Skill Development Workflow

Orchestrate the full lifecycle of creating a skill for the CaldiaWorks marketplace.

This workflow combines general-purpose skills (ideation, usdm) with skill-specific tools (skill-creator) to guide the user from a rough idea to a published skill.

Mandatory Execution Rule

Each invoked skill defines its own internal steps (e.g., ideation has Steps 1-6, USDM has Steps 1-5, skill-creator has its own workflow). Every internal step of every invoked skill must be executed in order without exception. Do not skip, merge, or silently omit any step — even if the step seems trivial or the answer seems obvious.

If a step requires user input or confirmation, ask. If a step produces output, present it. If a step offers output format choices, ask the user to choose.

Violating this rule degrades the quality of the output and erodes user trust. There is no acceptable reason to skip a step.

Workflow Steps

Execute these steps in order. Each step produces output that feeds into the next.

If the user already has artifacts from earlier steps (e.g., an idea document or a USDM requirements document), skip the completed steps and start from the appropriate point: