# workflow-validate

Walks through src/workflows/ and flags trigger typing mistakes and retry hazards. Useful before a workflow ships.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 220
- Author: makenotion
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/makenotion/notion-cookbook/tree/HEAD/workers/agents/skills/workflow-validate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/workflow-validate

## What it does

The skill reads every file under `src/workflows/` plus the modules those files pull in. Each finding comes back with a file, a line, the impact and a suggested fix. A workflow that is not a direct file, or whose default export is missing `createWorkflow`, counts as an error.

Six more patterns land in the same list. Event fields tied to a specific trigger used without type narrowing. Work that is not deterministic sitting outside an awaited step. Step order or names that shift between retries. A step result that will not survive JSON serialization, or later code that mutates it in memory. A retry-sensitive write with no idempotency key and no duplicate guard.

Swallowed external failures are errors too, as are credentials written into the source or pushed into logs. With dependencies in place the skill runs `npm run check` and `npm run build`. Neither command works on a bare checkout, so install the packages first.

## Requirements
- Works with: Notion

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill workflow-validate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill workflow-validate -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill workflow-validate -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install makenotion/notion-cookbook workflow-validate
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill workflow-validate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/makenotion/notion-cookbook --path workers/agents/skills/workflow-validate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add makenotion/notion-cookbook --skill workflow-validate -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/makenotion/notion-cookbook/tree/HEAD/workers/agents/skills/workflow-validate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- catch a workflow that skips the `createWorkflow` default export
- spot trigger event fields used without type narrowing
- move non-deterministic work inside an awaited step
- add an idempotency key to a retry-sensitive write
- strip hard-coded and logged credentials

## Example prompts
- Review the workflows in `src/workflows/` and report findings with file, line and fix
- Find step results that are not JSON-serializable
- Run `npm run check` and `npm run build` and walk me through the failures

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: workflow-validate
description: Review Notion Worker Workflows for trigger typing and retry safety.
user-invocable: true
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Workflow validation

Review every file in `src/workflows/` and any modules it calls. Report each
finding with its file, line, impact, and fix.

Treat these as errors:

1. A Workflow is not a direct file or does not default-export `createWorkflow`.
2. Trigger-specific event fields are used without type narrowing.
3. Non-deterministic work occurs outside an awaited step.
4. Step order or names can change between retries.
5. A step result is not JSON-serializable or later code needs an in-memory mutation.
6. A retry-sensitive write lacks an idempotency key or duplicate guard.
7. External failures are ignored, or credentials are hard-coded or logged.

Run `npm run check` and `npm run build` when dependencies are installed.
```
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