orchestration:executing-workflows

Execute orchestration workflows with ASCII visualization and checkpoint steering.

218|6|Updated Nov 8, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/mbruhler/claude-orchestration --skill orchestration-executing-workflows
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Skill: orchestration:executing-workflows
Source: https://github.com/mbruhler/claude-orchestration/tree/main/skills/executing-workflows
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/mbruhler/claude-orchestration --skill orchestration-executing-workflows

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Executing complex AI workflows can be an opaque process, making it difficult to track progress, intervene in errors, or understand the flow. This Skill provides transparent execution with real-time visualization and interactive steering, giving you full control and clarity over your automated tasks.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Real-time Visualization & Progress Tracking: Displays an ASCII art execution graph and updates progress as agents run, offering immediate insight into your workflow's status.
  • Interactive Steering & Error Recovery: Allows you to pause at checkpoints, make critical decisions, retry failed steps, or modify instructions on-the-fly during execution, ensuring flexible and resilient automation.
  • Comprehensive Syntax Support: Fully supports sequential, parallel, and conditional execution, robust variable passing, and dynamic temporary agents, enabling you to build highly sophisticated workflows.
  • Mandatory Cleanup: Ensures all temporary files (scripts, agents, state) are automatically and thoroughly cleaned up after every execution, keeping your workspace tidy and efficient.
  • Use Case: You're running a multi-stage deployment workflow. At a "staging-approval" checkpoint, you can review the staging environment, and if issues are found, you can choose to retry a previous step or abort the deployment before it reaches production, all from within the execution flow.

Quick Start

Run this workflow: Explore:"Analyze codebase":analysis -> implement:"Add feature based on {analysis}" -> general-purpose:"Run tests"

Frequently Asked Questions about orchestration:executing-workflows

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I execute multi-step AI workflows with real-time progress tracking?

Workflow execution with real-time visualization displays an ASCII graph and updates progress as agents run sequentially, in parallel, or conditionally using arrow syntax (->), parallel operators (||), and conditional operators (~>), giving you immediate insight into status.

Can I pause and intervene in a workflow during execution?

Interactive steering at checkpoints (@) lets you pause, review results, retry failed steps, or modify instructions on-the-fly before continuing, providing flexible error recovery without restarting the entire workflow.

What workflow syntax does orchestration support?

Orchestration workflows support sequential execution (->), parallel execution (||), conditional execution (~>), checkpoints (@), grouping, and dynamic variable capture and interpolation across built-in, plugin, and external agents.

How are temporary files and agents cleaned up after workflow execution?

Mandatory cleanup automatically removes all temporary scripts, agents, and state files after execution completes, with user confirmation required, ensuring your workspace stays tidy and efficient.

What happens if a step fails during workflow execution?

Error recovery enables you to pause at failure points, review errors, retry the failed step with modified instructions, or abort the workflow and resume from checkpoints without losing progress.

Can I use workflow execution for deployment automation?

Orchestration handles multi-stage deployment workflows with checkpoint approval gates; at staging-approval checkpoints you can review environments, retry steps, or abort before production deployment.