Agent skill · software engineering · sickn33
ax-extract-workflow
Reconstruct workflow behind a past coding-agent artifact using local ax sessions/commits/skills/tool traces. Use when asked how X was built.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands and workflows for reconstructing coding-agent artifacts that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires ax installed locally. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 44,571 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
ax Extract Workflow Overview Use this skill to reconstruct the workflow behind a past coding-agent artifact: a shipped feature, PR, demo, refactor, report, or other concrete result. It uses the local ax graph to connect commits, sessions, turns, skills, and tool traces into a short "how this got made" narrative. ax must be installed, available on PATH, and able to reach its local database. If ax cannot connect to its DB, report the connection failure and stop instead of guessing from memory. When to Use This Skill Use when the user asks "how did we build X?", "what made X work?", or "extract the workflow behind this artifact." Use when the anchor is a commit SHA, date, feature name, PR, session, or repo-local artifact. Use when the user wants the sequence of agent skills, prompts, commands, decisions, and checks that led to a result. Do not use for a generic activity summary; use normal session listing instead. How It Works Step 1: Resolve the Anchor Identify the best anchor from the user's request: Commit SHA: use it directly. Date or date range: inspect sessions around the date. Topic, feature, or artifact name: search recall for related turns, commits, and skills. "This repo recently": list recent sessions for the current repo. These commands are read-only inspection commands. Step 2: Pick Relevant Sessions Choose the few sessions most likely to explain the artifact. Prefer sessions that mention the artifact, touch related files, include relevant commits, or have skills and tool calls that match the work. If several candidates are plausible, show the user the candidates and ask which one to inspect. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills sickn33/ax-extract-workflow--59a2e1