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:

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:

asc workflow validate

3. Discover public workflows:

asc workflow list
asc workflow list --all

4. Preview execution:

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

5. Execute:

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:

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: