skills/create-workflow-command
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-workflow-command -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/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/create-workflow-command/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prevent orchestrator context bloat across multi-stage jobs
- generate structured markdown task prompts in the `tasks/` directory
- configure parallel sub-agent sweeps for code or security analysis
- chain execution steps using sub-agent IDs and the `resume` parameter

## Example prompts
- Create a feature-implementation workflow command that splits work into research, planning, and coding phases
- Generate a code-audit workflow command that runs security and quality sub-agents in parallel
- Set up a multi-step release workflow that preserves context across stages using resume

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