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Activity Catalog

List Activities

Section titled “List Activities”

Orbit ships default activities for job workflows. List them before wiring or inspecting a job.

Terminal window
orbit activity list
orbit activity list --json

Use --ops for the compact signal shape.

Terminal window
orbit activity list --ops

Run a Job

Section titled “Run a Job”

Activities execute as job steps through orbit job run or workflow aliases under orbit run. Use orbit job list to find runnable workflows.

Terminal window
orbit job list
orbit job run task_auto_pipeline

Pass input to the job when its activities expect it:

Terminal window
orbit job run task_auto_pipeline --input mode=local

Choose a Backend

Section titled “Choose a Backend”

v1 supports backend: cli only. For agent_loop activities, backend resolution follows this order:

  1. --backend
  2. ORBIT_BACKEND
  3. [runtime] backend in config
  4. hard-coded fallback: http

Because the fallback is http, you must pin cli explicitly in v1 — either with --backend cli, ORBIT_BACKEND=cli, or [runtime] backend = "cli" in your config. Activities that declare backend: cli directly in YAML are unaffected.

Terminal window
orbit job run task_auto_pipeline --backend cli

backend: http is wired in code but is not part of the v1 release surface. Treat it as preview only and expect API churn until v2.