# Issues with my first Orb

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/issues-with-my-first-orb/45025>\
**Category:** Orbs\
**Created:** [August 10, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/issues-with-my-first-orb/45025 "2022-08-10T21:34:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rsorelli-hedgepoint](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/rsorelli-hedgepoint/32/30808_2.png) [@rsorelli-hedgepoint](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/rsorelli-hedgepoint)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/issues-with-my-first-orb/45025/1 "2022-08-10T21:34:46Z")

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Hello folks,

I’m beginner on CircleCI and I’m struggling to make an private orb work.  
Were is the scenario:

I’ve my private orb with a simple command:

```auto
commands:
    lambda_deploy:
        description: |
            This command deploys a lambda function
        steps:
            - run:
                command: npm install
                name: Install dependecies

```

And I’m trying to reference this orb on another repository/workflow

```auto
version: 2.1

orbs:
  myorb: xxxxxx/yyyyyyy@1.0.8

# Define a job to be invoked later in a workflow.
# See: https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#jobs
jobs:
  
  build:
    docker:
      - image: cimg/node:current
    steps:
      - checkout
      - myorb/build_lambda
      
workflows:
  Pipeline:    
    jobs:
      - build

```

Every run I got this error:

- `Error calling workflow: 'Pipeline'` `Error calling job: 'build'` `Cannot find a definition for command named myorb/build_lambda`

I’ve read lots of documentation but I can’t figure out why the workflow can’t find the definition of the command of my orb.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![wyardley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/wyardley/32/19231_2.png) [@wyardley](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/wyardley)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/issues-with-my-first-orb/45025/2 "2022-08-11T04:18:01Z")

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> [@rsorelli-hedgepoint](#):
>
> `lambda_deploy`

- If you switch the step to `myorb/lambda_deploy` does it work?
- Have you tried `% circleci config validate --org-slug github/yourorg` (adjust to your org slug) on the config locally with the CLI?