
Webiny Cms Bulk Actions
Authoring a custom Headless CMS bulk action (EntriesBulkAction) that Webiny runs as a...
Install
npx skills add webiny/webiny-js --skill webiny-cms-bulk-actions -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- webiny/webiny-js8.1k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 2,085 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Authoring a custom Headless CMS bulk action (EntriesBulkAction) that Webiny runs as a background task, plus the Admin-side button that triggers it. Use this skill when the developer wants to add a bulk action to the content-entry list (e.g. apply a discount, generate content, bulk-transform entries), understand loadData/processData, make the task converge, filter by custom fields, or trigger the action from the Admin UI. Requires Webiny 6.5.0 or newer.
Custom Headless CMS bulk actions
TL;DR
A bulk action is a class implementing EntriesBulkAction.Interface with two methods, loadData (which entries) and processData (what to do to each). Register it with
export default EntriesBulkAction.createImplementation({...}) via <Api.Extension src>.
For every registered bulk action, Webiny automatically generates a list background
task, a process background task, and a GraphQL mutation. On the Admin side, add a
ContentEntryListConfig.Browser.BulkAction button that calls BulkActionFeature's
useCase.execute({ model, action, where, data }).
Available from Webiny 6.5.0 (webiny/api/cms/entry).
Backend, the bulk action
// extensions/myBulkAction/api/MyBulkAction.ts
import {
EntriesBulkAction,
ListLatestEntriesUseCase,
UpdateEntryUseCase
} from "webiny/api/cms/entry";
class MyBulkActionImpl implements EntriesBulkAction.Interface {
// PascalCased into the task ids + GraphQL enum value, so "applyDiscount" →
// tasks hcmsBulk(List|Process)ApplyDiscountEntries and frontend action "ApplyDiscount".
readonly name = "applyDiscount";
// Optional: restrict which models get the mutation/button.
readonly modelIds = ["product"];
// Optional: entries processed per batch (defaults to the configured batchSize).
// readonly batchSize = 50;
constructor(
private listEntries: ListLatestEntriesUseCase.Interface,
private updateEntry: UpdateEntryUseCase.Interface
) {}
// Runs in the "list" task, with pagination (params.where/search/after/limit).
async loadData(model, params) {
const result = await this.listEntries.execute(model, params);
return result.value; // { entries, meta }
}
// Runs in the "process" task, once per entry, in batches.
async processData(model, params) {
// params.id is a revision id ("<entryId>#0001"); params.data carries whatever the
// Admin action sent.
// ...update / transform the entry here...
}
}


