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161 changes: 85 additions & 76 deletions README.md
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# Workflow Engine

A configurable workflow engine built on GoCodeAlone's Modular library v1.3.9, allowing applications to be built entirely from YAML configuration files.
A configurable, AI-powered workflow orchestration engine built on [CrisisTextLine/modular](https://github.com/CrisisTextLine/modular) v1.11.11, featuring a visual builder UI, dynamic component hot-reload, and comprehensive observability.

## Overview

This workflow engine lets you create applications by chaining together modular components based on YAML configuration files. You can configure the same codebase to operate as:

- An API server with authentication middleware
- An event processing system
- A bidirectional chat system with triage capabilities
- An event processing system with state machine workflows
- A message-driven pipeline with metrics and health monitoring
- An AI-assisted workflow builder with visual drag-and-drop UI

All without changing code - just by modifying configuration files.

## Features

### Visual Workflow Builder
- ReactFlow-based drag-and-drop UI
- 30 module types across 10 categories
- Real-time YAML import/export with round-trip fidelity
- Undo/redo, validation, and property editing

### AI-Powered Generation
- **Anthropic Claude** direct API integration with tool use
- **GitHub Copilot SDK** integration for development workflows
- Automatic workflow generation from natural language descriptions
- Component suggestion and validation

### Dynamic Component Hot-Reload
- Yaegi interpreter for runtime Go component loading
- File watcher for automatic hot-reload
- Sandboxed execution with stdlib-only imports
- Component registry with lifecycle management

### EventBus Integration
- Native EventBus bridge for message broker compatibility
- Workflow lifecycle events (started, completed, failed)
- Event-driven triggers and subscriptions

### Observability
- Prometheus metrics collection
- Health check endpoints (/health, /ready, /live)
- Request ID propagation (X-Request-ID)

## Requirements

- Go 1.23 or later
- GoCodeAlone/modular v1.3.9
- Go 1.25 or later
- Node.js 18+ (for UI development)

## Architecture
## Module Types

The workflow engine is built on these core concepts:
The engine supports 30 module types across 10 categories:

- **Modules**: Self-contained components that provide specific functionality
- **Workflows**: Configurations that chain modules together to create application behavior
- **Handlers**: Components that understand how to interpret and configure specific workflow types
| Category | Module Types |
|----------|-------------|
| HTTP | http.server, http.router, http.handler, http.proxy, api.handler, chimux.router |
| Middleware | http.middleware.auth, http.middleware.logging, http.middleware.ratelimit, http.middleware.cors, http.middleware.requestid |
| Messaging | messaging.broker, messaging.handler, messaging.broker.eventbus |
| State Machine | statemachine.engine, state.tracker, state.connector |
| Events | eventlogger.modular |
| Integration | httpclient.modular, data.transformer, webhook.sender |
| Scheduling | scheduler.modular |
| Infrastructure | auth.modular, eventbus.modular, cache.modular, database.modular, jsonschema.modular |
| Database | database.workflow |
| Observability | metrics.collector, health.checker |

### Module Types
## Quick Start

The engine supports several types of modules:
### Run the Server

- **HTTP Server**: Handles HTTP requests
- **HTTP Router**: Routes HTTP requests to handlers
- **HTTP Handlers**: Processes HTTP requests and generates responses
- **Authentication Middleware**: Validates requests before they reach handlers
- **Message Broker**: Facilitates message-based communication
- **Message Handlers**: Processes messages from specific topics
```bash
go run ./cmd/server -config example/order-processing-pipeline.yaml
```

## Configuration
### Development UI

```bash
cd ui && npm install && npm run dev
```

Applications are defined via YAML configuration files. Here's a basic example:
### Configuration

Applications are defined via YAML configuration files:

```yaml
modules:
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handler: hello-handler
```

### Advanced Configuration

You can create more complex applications with authentication and messaging:

```yaml
modules:
- name: api-http-server
type: http.server
config:
address: ":8080"
- name: api-router
type: http.router
- name: auth-middleware
type: http.middleware.auth
- name: users-api
type: api.handler
config:
resourceName: "users"
- name: message-broker
type: messaging.broker

workflows:
http:
routes:
- method: GET
path: /api/users
handler: users-api
middlewares:
- auth-middleware
messaging:
subscriptions:
- topic: user-events
handler: user-event-handler
```

## Example Applications

The repository includes several example applications:

1. **API Server**: A RESTful API with protected endpoints
2. **Event Processor**: A message-based event processing system
3. **SMS Chat**: A bidirectional chat system with triage workflow

## Usage
The `example/` directory includes several configurations:

Run any example by specifying the configuration file:
- **Order Processing Pipeline**: 10-module workflow with HTTP, state machine, messaging, and observability
- **API Server**: RESTful API with protected endpoints
- **State Machine Workflow**: Order lifecycle with state transitions
- **Event Processor**: Message-based event processing
- **Data Pipeline**: Data transformation and webhook delivery

```
go run example/main.go -config example/api-server-config.yaml
```
## Testing

## Extending
```bash
# Go tests
go test ./...

To extend the workflow engine with custom modules:
# UI component tests
cd ui && npm test

1. Implement the appropriate interfaces in the `module` package
2. Register your module type in the `BuildFromConfig` method of the engine
3. Create a configuration file that uses your new module type
# E2E Playwright tests
cd ui && npx playwright test
```

## Testing
## Architecture

Run the tests to verify the workflow engine functionality:
The engine is built on these core concepts:

```
go test ./...
```
- **Modules**: Self-contained components providing specific functionality
- **Workflows**: YAML configurations chaining modules together
- **Handlers**: Components interpreting and configuring workflow types (HTTP, Messaging, State Machine, Scheduler, Integration)
- **Dynamic Components**: Runtime-loaded Go modules via Yaegi interpreter
- **AI Generation**: Natural language to workflow YAML via LLM APIs
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- [x] Integration verification with mock Copilot server

### E2E Test Expansion
- [ ] Update moduleTypeMap in all e2e specs with 6 new module types
- [ ] Update category count assertions (8 -> 10)
- [ ] New category visibility tests (Database, Observability)
- [ ] Drag-and-drop tests for new module types
- [ ] Property panel tests for new module config fields
- [ ] Complex workflow builder: multi-category, 5+ node workflows
- [ ] Screenshot-driven visual regression for all categories
- [ ] Keyboard shortcuts and accessibility testing
- [x] Update moduleTypeMap in all e2e specs with 6 new module types
- [x] Update category count assertions (8 -> 10)
- [x] New category visibility tests (Database, Observability)
- [x] Drag-and-drop tests for new module types
- [x] Property panel tests for new module config fields
- [x] Complex workflow builder: multi-category, 5+ node workflows
- [x] Screenshot-driven visual regression for all categories
- [x] Keyboard shortcuts and accessibility testing

### Handler Test Coverage (target: >70%)
- [ ] IntegrationWorkflowHandler: database connector path
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---

## Phase 5: AI Server Bootstrap, Test Coverage & E2E Testing (In Progress)
## Phase 5: AI Server Bootstrap, Test Coverage & E2E Testing (Complete)
*PR #19 merged*

### AI Server Bootstrap (WS1)
- [ ] cmd/server/main.go with HTTP mux and AI handler registration
- [ ] CLI flags for config, address, AI provider configuration
- [ ] Graceful shutdown with signal handling
- [ ] initAIService with conditional Anthropic/Copilot provider registration
- [ ] cmd/server/main_test.go with route verification tests
- [x] cmd/server/main.go with HTTP mux and AI handler registration
- [x] CLI flags for config, address, AI provider configuration
- [x] Graceful shutdown with signal handling
- [x] initAIService with conditional Anthropic/Copilot provider registration
- [x] cmd/server/main_test.go with route verification tests

### Go Test Coverage (WS2)
- [ ] Root package (engine_test.go): 68.6% → ≥80%
- [ ] Module package: 77.1% → ≥80%
- [ ] Dynamic package: 75.4% → ≥80%
- [ ] AI packages: maintain ≥85%
- [x] Root package (engine_test.go): 68.6% → ≥80%
- [x] Module package: 77.1% → ≥80%
- [x] Dynamic package: 75.4% → ≥80%
- [x] AI packages: maintain ≥85%

### Playwright E2E Tests (WS3)
- [ ] Shared helpers (helpers.ts) with complete module type map
- [ ] deep-module-coverage.spec.ts: All 30 module types verified
- [ ] deep-complex-workflows.spec.ts: Multi-node workflow tests
- [ ] deep-property-editing.spec.ts: All field types tested
- [ ] deep-keyboard-shortcuts.spec.ts: Shortcut verification
- [ ] deep-ai-panel.spec.ts: AI Copilot panel tests
- [ ] deep-component-browser.spec.ts: Component Browser tests
- [ ] deep-import-export.spec.ts: Complex round-trip tests
- [ ] deep-edge-cases.spec.ts: Edge case coverage
- [ ] deep-accessibility.spec.ts: A11y testing
- [ ] deep-toast-notifications.spec.ts: Toast behavior tests
- [ ] deep-visual-regression.spec.ts: Visual regression baselines
- [x] Shared helpers (helpers.ts) with complete module type map
- [x] deep-module-coverage.spec.ts: All 30 module types verified
- [x] deep-complex-workflows.spec.ts: Multi-node workflow tests
- [x] deep-property-editing.spec.ts: All field types tested
- [x] deep-keyboard-shortcuts.spec.ts: Shortcut verification
- [x] deep-ai-panel.spec.ts: AI Copilot panel tests
- [x] deep-component-browser.spec.ts: Component Browser tests
- [x] deep-import-export.spec.ts: Complex round-trip tests
- [x] deep-edge-cases.spec.ts: Edge case coverage
- [x] deep-accessibility.spec.ts: A11y testing
- [x] deep-toast-notifications.spec.ts: Toast behavior tests
- [x] deep-visual-regression.spec.ts: Visual regression baselines

---

## Phase 6: Production Readiness (Planned)
## Phase 6: Integration, Realistic Workflows & Documentation (In Progress)

### Bug Fixes
- [ ] Fix API path mismatch (/api/components → /api/dynamic/components)
- [ ] Fix stale moduleTypeMap in e2e specs (add EventBus Bridge)

### Realistic Workflow Example
- [ ] Order Processing Pipeline (10 modules, 5 categories)
- [ ] Integration tests for end-to-end pipeline

### Coverage Improvements
- [ ] cmd/server: 20.3% → ≥70%
- [ ] module: 78.2% → ≥80%

### Copilot SDK Verification
- [ ] Tool handler integration tests
- [ ] Provider selection and fallback tests

### Exploratory E2E Testing
- [ ] Phase 6 exploratory spec with ~33 tests and screenshots

### Documentation
- [ ] README.md rewrite with current project state
- [ ] ROADMAP.md updates

---

## Phase 7: Production Readiness (Planned)

### Workflow Execution Runtime
- [ ] End-to-end workflow execution from YAML config
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| Package | Current | Target | Status |
|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| workflow (root) | 68.6% | 80% | Below target |
| ai | 84.8% | 85% | Near target |
| ai/copilot | 90.3% | 70% | ✓ Exceeded |
| ai/llm | 84.5% | 85% | Near target |
| workflow (root) | 97.0% | 80% | ✓ Exceeded |
| ai | 87.6% | 85% | ✓ Exceeded |
| ai/copilot | 90.7% | 70% | ✓ Exceeded |
| ai/llm | 91.2% | 85% | ✓ Exceeded |
| cmd/server | 20.3% | 70% | Below target |
| config | 100% | 100% | ✓ Met |
| dynamic | 75.4% | 80% | Below target |
| dynamic | 85.5% | 80% | ✓ Exceeded |
| handlers | 70.8% | 70% | ✓ Met |
| module | 77.1% | 80% | Below target |
| module | 78.2% | 80% | Below target |
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