automation

Simplify Workflows with flowctl

Name: Simplify Workflows with flowctl
Author: cvhariharan

Automate tasks with flowctl, an open source workflow execution platform for founders and devops teams.

From the repo · “An open source self-service workflow execution platform”

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342 stars+1★ this week28 forksGoGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jul 2Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Use flowctl to automatically run tasks and workflows for your dev team.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to automate the process of updating their company's website whenever they deploy new code to GitHub. They set up flowctl to run a script whenever a new commit is pushed to the repository, and the result is an automatic website update without any manual intervention."

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When to use it

•When you need to automate a series of tasks that depend on each other
•When you want to define and manage workflows using a simple, human-readable configuration file
•When you need to integrate with other tools and services using a flexible and extensible platform

Ready-to-paste prompt

Run a sample workflow that executes a series of tasks: `flowctl run -f examples/workflow.yaml`

Heads up: Make sure you have Go (version 1.17 or later) installed on your system before attempting to install or run flowctl, as it is required for compilation and execution.

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/flowctl && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/flowctl/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/flowctl/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Simplify Workflows with flowctl works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Simplify Workflows with flowctl is a large Go project (~45k lines across 314 code files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Large codebase

~45k lines · 314 code files · ~6 h to skim

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Go · Docker

No API keys detected

Go 54%Svelte 37%TypeScript 8%CSS 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
main.go
Where the program starts running
3
go.mod
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
4
internal/config/config.go
Inside internal/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

internal/Core code — the actual logic117 files

pkg/Core code — the actual logic3 files

site/Frontend / UI147 files

cmd/Command-line entry points6 files

docs/Documentation55 files

migrations/Folder38 files

sdk/SDKs / client libraries17 files

dev/Folder4 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/flowctl && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/flowctl/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/flowctl/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

Quick Actions

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Creator

cvhariharan

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Do this with a working workflow

Pages we wrote and tested that put a skill like this to work — importable n8n templates, outcome guides and Claude Desktop configs.

Outcome guide

Turn meeting notes into a summary email automatically

Paste the transcript into a private form and the workflow writes and emails a concise recap — decisions, owners, open questions — that people will actually read.

Outcome guide

Triage your inbox automatically

The workflow watches your inbox and classifies each new email by priority with a one-line reason and a draft reply, logging everything to a ranked sheet. You open your day to a triaged list, not a pile.