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AutomationShell

Oban

by georgeguimaraes

Oban is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by georgeguimaraes in claude-code-elixir.

168 stars15 forkson georgeguimaraes/claude-code-elixirAdded 2026/09/08Repository updated 2026/09/06
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Install Oban
Copy Oban into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/georgeguimaraes/elixir-agent-tools/tree/main/plugins/elixir-dev/skills/oban ~/.claude/skills/oban

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/georgeguimaraes/elixir-agent-tools.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
plugins/elixir-dev/skills/oban/SKILL.md in georgeguimaraes/claude-code-elixir
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/oban
Collection
One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation2226 skills

What Oban does

Oban builds and debugs durable background jobs with JSON args, retries, scheduling, uniqueness, batches, and workflows. Use it for Elixir workers and Oban Pro cascade or graft composition.

Oban is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Oban comes from a repository tagged claude-code, ecto, elixir, marketplace and oban.

Documentation

README

Oban

Handle durable jobs, serialization, failures, and workflow composition with Oban.


Part 1: Oban (Non-Pro)

The Iron Law: JSON Serialization

JOB ARGS ARE JSON. ATOMS BECOME STRINGS.

This single fact causes most Oban debugging headaches.

# Creating - atom keys are fine
MyWorker.new(%{user_id: 123})

# Processing - must use string keys (JSON converted atoms to strings)
def perform(%Oban.Job{args: %{"user_id" => user_id}}) do
  # ...
end

Error Handling: Let It Crash

Don't catch errors in Oban jobs. Let them bubble up to Oban for proper handling.

Why?

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Oban

  • What else does georgeguimaraes publish alongside Oban?

    Oban is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from georgeguimaraes/claude-code-elixir, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Ecto, Elixir and Otp. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Oban does, and is maintained by georgeguimaraes in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the georgeguimaraes/claude-code-elixir page.

  • How does Oban compare to other Automation skills?

    Oban ranks #1995 by stars among the 2226 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Oban against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.