# managing-stacks

A skill that explains how to run Celigo hooks and wrappers on your own server or AWS Lambda, and when that is worth doing.

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- Author: celigo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/celigo/ai/tree/HEAD/skills/managing-stacks/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
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## What it does

A Celigo stack is a pointer to your own compute environment, where extension code runs: script hooks and connector wrappers. The stack stores the address and credentials of that environment, not the logic. At runtime, Celigo dispatches a function to the stack instead of running it on its hosted JavaScript runtime.

The skill covers four things: whether you need a stack at all, choosing between `server` and `lambda`, handling credentials, and pointing a hook or wrapper at a stack via `_stackId`. Most accounts never need one — the hosted runtime handles the vast majority of extension logic. A stack is for a real trigger: libraries or native dependencies the sandbox lacks, a compliance rule that code and the data it touches stay in your environment, or a custom connector wrapper.

Each type has its own config block. A `server` needs `hostURI`, and its `systemToken` is generated for you. A `lambda` needs `accessKeyId`, `secretAccessKey`, `awsRegion` and `functionName`. Both secrets come back masked as `******`. One thing to watch: `ipRanges` is deprecated, and the platform stores whatever it is sent without checking it, so do not lean on it. No tool on the Celigo Platform MCP server reads or changes a stack, so you manage them through the CLI, the REST API at `/v1/stacks`, or the UI.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill managing-stacks -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill managing-stacks -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill managing-stacks -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install celigo/ai managing-stacks
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill managing-stacks -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/celigo/ai --path skills/managing-stacks
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill managing-stacks -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/celigo/ai/tree/HEAD/skills/managing-stacks/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- decide whether a hook actually needs a stack
- pick between a self-hosted server and AWS Lambda
- create a stack with a valid config block
- point a hook at a stack via `_stackId`
- tell a stack apart from an on-premise agent

## Example prompts
- Do I need a stack for this export hook?
- Create a lambda stack with a function in us-east-1
- Move this hook from `_scriptId` to `_stackId`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Managing Stacks

A stack is a **pointer to your own compute environment** where Celigo runs extension code -- the script hooks and connector wrappers that would otherwise run on Celigo's hosted JavaScript runtime. A stack holds the **address and credentials** of that environment, not the logic. At runtime, when a hook or wrapper is configured to use a stack, Celigo dispatches that function's execution to the stack instead of running it on its own managed runtime.

Concerns when managing stacks:

- **Necessity** -- most accounts never need a stack; the hosted runtime handles the vast majority of extension logic. A stack is for a real trigger (see the decision matrix).
- **Type and config** -- `server` (a self-hosted HTTP endpoint) or `lambda` (an AWS Lambda function), each with its own config block.
- **Credentials** -- a server carries an auto-generated `systemToken`; a lambda carries AWS keys. Both are masked in responses and demand credential discipline.
- **References** -- a stack does nothing on its own. It matters only once a hook (via `_stackId` on an export/import) or a wrapper connection (via `wrapper._stackId`) points at it.

Stacks are a resource type in their own right. They are referenced by script hooks and by wrapper connections. No tool on the Celigo Platform MCP server reads or changes a stack or its token, so manage them with the CLI, the REST API (`/v1/stacks`) or the UI; over MCP, a hook's `_stackId` on its export or import and a wrapper connection's `wrapper._stackId` still show which stack they use.

## The Stack Is the Runtime, Not the Code

The distinction the whole domain hangs on:

- The **code** is the logic: a hook (a JavaScript function on an export/import -- `preMap`, `postSubmit`, etc.) or a connector **wrapper** (the server-side JavaScript that implements a custom adaptor). With a stack, that code lives on your server or Lambda, not in a Celigo script.
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