- `turnFailed` marked a turn failed on any unsuccessful tool row, but a failing tool is handed back to the agent, which routinely recovers and answers. That put a Retry on turns that succeeded — and retrying re-runs the whole flow, side effects included. It now reads the turn's terminal row, and reports nothing while the turn is still streaming. `error` on a user row means what it means in the copilot: the request never produced an answer. - The reasoning registry answered `supported: false` for every model on a provider family it has no rules for, so `customai` — which fronts any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — got "Not supported by this model" stated as a fact, its effort input hidden from the modal, and its stored value cleared to `''` on every model pick, shadowing the author's schema default for good. `ReasoningCapability` now carries `known`, and the composer neither claims anything nor touches the value where it cannot read the model. - `flow-base.md`: a static provider field is not "shown read-only"; the composer draws no control for it at all. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QN7VboDEm9HAB1t4sMxMdE
System Prompts
This directory contains the single source of truth for AI system prompts used by both the frontend copilot and CLI guidance.
Structure
system_prompts/
├── base/ # Core instruction templates (manually written)
│ ├── flow-base.md # Shared OpenFlow structure guidance
│ └── flow-cli.md # CLI/local-agent workflow guidance for write-flow skill
├── languages/ # Language-specific instructions (manually written)
└── auto-generated/ # Auto-generated files (DO NOT EDIT)
├── sdks/ # SDK documentation
├── cli/ # CLI command documentation
├── prompts.ts # TypeScript exports
└── index.ts # Helper functions
Usage
Regenerating Prompts
When SDK methods or the OpenFlow schema change, run:
python system_prompts/generate.py
To also refresh the standalone skills in a Claude plugin checkout:
python system_prompts/generate.py --plugin-dir ~/windmill-claude-plugin
--plugin-dir accepts:
- the
windmill-claude-pluginrepo root - a plugin root such as
plugins/windmill - a direct
skills/directory
To regenerate the public docs repo (consumed by context7):
python system_prompts/generate.py --context7-dir ~/windmill-cli-docs
--context7-dir writes a fully-rendered snapshot (AGENTS.md,
cli-commands.md, skills/<name>/SKILL.md, README.md, manifest.json
with the Windmill version) with all template placeholders resolved —
suitable for ingestion by docs aggregators. In CI this runs from
.github/workflows/publish-cli-docs.yml on every release tag. The
generator refuses to wipe the target directory unless it's empty or has
a context7 marker (context7.json, manifest.json, or a
windmill-cli-docs git remote), so a typo can't delete unrelated files.
This will:
- Parse TypeScript and Python SDK files to extract function signatures
- Parse the OpenFlow YAML schema
- Parse the CLI commands
- Assemble complete prompts from markdown files
- Generate TypeScript exports in
auto-generated/ - Optionally refresh plugin-ready standalone
SKILL.mdfiles in the target directory
Scope
These system prompts contain ONLY:
- How to write Windmill scripts (language syntax, conventions, SDK usage)
- How to structure Windmill flows (OpenFlow schema, module types, data flow)
- Resource type handling, S3 operations
They DO NOT contain:
- Tool usage instructions (edit_code, set_flow_json, etc.)
- IDE/editor specific commands
- Testing tool invocations
Tool instructions are added separately by the frontend and CLI.
CLI-only workflow instructions live in base/flow-cli.md and are included in the
generated write-flow skill for wmill init. They are intentionally excluded
from the frontend flow chat prompt.
Integration
Frontend
Uses Vite path alias $system_prompts pointing to auto-generated/:
import { FLOW_GUIDANCE } from "$system_prompts/flow";
import { getLangContext } from "$system_prompts/languages";
CLI
Generates /cli/src/guidance/skills.gen.ts with embedded skill content for wmill init.
Editing Guidelines
- Edit markdown files in
base/,languages/ - Never edit files in
auto-generated/directly - After editing, run
generate.pyto update exports