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SkillProductivityLets your agent create, find, and run task-specific skills and multi-step workflows for you.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the Refly skill
About this capability
Base skill for Refly ecosystem: creates, discovers, and runs domain-specific skills bound to workflows. Routes user intent to matching domain skills via symlinks, delegates execution to Refly backend. Use when user asks to: create skills, run workflows, automate multi-step tasks, or manage pipelines
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by refly-ai/refly in packages/cli/skill/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Rules
- CLI only - Use
refly <command>, never call API directly. - Trust JSON - Only trust CLI JSON (
ok,payload,error,hint). - No fabricated IDs - Never invent workflow/run/node IDs.
- No tokens - Never print or request auth tokens.
- Stop on error - If
ok=false, stop and showhint.
Available Commands
| Command | ID Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
refly status | - | Check authentication and connection status |
refly login | - | Authenticate with Refly |
refly skill list | - | List all available skills in the marketplace |
refly skill installations | - | List your installed skills (get installationId here) |
refly skill run --id <installationId> --input '<json>' | skpi-xxx | Run an installed skill, returns runId (we-xxx) |
refly workflow status <runId> --watch | we-xxx | Watch workflow execution status |
refly workflow detail <runId> | we-xxx | Get workflow run details |
refly workflow toolcalls <runId> --files --latest | we-xxx | Get files from latest toolcall |
refly file download <fileId> -o <path> | df-xxx | Download a file |
Tip: Get installationId (skpi-xxx) from refly skill installations.
Command Options
| Command | Option | Description |
|---|---|---|
workflow status | --watch | Poll until workflow completes |
workflow status | --interval <ms> | Polling interval in milliseconds (default: 5000) |
workflow toolcalls | --files | Return simplified output with only files and content |
workflow toolcalls | --latest | With --files, return only files from the most recent toolcall |
workflow toolcalls | --raw | Disable output sanitization (show full tool outputs) |
Recommended: Use --files --latest to get files from the final output without processing all toolcalls.
Skill Categories & Execution Patterns
Choose the execution pattern based on the skill's output type:
| Category | Skills | Output | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| File Generation | image, video, audio skills | Files (png/mp4/mp3) | Run → Wait → Download → Open |
| Text/Data | search, research, report skills | Text content | Run → Wait → Extract content |
| Action | email, messaging, integration skills | Status confirmation | Run → Wait → Confirm |
Pattern A: File Generation Skills
Use for: nano-banana-pro, fal-image, fal-video, fal-audio, seedream-image, kling-video, wan-video
# Step 1: Run and capture RUN_ID
RESULT=$(refly skill run --id <installationId> --input '<json>')
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.payload.workflowExecutions[0].id')
# Step 2: Wait for completion
refly workflow status "$RUN_ID" --watch --interval 30000
# Step 3: Get files and download to Desktop
FILES=$(refly workflow toolcalls "$RUN_ID" --files --latest | jq -r '.payload.files[]')
echo "$FILES" | jq -c '.' | while read -r file; do
FILE_ID=$(echo "$file" | jq -r '.fileId')
FILE_NAME=$(echo "$file" | jq -r '.name')
if [ -n "$FILE_ID" ] && [ "$FILE_ID" != "null" ]; then
refly file download "$FILE_ID" -o "$HOME/Desktop/${FILE_NAME}"
open "$HOME/Desktop/${FILE_NAME}"
fi
done
Pattern B: Text/Data Skills
Use for: jina, perplexity, weather-report, exa, research skills
# Step 1: Run and capture RUN_ID
RESULT=$(refly skill run --id <installationId> --input '<json>')
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.payload.workflowExecutions[0].id')
# Step 2: Wait for completion
refly workflow status "$RUN_ID" --watch --interval 30000
# Step 3: Extract text content from toolcalls
CONTENT=$(refly workflow toolcalls "$RUN_ID" --files --latest | jq -r '.payload.nodes[].content')
echo "$CONTENT"
Pattern C: Action Skills
Use for: send-email, slack, microsoft-teams, zoom, calendar, CRM integrations
# Step 1: Run and capture RUN_ID
RESULT=$(refly skill run --id <installationId> --input '<json>')
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.payload.workflowExecutions[0].id')
# Step 2: Wait for completion
refly workflow status "$RUN_ID" --watch --interval 30000
# Step 3: Confirm action status
STATUS=$(refly workflow detail "$RUN_ID" | jq -r '.payload.status')
echo "Action completed with status: $STATUS"
ID Types:
| ID Format | Example | Used For |
|---|---|---|
skpi-xxx | skpi-h9kpmts9ho1kl9l1sohaloeu | skill run --id only |
we-xxx | we-abc123def456 | workflow status, workflow detail, workflow toolcalls |
c-xxx | c-g6emwcpi1wpalsz6j4gyi3d9 | Browser URL only |
df-xxx | df-b3yxyelshtwsbxbrkmcqxmx9 | file download |
skpe-xxx | skpe-qga5lpyv59yjzz2ghz2iv9bu | ⚠️ Do NOT use for workflow commands |
Required behavior:
skill runreturnsRUN_ID(we-xxx) in.payload.workflowExecutions[0].id- Use
we-xxxfor all workflow commands (status,detail,toolcalls) - Choose execution pattern (A/B/C) based on skill category
- File skills: Download to
~/Desktop/andopento show user - Text skills: Extract
.payload.nodes[].contentfor text output - Action skills: Confirm
.payload.statusfor completion
Directory Structure
~/.refly/skills/
├── base/ # Base skill files (this symlink target)
│ ├── SKILL.md
│ └── rules/
│ ├── execution.md
│ ├── workflow.md
│ ├── node.md
│ ├── file.md
│ └── skill.md
└── <skill-name>/ # Domain skill directories
└── SKILL.md
~/.claude/skills/
├── refly → ~/.refly/skills/base/ # Base skill symlink
└── <skill-name> → ~/.refly/skills/<name>/ # Domain skill symlinks
Routing
User intent -> match domain skill (name/trigger) in ~/.claude/skills/
-> read domain skill SKILL.md -> execute via refly skill run -> return CLI-verified result.
References
rules/execution.md- Skill execution patterns and error handlingrules/workflow.md- Workflow command referencerules/node.md- Node command referencerules/file.md- File command referencerules/skill.md- Customized Skill command reference
Signals
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- Forks
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- Last commit
- Jul 2026
Advanced
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refly- Source
- github.com/refly-ai/refly