Workfront Actions

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Backend development

Example prompts

• “/workfront-actions”

Requirements

• Node.js

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Receive imsToken plus any apiKey / IDs as params.
2. 2fetch the public REST endpoint with Authorization: Bearer (add x-api-key / x-gw-ims-org-id where required).
3. 3Map the result to { data, error }. Never log the token.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cbc9952. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships script files (JavaScript), which the agent can run.

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Workfront Actions loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 249 tokens; SKILL.md has 812 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~249

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.8k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~2.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:3

  env is empty once deployed — inputs flow .env → config inputs → params). Also covers CommonJS-only structure, require-ad

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:45

  - **Inputs flow `.env` → action `inputs` (in config) → `params`. Do NOT read `process.env` at runtime.** Under `aio app

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from adobe/skills at commit cbc9952, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© adobe). 812 words, ~1,834 tokens.

name

workfront-actions

description

Use when writing or fixing the server-side code of a Workfront App Builder extension — the Adobe I/O Runtime action the React SPA calls to do work the browser can't. Reach for this whenever the user is: structuring or editing action code; deciding what shape an action returns so the frontend can tell success from failure (the {data,error} body); passing the IMS token through and calling an external API from the backend so credentials never reach the browser; calling Workfront's own Public API v21 (search/count, bulk PUT with the updates param, custom DE: field filters); calling Workfront Planning or another Adobe service; or troubleshooting why a deployed action can't read secrets (process.env is empty once deployed — inputs flow .env → config inputs → params). Also covers CommonJS-only structure, require-adobe-auth, and registering actions in app.config.yaml / ext.config.yaml. For generic non-Workfront action templates and SDKs see appbuilder-action-scaffolder.

license

Apache-2.0

actions/<name>/index.js     # exports main(params)

async function main (params) {
  // ...
  return { statusCode: 200, body: { data, error: null } }
}
exports.main = main

return { statusCode: 400, body: { data: null, error: 'missing parameter(s) ...' } }

© adobe, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references, assets) in plugins/app-builder/skills/appbuilder-workfront/workfront-actions of adobe/skills.

• SKILL.md
• assets/action-boilerplate.js
• evals/evals.json
• references/integrations.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cbc9952