Alibabacloud Dataworks Datastudio Develop

If you're orchestrating data pipelines on Alibaba Cloud DataWorks, this skill handles the full development lifecycle: creating workflows, configuring nodes across 150+ types (Shell, SQL, Python, Flink, EMR, etc.), deploying changes, and managing resources. It's built around the FlowSpec format and the aliyun CLI plugin, with extremely specific requirements about command syntax and API sequencing. The documentation is unusually prescriptive, which makes sense given how easy it is to fall into legacy API traps that silently fail. Worth noting: it supports moves and renames but explicitly blocks deletes, and you'll need to confirm any mutating operations. If you're doing ETL orchestration or DI tasks on DataWorks and tired of guessing which API actually works, this will save you hours of trial and error.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add aliyun/alibabacloud-aiops-skills --skill alibabacloud-dataworks-datastudio-develop --agent claude-code

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DataWorks Data Development

❗ 5-SECOND SUMMARY — Read This First

Credentials: Run aliyun configure list first. The CLI is almost always pre-configured (STS token). Do NOT search for credential files — just check the CLI config.

Install plugin first: Run aliyun plugin install --names dataworks-public. All commands use plugin mode (kebab-case): aliyun dataworks-public create-node ...

APIs: create-workflow-definition → create-node (per node) → create-pipeline-run (deploy). For updates: update-node → create-pipeline-run. NEVER use deploy-file, submit-file, create-file, create-business.

FlowSpec: Copy the exact JSON from the "Quick Start" section below. Do NOT guess the format. version is "2.0.0", kind is "CycleWorkflow" or "Node". Common wrong values: apiVersion, type, Workflow, metadata — all wrong.

Publish after update: update-node → create-pipeline-run(type=Online) → poll get-pipeline-run → exec-pipeline-run-stage. deploy-file does NOT work.