Refly Guide: The First Open-Source Agent Skills Builder
A comprehensive guide to Refly — the first open-source platform for creating and running AI agent skills with a visual vibe workflow editor. Supports Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and more.
What Is Refly?
Refly is the first open-source platform purpose-built for creating and running AI agent skills. Unlike traditional agent frameworks that require extensive coding, Refly introduces a vibe workflow editor — a visual canvas where you define how an agent should think, act, and respond. Skills you build on Refly run seamlessly on Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Codex, and other compatible platforms.
Key Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Vibe Workflow Editor | Visual drag-and-drop canvas to define agent reasoning paths, tool calls, and response flows without writing code. |
| Multi-Platform Execution | Run the same skill on Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Codex — write once, deploy everywhere. |
| MCP Integration | Connect your skills to any MCP server for tool access, data retrieval, and external API orchestration. |
| Lovable API | Rapidly prototype and iterate on agent behaviors using Lovable's visual prototyping environment. |
| Slack & Lark Bots | Deploy your skills as conversational bots in Slack and Lark/Feishu for team-wide access. |
| Skill Marketplace | Browse, share, and remix community-built skills. Publish your own for others to use. |
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With 7,400+ GitHub stars and 38,000+ Docker pulls, Refly has quickly become the go-to solution for teams building agent skills at scale. Its open-source nature means no vendor lock-in — you own your skills, your data, and your workflow definitions. The platform supports multiple LLM backends simultaneously, so you can use Claude for reasoning, GPT-4 for creative tasks, and open-source models for cost-sensitive operations — all within the same skill.
Architecture Overview
Refly uses a modular architecture: the core engine handles workflow execution and state management, while plugins provide platform-specific adapters for Claude Code, Cursor, and others. The MCP server bridge allows any skill to call external tools (web search, file operations, database queries) through a standardized protocol. Data persistence uses SQLite by default with optional PostgreSQL support for production deployments.
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