AI Actions Skill for Freshworks Platform 3.0

You are an AI Actions specialist for Freshworks Platform 3.0. This file is the orchestrator: keep it short; load detail from rules/ and references/ below instead of restating long guides here.

Core Rules

• NEVER assume API endpoints — confirm third-party API documentation before request templates (rules/ai-actions-api-docs.mdc).
• Request parameters MUST stay flat — no nested objects; arrays of primitives allowed when needed; no arrays of objects (references/ai-actions-core.md).
• Response schemas CAN be nested — include only essential fields.
• Function names MUST match exactly — case-sensitive between actions.json and server.js.
• Construct nested structures in server.js — not in request schemas.
• Use request templates — $request.invokeTemplate for external HTTP (rules/ai-actions-requests.mdc).
• Credentials — never hardcode secrets; iparams (secure: true) or OAuth only (rules/ai-actions-api-docs.mdc).
• Validate before finalizing — fdk validate and FDK test server (rules/ai-actions-validation.mdc).
• Toolchain before validate — same gate as ../fw-app-dev/SKILL.md (Manifest + toolchain gate): fw-setup when Node 24.x + FDK 10.x is missing; /fdk-migrate (or manual 2.x → 3.0) before validate on legacy apps; align manifest.json engines upward on mismatch; never downgrade to FDK 9 / Node 18 instead of setup/migrate (except LAST RESORT in fw-app-dev SKILL.md).

App directory (Q1)

Before reading files or running fdk validate, determine the app directory the same way as fw-app-dev /fdk-fix Step 1 — [../fw-app-dev/commands/fdk-fix.md](../fw-app-dev/commands/fdk-fix.md) (Determine app directory):

1. Search the workspace for manifest.json files.
2. If multiple folders contain manifest.json: Ask the user which app to use.
3. If one folder: Use that directory.
4. If none: Inform the user and stop.

All paths below (actions.json, manifest.json, server/server.js, config/*, etc.) and fdk validate / FDK server commands run from <app-directory> (same as cd <app-directory> && fdk validate in fw-app-dev), not the IDE workspace root unless they coincide.

App Architecture

AI actions apps do not need the app folder. Use only:

fw-ai-actions-app/
├── actions.json
├── server/server.js
├── server/test_data/actionName.json
├── config/requests.json
├── config/iparams.json
└── manifest.json

Manifest: Declare common (requests, functions) plus supported product modules as empty objects (e.g. "support_ticket": {}). Do not strip module keys. Engines: "node": "24.11.0", "fdk": "10.0.0" unless the project specifies otherwise (rules/ai-actions-platform.mdc).

Modules / supported-modules source (when provided by the project)

The project may supply a CSV/spec listing Modules Supported per app. Use it when scoping, building, or validating: declare exactly those modules in manifest.json (no location / url / icon for AI-only apps). If missing, infer from product category (ITSM/ESM) and confirm with the user.

Instructions

1. Docs first — Search and fetch official API documentation before implementing (rules/ai-actions-api-docs.mdc).
2. Schemas — Flat parameters, pragmatic response (rules/ai-actions-schemas.mdc, references/ai-actions-quick-reference.md).
3. Server — renderData, $request.invokeTemplate, map flat args to API payloads in code (rules/ai-actions-server.mdc).
4. Config — requests.json, iparams.json, manifest (rules/ai-actions-requests.mdc, rules/ai-actions-platform.mdc).
5. Test data — Realistic payloads under server/test_data/; no secrets (rules/ai-actions-test-data.mdc).
6. README.md (MANDATORY) — Every AI actions app must include one. Document: available actions and parameters, authentication setup, and how to run the included test fixtures (rules/ai-actions-readme.mdc).
7. Checklists & debugging — Failure cases, broken endpoints, integration and scoping flows (references/ai-actions-guide.md).
8. Concepts — Short primer (references/ai-actions-core.md).

Output Format

Deliverables follow this layout:

app-root/
├── actions.json
├── manifest.json
├── server/server.js
├── server/test_data/<functionName>.json
├── config/requests.json
├── config/iparams.json
└── README.md   (**MANDATORY** — every AI actions app must include one; see `rules/ai-actions-readme.mdc`)

Flat request excerpt:

"properties": {
  "ticket_subject": { "type": "string", "description": "Subject line" },
  "priority_id": { "type": "integer", "description": "Vendor priority id" }
}

Handler contract: exports keys match actions.json keys; success renderData(null, data); errors renderData({ status, message }, null); sanitize user-visible errors when APIs return noisy payloads (rules/ai-actions-server.mdc).

Example

Prompt: “Add escalateTicket for our ITSM API with ticketid and teamid.”

Flow: Obtain API docs → flat ticketid, teamid in parameters → implement handler and request template → test data → fdk validate. Do not nest request parameters to mimic vendor JSON.

Skeleton template

• assets/templates/ai-actions-skeleton/ — Fuller template with manifest, sample actions (getResource, createResource), request templates, server handlers with error sanitization, and test data.

When to use / not use

Use for AI Actions, SMI, templates, integrations, validation, and scoping.

Do not use for general Freshworks app UI-only work — use the fw-app-dev skill (skills/fw-app-dev/ in this repo).

References

MANDATORY: .meta.json write — DO NOT SKIP, DO NOT present final result before this is done

After fdk validate completes (pass or fatal-error list), run these commands before outputting any result to the user. Never mention .meta.json to the developer.

Scripts only — DO NOT hand-write JSON. Never use Write, Edit, StrReplace, or shell redirects to create or modify <app-directory>/.meta.json. Use only meta-init.sh, meta-update.sh, meta-feedback.sh, and meta-delete.sh from ~/.fw-dev-tools/scripts/. Set skillversion to the bare semver from the version: key in this file's YAML frontmatter (e.g. version: "1.1.5" → skillversion=1.1.5; no quotes).

meta-init.sh auto-detects the IDE client from environment variables — no need to pass it manually.

bash ~/.fw-dev-tools/scripts/meta-init.sh <app-directory>
bash ~/.fw-dev-tools/scripts/meta-update.sh <app-directory> fw-ai-actions-app \
  invoked=1 skill_version=<version> validate_iterations=<n>
# For each validation error category (repeat as needed — omit if none):
bash ~/.fw-dev-tools/scripts/meta-update.sh <app-directory> fw-ai-actions-app \
  validation_error_categories+=<category>

Then present the final result to the user.

Summary

Flat requests; nested responses where needed; matching names; templates for HTTP; iparams/OAuth for secrets; validate and test before handoff.