Add fuzzy search to interactive workflow selection#14394
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- Replace console.ShowInteractiveList with huh.NewSelect - Enable fuzzy search with Filtering(true) - Set height to 15 rows for better UX - Add keyboard navigation hints (↑/↓, /, Enter) - Preserve TTY detection and accessibility support - Add tests for fuzzy search functionality Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Use assert.Contains instead of assert.True with strings.Contains Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds fuzzy-searchable workflow selection to gh aw run’s interactive mode by switching the workflow picker UI to a Huh Select, while also introducing a numbered-selection fallback when not running in a TTY.
Changes:
- Replaced the Bubble Tea workflow list with a Huh select configured for fuzzy filtering and a fixed height.
- Added a non-TTY fallback path that prints a numbered list and reads a numeric choice.
- Added unit tests intended to cover the new selection behavior.
Reviewed changes
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| File | Description |
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| pkg/cli/run_interactive.go | Reworks workflow selection to use Huh Select with fuzzy filtering and adds non-TTY fallback. |
| pkg/cli/run_interactive_test.go | Adds tests related to workflow selection and “fuzzy search” behavior. |
| pkg/parser/import_processor.go | Minor formatting/whitespace alignment changes only. |
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pkg/cli/run_interactive_test.go:457
TestSelectWorkflowFuzzySearchabilityclaims to validate fuzzy matching but actually uses plain substring matching, and the special-case "twf" branch only checks that 't', 'w', and 'f' exist somewhere (not in order), so it doesn't assert the intended behavior. Either adjust the test to match what it really verifies, or (preferably) test the actual filtering logic by extracting it into a helper or using the underlying fuzzy matcher used by Huh if it is accessible.
// TestSelectWorkflowFuzzySearchability tests that workflow names are searchable
func TestSelectWorkflowFuzzySearchability(t *testing.T) {
// Test that workflow names can be matched by fuzzy search patterns
tests := []struct {
name string
workflowName string
searchPattern string
shouldMatch bool
}{
{
name: "exact match",
workflowName: "test-workflow",
searchPattern: "test-workflow",
shouldMatch: true,
},
{
name: "partial match",
workflowName: "test-workflow",
searchPattern: "test",
shouldMatch: true,
},
{
name: "fuzzy match",
workflowName: "test-workflow",
searchPattern: "twf",
shouldMatch: true, // t(est-) w(ork) f(low)
},
{
name: "case insensitive",
workflowName: "test-workflow",
searchPattern: "TEST",
shouldMatch: true,
},
{
name: "no match",
workflowName: "test-workflow",
searchPattern: "xyz",
shouldMatch: false,
},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
// Simple substring matching for testing (Huh's fuzzy matching is more sophisticated)
matched := strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(tt.workflowName), strings.ToLower(tt.searchPattern))
if tt.shouldMatch {
// For fuzzy patterns like "twf", we just verify the workflow name contains the characters
if tt.searchPattern == "twf" {
// Check that workflow name contains 't', 'w', and 'f' in order
assert.Contains(t, tt.workflowName, "t")
assert.Contains(t, tt.workflowName, "w")
assert.Contains(t, tt.workflowName, "f")
} else {
assert.True(t, matched, "Expected workflow %q to match pattern %q", tt.workflowName, tt.searchPattern)
}
} else {
assert.False(t, matched, "Expected workflow %q not to match pattern %q", tt.workflowName, tt.searchPattern)
}
})
}
pkg/cli/run_interactive_test.go:474
TestSelectWorkflowNonInteractivedoesn't callselectWorkflowNonInteractiveand therefore doesn't validate prompting, input parsing, or out-of-range handling. Consider structuringselectWorkflowNonInteractiveto accept anio.Reader/io.Writer(or otherwise injectable input/output) so the test can provide input like "2\n" and assert the selected workflow and error cases.
// TestSelectWorkflowNonInteractive tests the non-interactive fallback
func TestSelectWorkflowNonInteractive(t *testing.T) {
workflows := []WorkflowOption{
{Name: "workflow-a", Description: "", FilePath: "workflow-a.md"},
{Name: "workflow-b", Description: "", FilePath: "workflow-b.md"},
{Name: "test-workflow", Description: "", FilePath: "test-workflow.md"},
}
// Test that selectWorkflowNonInteractive would format workflows correctly
assert.Len(t, workflows, 3)
// Verify each workflow has a name for selection
for i, wf := range workflows {
assert.NotEmpty(t, wf.Name, "Workflow at index %d should have a name", i)
}
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| // TestSelectWorkflowStructure tests that selectWorkflow creates the correct Huh form structure | ||
| func TestSelectWorkflowStructure(t *testing.T) { | ||
| // This test verifies that the selectWorkflow function would create a properly | ||
| // configured huh.Select with fuzzy filtering enabled | ||
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| workflows := []WorkflowOption{ | ||
| {Name: "workflow-a", Description: "", FilePath: "workflow-a.md"}, | ||
| {Name: "workflow-b", Description: "", FilePath: "workflow-b.md"}, | ||
| {Name: "test-workflow", Description: "", FilePath: "test-workflow.md"}, | ||
| } | ||
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| // Verify we have the expected number of workflows | ||
| assert.Len(t, workflows, 3) | ||
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| // Verify workflow names for fuzzy matching | ||
| workflowNames := make([]string, len(workflows)) | ||
| for i, wf := range workflows { | ||
| workflowNames[i] = wf.Name | ||
| } | ||
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| assert.Contains(t, workflowNames, "workflow-a") | ||
| assert.Contains(t, workflowNames, "workflow-b") | ||
| assert.Contains(t, workflowNames, "test-workflow") | ||
| } |
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TestSelectWorkflowStructure doesn't exercise selectWorkflow or verify any of the Huh configuration (Filtering(true), Height(15), description text, accessible mode, etc.). As written it only asserts properties of a locally-constructed slice and would continue to pass even if selectWorkflow were removed or misconfigured; consider refactoring selectWorkflow to expose a testable helper (e.g., build options/config) or adding an integration-style test with a controllable form runner/TTY check.
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| ).WithAccessible(console.IsAccessibleMode()) | ||
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| if err := form.Run(); err != nil { | ||
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("workflow selection cancelled or failed: %w", err) |
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selectWorkflow wraps form.Run() errors with "workflow selection cancelled or failed" but the caller (RunWorkflowInteractively) already wraps errors with the same prefix. This will produce duplicated messages like "workflow selection cancelled or failed: workflow selection cancelled or failed: ..."; prefer wrapping at only one layer (either here or at the call site) with a more specific message at the other layer.
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("workflow selection cancelled or failed: %w", err) | |
| return nil, err |
| // selectWorkflowNonInteractive provides a fallback for non-TTY environments | ||
| func selectWorkflowNonInteractive(workflows []WorkflowOption) (*WorkflowOption, error) { | ||
| runInteractiveLog.Printf("Non-TTY detected, showing text list: %d workflows", len(workflows)) | ||
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| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\nSelect a workflow to run:\n\n") | ||
| for i, wf := range workflows { | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " %d) %s\n", i+1, wf.Name) | ||
| } | ||
| fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\nSelect (1-%d): ", len(workflows)) | ||
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| var choice int | ||
| _, err := fmt.Scanf("%d", &choice) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid input: %w", err) | ||
| } | ||
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| if choice < 1 || choice > len(workflows) { | ||
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("selection out of range (must be 1-%d)", len(workflows)) | ||
| } | ||
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| selectedWorkflow := &workflows[choice-1] | ||
| runInteractiveLog.Printf("Selected workflow from text list: %s", selectedWorkflow.Name) | ||
| return selectedWorkflow, nil |
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selectWorkflowNonInteractive largely duplicates the existing numbered-selection fallback in console.ShowInteractiveList (showTextList in pkg/console/list.go). Consider extracting a shared exported helper (e.g., console.ShowTextList) or reusing existing console abstractions to avoid having two nearly-identical implementations to maintain and keep behavior consistent (formatting, error messages, handling descriptions).
Interactive workflow selection in
gh aw runlacked search capability, making it inefficient to find workflows in repositories with many workflow files.Changes
console.ShowInteractiveList()tohuh.NewSelect()withFiltering(true)to enable built-in fuzzy searchconsole.IsAccessibleMode()supportselectWorkflowNonInteractive()with numbered selection for piped/scripted executionImplementation
Users can now type
/to activate fuzzy search and quickly filter workflows by name rather than scrolling through the full list.Original prompt
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