# writing-scripts

Guides you through writing Celigo JavaScript hook scripts: preSavePage, preMap, postMap, postSubmit and the rest. Useful when mapping and filters can't express the logic.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 4
- 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/writing-scripts/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/writing-scripts

## What it does

The skill covers what a Celigo script actually is: a JavaScript function that runs at one point in the data pipeline. It helps you pick the right hook for the job, understand what lands in `options`, and return what the pipeline expects. The return rules are strict. `preSavePage` must return an object `{ data, errors, abort, newErrorsAndRetryData }`, never a bare array — return the array and the page is dropped with no error, so the run finishes with 0 records. `preMap` and `postMap` return one element per input record: `{ data: record }` sends it, `{ errors }` fails it, `{}` skips it quietly.

Each hook gets its own contract: `preParse` for raw file text, `postSubmit` with one destination response per record, `postAggregate` for aggregated imports. The skill also lists the three modules a script can import — `integrator-api`, `dayjs` and `sjcl` — and notes that one script resource can hold several functions, each wired to a different hook.

One thing worth knowing before you touch anything: editing a shared script reaches every hook that names it. Diagnosing a script is read-only, but editing, rewiring and test runs write to the account or the connected systems. So the skill says to name the cause and propose the change first, and make it once the user agrees. For filter, transform and output filter there are expression-based alternatives, and where an expression is enough, a script isn't needed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install celigo/ai writing-scripts
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add celigo/ai --skill writing-scripts -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/writing-scripts/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick the hook that matches a pipeline stage
- work out the options shape and the required return
- fix a preSavePage that returned an array instead of an object
- trace why a record vanished at preMap
- read a post_submit_hook error on a record the destination accepted

## Example prompts
- Write a preSavePage hook that drops records without an email and puts them in errors
- Why does my preMap return get ignored instead of sent?
- Add a postSubmit hook that appends the reason from _json to each error message

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: writing-scripts
description: Write Celigo JavaScript hook scripts -- preSavePage, preMap, postMap, postSubmit, postResponseMap, filter, transform, branching, handleRequest. Use when creating or editing scripts, choosing the right hook point, understanding input/output data shapes, or debugging script behavior.
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# Writing Scripts

A script is a **JavaScript function** that runs at a specific hook point in the Celigo data pipeline. Scripts handle logic that expressions, filters, and visual mappings cannot -- complex conditionals, cross-record calculations, API calls within the pipeline, and custom routing.

Concerns when writing a script:

- **Choosing the right hook point** -- which function type matches what you're trying to accomplish
- **Input/output contracts** -- what `options` contains and what the function must return (array length rules are strict)
- **Expression alternative** -- filter, transform, and output filter have expression-based alternatives that don't require a script; prefer expressions when possible
- **Available modules** -- scripts can `import` three built-in modules: `integrator-api` (call Celigo APIs), `dayjs` (date/time manipulation), and `sjcl` (Stanford JavaScript Crypto Library for hashing/encryption)
- **One script, many functions** -- a single script resource can contain multiple functions, each wired independently to different hook points

Used across flows, APIs, and tools.

Diagnosing a script is read-only. Editing it, rewiring it, and running a flow to test it all write to the account or to the connected systems, and an edit to a shared script reaches every hook that names it -- make those changes when the user asked for them, not as part of explaining a failure. A question about why something fails or how to fix it asks for the cause and the change you propose; make the change once the user says to.

## Hook Points

Every script function runs at a specific point in the pipeline. Choose based on *when* you need to act and *what data* you need access to.

### Data Pipeline Hooks

| Hook | Runs on | When | Input | Must return |
|------|---------|------|-------|-------------|
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