automation-build-flow

automation-build-flow is a skill for Claude Code from MacroMan5/AutomationHelper_plugins. It costs 99 tokens per session (4,265 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A workflow builder that turns requirements or an implementation plan into importable JSON for automation platforms such as Power Automate, n8n, Make, and Zapier.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when you know what an automation should do and need a platform-specific workflow file, after specifying the target platform and requirements.
Why use it?
It reduces the manual work of connecting triggers, actions, settings, and error handling into a complete automation workflow.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: mentions subagents; names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Part of the automation-helper plugin — 6 skills, 5 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it when you know what an automation should do and need a platform-specific workflow file, after specifying the target platform and requirements.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/macroman5/automationhelper_plugins/automation-build-flow
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add MacroMan5/AutomationHelper_plugins --skill automation-build-flow
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MacroMan5/AutomationHelper_plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install automation-helper, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills, 5 agents.

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Per session 99 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,265 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00099 $0.04265
Opus 5 $0.00049 $0.02132
Sonnet 5 $0.00020 $0.00853
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00426

Measured 9d ago against content hash b91d0d4e8645, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

automation-build-flow scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/automation-build-flow/SKILL.md · 755 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 755 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Automation Build Flow

Professional workflow builder that generates complete, production-ready JSON for any automation platform.

Supported Platforms

  • Power Automate (Microsoft)
  • n8n (Open-source)
  • Make (formerly Integromat)
  • Zapier
  • Other JSON-based workflow platforms

Purpose

This skill generates complete automation workflows by:

  1. Taking implementation plan or requirements as input
  2. Validating platform compatibility
  3. Using flow-builder sub-agent to generate complete JSON
  4. Ensuring all best practices are implemented
  5. Producing ready-to-import workflow JSON

When This Skill Activates

Automatically activates when user:

  • Has implementation plan: "Build this workflow from the plan"
  • Provides requirements: "Create a workflow that does X, Y, Z"
  • Requests JSON generation: "Generate the flow JSON"
  • Has plan from automation-brainstorm: "Use this plan to build the flow"
  • Keywords: "build flow", "create workflow", "generate JSON", "implement this"

Prerequisites:

  • Platform must be specified (or will ask)
  • Requirements must be clear (or will request clarification)

Does NOT activate when:

  • User needs help planning (use automation-brainstorm)
  • User has error to debug (use automation-debugger)
  • User wants validation only (use automation-validator)

Core Workflow

Phase 1: Input Analysis

  1. Determine Input Type

    Type A: Implementation Plan (from automation-brainstorm)

    • Structured markdown plan
    • Contains all sections (trigger, actions, error handling, etc.)
    • Platform specified
    • Ready to build → Proceed to Phase 2

    Type B: Direct Requirements (user provided)

    • User describes what they want
    • May be less structured
    • Needs clarification → Gather requirements
  2. Verify Platform

    Check if platform specified:

    • In plan: Check "Platform" section
    • In message: Look for platform mention
    • If missing: Ask using AskUserQuestion
    Use AskUserQuestion tool:
    
    Question: "Which platform should I generate this workflow for?"
    Header: "Platform"
    Options:
    - Power Automate (Microsoft, generates .json for "Paste code" feature)
    - n8n (Open-source, generates workflow.json for import)
    - Make (Integromat, generates scenario blueprint.json)
    - Zapier (Generates zap JSON for import API)
    - Other (Specify platform and format needed)
    

Read the full file on GitHub · 755 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 755 lines · 99 tokens per session scan A b91d0d4e8645

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automation-build-flow is a skill published in the GitHub repository MacroMan5/AutomationHelper_plugins (3 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 99 tokens to every session and 4,265 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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