Agent skill

Windmill Dev Page Preview

by windmill-labs in windmill-labs/windmill

Opens the Windmill dev page to preview a flow, script or app, choosing between proxy and direct mode and deciding whether the agent or the runtime starts the wmill dev server.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Windmill Dev Page Preview

skills CLI
$ npx skills add windmill-labs/windmill --skill preview -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install windmill-labs/windmill preview --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/windmill-labs/windmill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/system_prompts/auto-generated/skills/preview .claude/skills/preview && 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
preview
GitHub stars
18k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
940 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
42
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Opens the Windmill dev page to preview a flow, script or app, choosing between proxy and direct mode and deciding whether the agent or the runtime starts the wmill dev server.

  • Works in 4 steps: Mode: proxy or direct? → Who starts the server? → Reuse or add a per-target entry in… → …
  • Opening a visual preview of a Windmill flow, script or app
  • SKILL.md covers Two independent decisions, Starting the server yourself, Letting launch.json start the… and Non-visual alternative, plus 1 more section
  • Calls go

What it does

The skill triggers whenever a user wants to see, open or preview a flow, script or app, including right after writing one, as a form of visual verification. The Windmill dev page renders the flow graph or script editor, lets the user step through it and live-reloads on save, running locally through wmill dev on a localhost port.

Two independent choices decide how to launch it. Mode: proxy, started with --proxy-port, exposes the page on a plain localhost URL for embedders that only accept localhost (most in-chat or in-IDE preview panes), while direct mode, the default, has the browser load the page from the remote workspace's HTTPS URL with wmill dev only running the live-reload WebSocket, for a regular browser tab.

Who starts the server: the agent spawns wmill dev itself and captures the printed URL in most cases, or, only when a runtime provides an MCP preview tool that reads a launch.json configuration, that tool starts the server on demand instead. A table maps common embedder situations to the right combination of mode and starter.

When your agent uses it

  • Opening a visual preview of a Windmill flow, script or app
  • Offering to show a just-written flow or script running
  • Deciding whether a preview needs a localhost proxy or can load the direct workspace URL

Example prompts

  • “Preview the flow I just wrote in a browser tab.”
  • “Open the script editor for this app so I can see it live-reload.”
  • “Start the dev server in proxy mode since my embedder only accepts localhost URLs.”

Requirements

  • The wmill CLI, to run wmill dev

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Mode: proxy or direct?
  2. Who starts the server?
  3. Reuse or add a per-target entry in .claude/launch.json
  4. Invoke the MCP preview tool

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eab3dd5. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • go

    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

Windmill Dev Page Preview loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 940 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 940 words (~1,815 tokens).

“Use this skill any time the user wants to see, open, navigate to, visualize, or preview a flow, script, or app — and any time you've just finished writing one and want to offer visual verification.”

— opening of SKILL.md by windmill-labs, Custom licence
name
preview

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in system_prompts/auto-generated/skills/preview of windmill-labs/windmill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eab3dd5

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Categories

Questions about Windmill Dev Page Preview

What does Windmill Dev Page Preview do?

Opens the Windmill dev page to preview a flow, script or app, choosing between proxy and direct mode and deciding whether the agent or the runtime starts the wmill dev server. The skill triggers whenever a user wants to see, open or preview a flow, script or app, including right after writing one, as a form of visual verification. The Windmill dev page renders the flow graph or script editor, lets the user step through it and live-reloads on save, running locally through wmill dev on a localhost port.

When should I use Windmill Dev Page Preview?

Windmill Dev Page Preview fits situations like: opening a visual preview of a Windmill flow, script or app; offering to show a just-written flow or script running; deciding whether a preview needs a localhost proxy or can load the direct workspace URL.

How do I install Windmill Dev Page Preview in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add windmill-labs/windmill --skill preview -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (system_prompts/auto-generated/skills/preview in windmill-labs/windmill) into .claude/skills/preview in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Windmill Dev Page Preview in Codex?

Run `npx skills add windmill-labs/windmill --skill preview -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (system_prompts/auto-generated/skills/preview in windmill-labs/windmill) into .agents/skills/preview in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Windmill Dev Page Preview 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 windmill-labs/windmill --skill preview -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/preview, .gemini/skills/preview, .github/skills/preview and .opencode/skills/preview in your project.

What does Windmill Dev Page Preview need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Windmill Dev Page Preview needs the command-line tools its instructions call (go). Our summary lists: The wmill CLI, to run wmill dev.

Does Windmill Dev Page Preview 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 Windmill Dev Page Preview 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 Windmill Dev Page Preview use?

Windmill Dev Page Preview has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Windmill Dev Page Preview use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k 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 Windmill Dev Page Preview?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Windmill Dev Page Preview: Pump Build Release (nirholas/pump-fun-sdk, 133 stars), Dx Data Navigator (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Add To Project (Marve10s/Better-Fullstack, 752 stars) and Olore Claude Code Latest (olorehq/olore, 103 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Windmill Dev Page Preview?

windmill-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in windmill-labs/windmill, which has 18,117 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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