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Cohere Core Workflow A

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Build a Cohere v2 RAG pipeline with asymmetric embeddings, retrieval, Rerank v4, grounded Chat, and citation validation.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Cohere Core Workflow A

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill cohere-core-workflow-a -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace cohere-core-workflow-a --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/cohere-core-workflow-a .claude/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a && 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
cohere-core-workflow-a
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
448 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build a Cohere v2 RAG pipeline with asymmetric embeddings, retrieval, Rerank v4, grounded Chat, and citation validation.

  • Works in 6 steps: Define document IDs, chunking rules,… → Resolve and pin a live Embed model, then… → Embed each query with the query input… → …
  • Implementing grounded question answering
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Tool Discipline and Current Contract, plus 7 more sections
  • Needs CO_API_KEY

What it does

Cohere Core Workflow A is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Build a Cohere v2 RAG pipeline with asymmetric embeddings, retrieval, Rerank v4, grounded Chat, and citation validation. Use when implementing grounded question answering. Trigger with "Cohere RAG", "Cohere retrieval", or "Cohere citations".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/official-docs.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Cohere API key

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Citation management, Retrieval-augmented generation and Embeddings. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Implementing grounded question answering
  • With Cohere RAG
  • Cohere retrieval
  • Cohere citations

Example prompts

  • “Cohere RAG”
  • “Cohere retrieval”
  • “Cohere citations”
  • “/cohere-core-workflow-a”

Requirements

  • A credential in CO_API_KEY
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Cohere API key
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

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

  1. Define document IDs, chunking rules, metadata filters, and an evaluation query set.
  2. Resolve and pin a live Embed model, then index documents with the document input type.
  3. Embed each query with the query input type and retrieve a bounded candidate set.
  4. Rerank candidates with a live v4 model and record scores and selected IDs.
  5. Generate from only the selected evidence with citation options appropriate to the use case.
  6. Evaluate retrieval recall, rerank quality, answer faithfulness, citation validity, latency, and cost before release.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. 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:

    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • WebFetch
    • Write
    • Edit

    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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.cohere.com

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • CO_API_KEY

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

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Cohere API key

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Cohere Core Workflow A loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 448 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.9k

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 448 words, ~1,089 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
cohere-core-workflow-a
description
Build a Cohere v2 RAG pipeline with asymmetric embeddings, retrieval, Rerank v4, grounded Chat, and citation validation. Use when implementing grounded question answering. Trigger with "Cohere RAG", "Cohere retrieval", or "Cohere citations".
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Cohere API key
argument-hint
[repository-path] [retrieval-backend]
version
1.6.0
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license
MIT
tags
saas, cohere, rag
model
inherit
effort
high

Cohere Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Overview

Create a measurable retrieval pipeline that separates indexing, query embedding, candidate retrieval, reranking, generation, and citation checks.

Prerequisites

  • The target repository, runtime, environment, and accountable owner
  • An approved Cohere team and key for any live verification
  • Current quality, security, privacy, capacity, and change-control requirements

Tool Discipline

Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect code, configuration, and evidence. Use WebFetch only for current Cohere primary documentation. Use Write or Edit only when the user requested implementation and the exact target files are known; never write credentials or customer content.

Current Contract

  • Embed indexed passages with input_type=search_document and user queries with input_type=search_query.
  • Keep the embedding model, output type, dimensions, normalization, and document schema in index metadata.
  • Use Rerank v4 on a bounded candidate set before generation and retain document IDs.
  • Pass selected documents to Chat v2 and validate returned citations against those IDs.

Authentication

Use an environment-specific key injected from an approved secret manager. Never print, persist, commit, or place CO_API_KEY in an example. Confirm access with the least costly bounded operation appropriate to the task, and treat key creation, rotation, revocation, role changes, and production-capacity requests as owner-approved actions.

Instructions

  1. Define document IDs, chunking rules, metadata filters, and an evaluation query set.
  2. Resolve and pin a live Embed model, then index documents with the document input type.
  3. Embed each query with the query input type and retrieve a bounded candidate set.
  4. Rerank candidates with a live v4 model and record scores and selected IDs.
  5. Generate from only the selected evidence with citation options appropriate to the use case.
  6. Evaluate retrieval recall, rerank quality, answer faithfulness, citation validity, latency, and cost before release.
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Approval Boundaries

Do not expose or rotate keys, change Cohere Team roles, accept commercial terms, enable sensitive production data, increase spend or capacity, switch production models, send a support bundle, or execute model-proposed side effects without the accountable owner's approval. Keep diagnosis read-only unless implementation was requested.

Output

Return the resolved API and model contract, files or settings inspected, evidence collected, validation result, remaining risk, owner, and rollback or next action. Redact keys, authorization headers, prompts, retrieved documents, embeddings, customer identifiers, and unrestricted environment output.

Error Handling

ConditionResponse
Dimension mismatchStop and rebuild or select the index matching its recorded model contract.
No candidatesReturn a grounded no-answer result instead of unconstrained generation.
Invalid citationReject or flag the answer and retain the evidence bundle.
Context overflowReduce or rechunk evidence; v2 does not provide legacy prompt truncation.

Examples

Use this compact handoff shape to keep the selected scope, validation evidence, and operational result reviewable.

Input:

text
query=approved-fixture; retrieve=40; rerank=8; require-citations=true

Expected handoff:

text
answer=grounded; citations=valid; selected-doc-ids=recorded; eval=pass

Resources

© jeremylongshore, MIT. 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 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/cohere-core-workflow-a of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Cohere Core Workflow A

What does Cohere Core Workflow A do?

Build a Cohere v2 RAG pipeline with asymmetric embeddings, retrieval, Rerank v4, grounded Chat, and citation validation. Cohere Core Workflow A is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Build a Cohere v2 RAG pipeline with asymmetric embeddings, retrieval, Rerank v4, grounded Chat, and citation validation.

When should I use Cohere Core Workflow A?

Cohere Core Workflow A fits situations like: implementing grounded question answering; with Cohere RAG; cohere retrieval; cohere citations.

How do I install Cohere Core Workflow A in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill cohere-core-workflow-a -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/cohere-core-workflow-a in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cohere Core Workflow A in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill cohere-core-workflow-a -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/cohere-core-workflow-a in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cohere Core Workflow A 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill cohere-core-workflow-a -a cursor` (or -a -a, -a or -a for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a, .gemini/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a, .github/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a and .opencode/skills/cohere-core-workflow-a in your project.

What does Cohere Core Workflow A need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cohere Core Workflow A needs credentials named CO_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in CO_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; live verification requires network access and an approved Cohere API key.

Does Cohere Core Workflow A access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.cohere.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cohere Core Workflow A 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 Cohere Core Workflow A use?

Cohere Core Workflow A is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Cohere Core Workflow A use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 820 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Cohere Core Workflow A?

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Who maintains Cohere Core Workflow A?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.