Agent skill

Validate

by flowexec in flowexec/flow

Run flow validate and fix any failures. An agent skill from flowexec/flow.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Validate

skills CLI
$ npx skills add flowexec/flow --skill validate -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install flowexec/flow validate --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flowexec/flow.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/validate .claude/skills/validate && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
validate
GitHub stars
137
Token cost
~375 tokens
SKILL.md length
155 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Run flow validate and fix any failures. An agent skill from flowexec/flow.

  • Tasks that involve Debugging
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Validate is an agent skill from flowexec/flow. Run flow validate and fix any failures. Invoke after completing a feature or bug fix to confirm the codebase is clean before committing.

Its SKILL.md is about 380 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Debugging. The repository describes itself as: Local-first CLI for defining and running your project's workflows. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Debugging

Example prompts

  • “/validate”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__flow__execute, mcp__flow__run_command, mcp__flow__list_executables, mcp__flow__get_execution_logs, Bash(flow validate:*), Bash(flow generate:*), Bash(flow lint:*), Bash(flow test:*), Bash(go test:*), Read

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0583ac5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • mcp__flow__execute
    • mcp__flow__run_command
    • mcp__flow__list_executables
    • mcp__flow__get_execution_logs
    • Bash(flow validate:*)
    • Bash(flow generate:*)
    • Bash(flow lint:*)
    • Bash(flow test:*)
    • Bash(go test:*)
    • Read

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Validate loads about 375 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 155 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~375

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 flowexec/flow at commit 0583ac5, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© flowexec). 155 words, ~375 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/validate/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
validate
description
Run flow validate and fix any failures. Invoke after completing a feature or bug fix to confirm the codebase is clean before committing.
allowed-tools
mcp__flow__execute, mcp__flow__run_command, mcp__flow__list_executables, mcp__flow__get_execution_logs, Bash(flow validate:*), Bash(flow generate:*), Bash(flow lint:*), Bash(flow test:*), Bash(go test:*), Read

Run the validate executable via mcp__flow__execute (ref: validate) rather than a raw shell call, so the run inherits workspace env/secrets and is captured in flow's history.

It runs these steps in order: generate → lint → test → validate generated (checks for uncommitted generated diffs in CI).

For each failure, diagnose and fix before moving on:

  • generate fails: Schema syntax error in the source schema — types/executable/*_schema.yaml, or types/{config,workspace,common}/schema.yaml. Read and fix the schema, never the .gen.go output.
  • lint fails: Read the golangci-lint output, fix each violation, re-run
  • test fails: Read the Ginkgo output, identify the failing spec, fix the root cause — do not skip or comment out tests
  • validate generated fails: Generated files are out of sync — re-run the generate executable and stage the regenerated files; this is always the fix

Use mcp__flow__get_execution_logs with mine: true to re-read output from a run instead of re-running it.

Do not report done until validate exits 0 with all steps passing.

© flowexec, 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

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/validate of flowexec/flow.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0583ac5

Compare with similar skills

Validate next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Debugging Executionsn8n-io/n8n207k—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Aoti Debugpytorch/pytorch104k1 repos~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Herdr Throwaway Reproductionherdrdev/herdr43k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Categories

Questions about Validate

What does Validate do?

Run flow validate and fix any failures. An agent skill from flowexec/flow. Validate is an agent skill from flowexec/flow. Run flow validate and fix any failures.

When should I use Validate?

Validate fits situations like: tasks that involve Debugging.

How do I install Validate in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add flowexec/flow --skill validate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate in flowexec/flow) into .claude/skills/validate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Validate in Codex?

Run `npx skills add flowexec/flow --skill validate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate in flowexec/flow) into .agents/skills/validate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Validate in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add flowexec/flow --skill validate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/validate, .gemini/skills/validate, .github/skills/validate and .opencode/skills/validate in your project.

What does Validate need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Validate is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__flow__execute, mcp__flow__run_command, mcp__flow__list_executables, mcp__flow__get_execution_logs, Bash(flow validate:*), Bash(flow generate:*), Bash(flow lint:*), Bash(flow test:*), Bash(go test:*), Read.

Does Validate access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Validate safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Validate use?

Validate is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Validate use?

About 375 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Validate?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Validate: Trellis Session Insight (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars), Native Data Fetching (CherryHQ/cherry-studio-app, 4k stars), Debugging Executions (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars) and Aoti Debug (pytorch/pytorch, 104k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Validate?

flowexec (a GitHub organization) maintains it in flowexec/flow, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: flowexec/flow on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.