write-flow

name	write-flow
description	MUST use when creating flows.

Windmill Flow CLI Guide

Creating a Flow

You — the AI agent — scaffold the flow yourself by running wmill flow new <path> with the right flags. Do NOT hand-create the folder + flow.yaml, and do NOT tell the user to "run wmill flow new and follow the prompts".

wmill flow new creates the folder with the correct suffix (__flow or .flow depending on the workspace's nonDottedPaths setting), writes a minimal flow.yaml shell, and prints Claude-specific next-step hints. Scaffolding by hand skips all of that and often picks the wrong suffix.

Step 1 — Gather path + summary by asking the user

You need two things:

1. path — the windmill path, e.g. f/folder/my_flow or u/username/my_flow.
2. summary — a short description of the flow.

If the user's request didn't supply both, ask for both in a single round-trip. Use whichever interactive question facility your runtime provides — a structured multi-choice tool if available, otherwise plain chat — and provide one or two example values for each (with an "Other" / free-form fallback). Do not guess paths or summaries.

Step 2 — Run the command yourself

wmill flow new f/folder/my_flow --summary "Short description"

Add --description "..." when the user provided a longer explanation worth preserving separately from the summary.

Step 3 — Fill in flow.yaml

Open the generated flow.yaml (under the folder the command just created) and replace the empty value.modules + schema with the real flow definition.

For rawscript modules, use !inline path/to/script.ts for the content key. Inline script files should NOT include .inline_script. in their names (e.g. use a.ts, not a.inline_script.ts).

Once the flow has real content, offer to open the visual preview as a one-sentence next step (e.g. "Want me to open the visual preview?"). Don't auto-open — opening the dev page has side effects (browser window, possibly a launch.json entry) and the user should consent.

Anti-patterns to avoid

• ❌ Hand-creating the __flow folder + flow.yaml instead of running wmill flow new. You'll miss the suffix-setting resolution, the default shape, and the Claude hints.
• ❌ Telling the user to "run wmill flow new <path>" — you can and should run it yourself.
• ❌ Inventing a path/summary instead of asking the user.

CLI Commands — running, previewing, deploying

After writing, act on the user's intent instead of just listing commands. Run wmill flow preview yourself when it fits (see "After writing — offer to run, don't wait passively" below). wmill generate-metadata regenerates local lock/hash files (not a deploy) but re-resolves deps — offer it and run on agreement, unless the project's AGENTS.md opts into running metadata automatically. Only name wmill sync push (the deploy) so the user can approve it. The options:

• wmill flow preview <flow_path> — default when iterating on a local flow. Runs the local flow.yaml against local inline scripts without deploying. Add --remote to use deployed workspace scripts for PathScript steps instead of local files. Add --step <step_id> to run only one module in isolation (see "Single-step vs whole-flow preview" below).
• wmill flow run <path> — runs the flow already deployed in the workspace. Use only when the user explicitly wants to test the deployed version, not local edits.
• wmill generate-metadata — regenerate stale local .lock files for the flow and its inline scripts and refresh their content hashes in wmill-lock.yaml. Writes local files only (not a deploy). Run it after editing inline scripts whose imports or arguments changed, so wmill-lock.yaml doesn't drift and add noise to git-sync/CI. By default it scans scripts, flows, and apps across the workspace but only regenerates stale ones; pass the flow's folder as an argument (or run from that subdirectory) to limit the scope to the flow you edited. Note a flow (or script) that imports a changed shared script is pulled in too — run wmill generate-metadata --dry-run to see exactly what is stale and why (content changed vs depends on <path>) before applying.
• Deploy local changes to the workspace — via git push or wmill sync push depending on how the repo is wired (see the Deploying section in AGENTS.wmill.md). Only suggest/run a deploy when the user explicitly asks to deploy/publish/push — not when they say "run", "try", or "test".

Preview vs run — choose by intent, not habit

If the user says "run the flow", "try it", "test it", "does it work" while there are local edits to a flow.yaml, use flow preview. Do NOT push the flow to then flow run it — pushing is a deploy, and deploying just to test overwrites the workspace version with untested changes.

Only use flow run when:

• The user explicitly says "run the deployed version" / "run what's on the server".
• There is no local flow.yaml being edited (you're just invoking an existing flow).

Only use sync push when:

• The user explicitly asks to deploy, publish, push, or ship.
• The preview has already validated the change and the user wants it in the workspace.

Single-step vs whole-flow preview

Use flow preview <flow_path> --step <step_id> when the user is iterating on one module and the flow's upstream steps aren't part of what they're trying to validate. It runs only that step's runnable (rawscript: the inline script; script: the PathScript, locally if available; flow: the subflow by path) and is much faster than running the whole flow when previous steps are slow or expensive. The step id is resolved by walking nested branchone/branchall/forloopflow/whileloopflow modules and includes the special preprocessor and failure modules.

Use flow preview <flow_path> (no --step) when steps depend on each other's outputs, when the user is validating the overall control flow, or when --step doesn't apply (branchone, branchall, forloopflow, whileloopflow, identity, and AI agent steps cannot themselves be tested in isolation — for branchone/branchall/forloopflow/whileloopflow, the contained steps can, by passing the inner step's id).

After writing — offer to run, don't wait passively

This is about programmatic execution (wmill flow preview -d '<args>'), which actually runs the flow and has side effects. Visual preview (the preview skill) is offered separately — see "Visual preview" below.

If the user hasn't already told you to run/test the flow, offer it as a one-sentence next step (e.g. "Want me to run wmill flow preview with sample args?"). Do not present a multi-option menu.

If the user already asked to test/run/try the flow in their original request, skip the offer and just execute wmill flow preview <path> -d '<args>' directly — pick plausible args from the flow's input schema.

wmill flow preview is safe to run yourself (it does not deploy). wmill generate-metadata does not deploy either (it only writes local lock/hash files) but re-resolves deps — offer it and run on agreement, unless the project's AGENTS.md opts into automatic metadata. After running it, check the regenerated .lock diff and tell the user which inline-script dependency versions changed, so they can catch an unwanted bump before deploying. Only wmill sync push deploys; run it only when the user explicitly asks.

Visual preview

To open the flow visually in the dev page (graph + live reload), use the preview skill. Always offer it as a one-sentence next step (e.g. "Want me to open the visual preview?") rather than opening it automatically — opening the dev page has side effects (browser window, possibly a launch.json entry under MCP-preview branches) the user should consent to. If the user already asked to see/preview/visualize the flow in their original request, skip the offer and just invoke the skill.

Windmill Flow Building Guide

OpenFlow Schema

The OpenFlow schema (openflow.openapi.yaml) is the source of truth for flow structure. Refer to OPENFLOW_SCHEMA for the complete type definitions.

Reserved Module IDs

• failure - Reserved for failure handler module
• preprocessor - Reserved for preprocessor module
• Input - Reserved for flow input reference

Hard Structural Rules

These are strict Windmill schema rules. Follow them exactly.

• value.modules is only for normal sequential steps
• value.preprocessor_module and value.failure_module are special top-level fields inside value, not entries in value.modules
• If a flow needs a preprocessor, create value.preprocessor_module with id: preprocessor
• If a flow needs a failure handler, create value.failure_module with id: failure
• Do NOT create regular modules inside value.modules named preprocessor or failure
• preprocessor_module and failure_module only support script or rawscript
• preprocessor_module runs before normal modules and cannot reference results.*
• failure_module can use the error object with error.message, error.step_id, error.name, and error.stack

Correct shape:

value:
  preprocessor_module:
    id: preprocessor
    value:
      type: rawscript
      ...
  failure_module:
    id: failure
    value:
      type: rawscript
      ...
  modules:
    - id: process_event
      value:
        type: rawscript
        ...

Incorrect shape:

value:
  modules:
    - id: preprocessor
      ...
    - id: process_event
      ...
    - id: failure
      ...

Module ID Rules

• Must be unique across the entire flow
• Use underscores, not spaces (e.g., fetch_data not fetch data)
• Use descriptive names that reflect the step's purpose

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Missing input_transforms - Rawscript parameters won't receive values without them
• Referencing future steps - results.step_id only works for steps that execute before the current one
• Duplicate module IDs - Each module ID must be unique in the flow

Data Flow Between Steps

• flow_input.property - Access flow input parameters
• results.step_id - Access output from a previous step only when that step result is in scope
• results.step_id.property - Access specific property from a previous step output only when that step result is in scope
• flow_input.iter.value - Current iteration value inside a forloopflow; in a whileloopflow it is just the iteration index (a plain number, same as flow_input.iter.index)
• flow_input.iter.index - Current loop index when inside a loop (forloopflow or whileloopflow)

Loop Structure Rules

• For whileloopflow, break the loop with a module-level stop_after_if: on the loop module itself, or on an inner step (required when that step carries state via its own results — see below)
• stop_after_if is always a sibling of id and value on a flow module — never a direct key of the loop's value object
• stop_after_all_iters_if is for checks after the whole loop finishes, not the normal per-iteration break condition
• flow_input.iter.value in a whileloopflow is just the iteration index (same number as flow_input.iter.index) — it never carries state, so flow_input.iter.value.<field> is always undefined and a loop whose stop condition depends on it never terminates
• To carry state across iterations, a step reads its own previous-iteration result via results.<its_own_id> with a first-iteration fallback (e.g. results.b ?? flow_input.start) — but then the loop's stop_after_if MUST sit on that inner step, not on the loop module: a body that is exactly one plain step with the stop condition on the loop module runs on a fast path where results.<step_id> is null on every iteration and the loop never terminates (bodies with 2+ steps, or whose single step has its own stop_after_if, retry or similar, resolve results across iterations regardless of stop placement)
• For state that is just a counter, derive it from the index instead (e.g. flow_input.iter.index + 1) — that works in every configuration, including with stop_after_if on the loop module
• If the user asks for a final scalar/object after a loop, add a normal step after the loop that extracts the final value from the loop result instead of returning the whole loop result array

Correct whileloopflow shape:

- id: loop_until_done
  stop_after_if:
    expr: result.done === true
    skip_if_stopped: false
  value:
    type: whileloopflow
    skip_failures: false
    modules:
      - id: advance_state
        value:
          type: rawscript
          input_transforms:
            count:
              type: javascript
              expr: flow_input.iter.index + 1
- id: return_final_state
  value:
    type: rawscript
    input_transforms:
      final_state:
        type: javascript
        expr: results.loop_until_done[results.loop_until_done.length - 1]

Correct whileloopflow shape carrying state via results (stop condition on the inner step):

- id: loop_until_done
  value:
    type: whileloopflow
    skip_failures: false
    modules:
      - id: advance_state
        stop_after_if:
          expr: result.done === true
          skip_if_stopped: false
        value:
          type: rawscript
          input_transforms:
            state:
              type: javascript
              expr: results.advance_state ?? flow_input.initial_state

Incorrect whileloopflow patterns:

- id: loop_until_done
  value:
    type: whileloopflow
    stop_after_if:
      expr: result.done === true

input_transforms:
  state:
    type: javascript
    # iter.value is a number (the iteration index); there is no previous-iteration state
    expr: flow_input.iter.value.count

input_transforms:
  final_state:
    type: javascript
    expr: results.loop_until_done

Approval / Suspend Structure

An approval step is a normal script step (type: rawscript or type: script) that is turned into an approval by adding a module-level suspend. Its script calls wmill.getResumeUrls(approver) to generate the secret resume/cancel URLs and returns them so they can be sent to the approver(s) (Slack, email, etc.) or approved from the run page.

• suspend belongs on the flow module object itself, as a sibling of id and value
• Never put suspend inside value
• Do NOT use type: identity for an approval step. An identity step suspends but never produces the resume URLs, so approvers have no link to act on — it is not a functional approval.

Correct shape:

- id: request_approval
  suspend:
    required_events: 1
    resume_form:
      schema:
        type: object
        properties:
          comment:
            type: string
        required: [comment]
  value:
    type: rawscript
    language: bun
    input_transforms:
      approver:
        type: static
        value: ''
    content: |
      import * as wmill from "windmill-client"

      export async function main(approver?: string) {
        const urls = await wmill.getResumeUrls(approver)
        // send urls.resume / urls.cancel to the approver(s), e.g. via Slack or email
        return urls
      }

Incorrect shape (suspend misplaced inside value):

- id: request_approval
  value:
    type: rawscript
    suspend:
      required_events: 1

Incorrect shape (identity has no resume URLs — not a real approval):

- id: request_approval
  suspend:
    required_events: 1
  value:
    type: identity

Branch Result Scope Rules

• Inside a branch, you may reference earlier outer steps and earlier steps in the same branch
• Outside a branchone, do NOT reference ids of steps that only exist inside its branches or default branch. Use results.<branchone_module_id> instead
• Outside a branchall, do NOT reference ids of steps inside its branches. Use results.<branchall_module_id> instead
• If downstream steps need a stable shape after a branch, make each branch return the same fields
• When needed, add a normalization step immediately after the branch and consume results.<branch_module_id> there

Correct after branchone:

- id: route_order
  value:
    type: branchone
    ...
- id: send_confirmation
  value:
    input_transforms:
      routed:
        type: javascript
        expr: results.route_order

Incorrect after branchone:

expr: results.create_shipment
expr: results.create_backorder

Correct after branchall:

- id: enrich_parallel
  value:
    type: branchall
    parallel: true
    ...
- id: combine_data
  value:
    input_transforms:
      enrichments:
        type: javascript
        expr: results.enrich_parallel

Input Transforms

Every rawscript module needs input_transforms to map function parameters to values:

Static transform (fixed value): {"param_name": {"type": "static", "value": "fixed_string"}}

JavaScript transform (dynamic expression): {"param_name": {"type": "javascript", "expr": "results.previous_step.data"}}

Resource References

• For flow inputs: Use type "object" with format "resource-{type}" (e.g., "resource-postgresql")
• For step inputs: Use static value "$res:path/to/resource"

Final Structural Self-Check

Before finalizing a flow, verify:

• any preprocessor is in value.preprocessor_module
• any failure handler is in value.failure_module
• any approval step has module-level suspend
• no downstream step references inner branch step ids from outside the branch

S3 Object Operations

Windmill provides built-in support for S3-compatible storage operations.

To accept an S3 object as flow input:

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "file": {
      "type": "object",
      "format": "resource-s3_object",
      "description": "File to process"
    }
  }
}

Using Resources in Flows

On Windmill, credentials and configuration are stored in resources. Resource types define the format of the resource.

As Flow Input

In the flow schema, set the property type to "object" with format "resource-{type}":

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "database": {
      "type": "object",
      "format": "resource-postgresql",
      "description": "Database connection"
    }
  }
}

As Step Input (Static Reference)

Reference a specific resource using $res: prefix:

{
  "database": {
    "type": "static",
    "value": "$res:f/folder/my_database"
  }
}

OpenFlow Schema

{"OpenFlow":{"type":"object","description":"Top-level flow definition containing metadata, configuration, and the flow structure","properties":{"summary":{"type":"string","description":"Short description of what this flow does"},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Detailed documentation for this flow"},"value":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/FlowValue"},"schema":{"type":"object","description":"JSON Schema for flow inputs. Use this to define input parameters, their types, defaults, and validation. For resource inputs, set type to 'object' and format to 'resource-' (e.g., 'resource-stripe')"},"on_behalf_of_email":{"type":"string","description":"Address of the account the flow runs on behalf of. Derived from on_behalf_of on read; accepted on write, where it is resolved to the account it names."},"on_behalf_of":{"type":"string","description":"The flow runs with the permissions of this identity: u/{username}, g/{group}, or a bare email when the username is itself email-shaped. The only stored half of the identity; on_behalf_of_email is derived from it. Omit it when writing and it is resolved from that address instead."}},"required":["summary","value"]},"FlowValue":{"type":"object","description":"The flow structure containing modules and optional preprocessor/failure handlers","properties":{"modules":{"type":"array","description":"Array of steps that execute in sequence. Each step can be a script, subflow, loop, or branch","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/FlowModule"}},"failure_module":{"description":"Special module that executes when the flow fails. Receives error object with message, name, stack, and step_id. Must have id 'failure'. Only supports script/rawscript types","$ref":"#/components/schemas/FlowModule"},"preprocessor_module":{"description":"Special module that runs before the first step on external triggers. Must have id 'preprocessor'. Only supports script/rawscript types. 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Steps without their own tag still inherit the flow tag."},"concurrent_limit":{"type":"number","description":"Maximum number of concurrent executions of this flow"},"concurrency_key":{"type":"string","description":"Expression to group concurrent executions (e.g., by user ID)"},"concurrency_time_window_s":{"type":"number","description":"Time window in seconds for concurrent_limit"},"debounce_delay_s":{"type":"integer","description":"Delay in seconds to debounce flow executions"},"debounce_key":{"type":"string","description":"Expression to group debounced executions"},"debounce_args_to_accumulate":{"type":"array","description":"Arguments to accumulate across debounced executions","items":{"type":"string"}},"max_total_debouncing_time":{"type":"integer","description":"Maximum total time in seconds that a job can be debounced"},"max_total_debounces_amount":{"type":"integer","description":"Maximum number of times a job can be debounced"},"skip_expr":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript expression to conditionally skip the entire flow"},"cache_ttl":{"type":"number","description":"Cache duration in seconds for flow results"},"cache_ignore_s3_path":{"type":"boolean"},"delete_after_secs":{"type":"integer","description":"If set, delete the flow job's args, result and logs after this many seconds following job completion"},"flow_env":{"type":"object","description":"Environment variables available to all steps. 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Does not affect execution \u2014 modules remain in their original position in the flow. Groups provide naming and collapsibility in the editor. Members are computed dynamically from all nodes on paths between start_id and end_id.","properties":{"summary":{"type":"string","description":"Display name for this group"},"note":{"type":"string","description":"Markdown note shown below the group header"},"autocollapse":{"type":"boolean","default":false,"description":"If true, this group is collapsed by default in the flow editor. UI hint only."},"start_id":{"type":"string","description":"ID of the first flow module in this group (topological entry point)"},"end_id":{"type":"string","description":"ID of the last flow module in this group (topological exit point)"},"color":{"type":"string","description":"Color for the group in the flow editor"}},"required":["start_id","end_id"]},"RetryIf":{"type":"object","description":"Conditional retry based on error or result","properties":{"expr":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript expression that returns true to retry. Has access to 'result' and 'error' variables"}},"required":["expr"]},"StopAfterIf":{"type":"object","description":"Early termination condition for a module","properties":{"skip_if_stopped":{"type":"boolean","description":"If true, following steps are skipped when this condition triggers"},"expr":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript expression evaluated after the module runs. Can use 'result' (step's result) or 'flow_input'. 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