Create Workflow

create-workflow

Turn a short natural-language test description into a new getlark workflow. The user supplies the description (target + steps). This skill derives a concise workflow name, surfaces optional settings (mode, secret contexts, group), and calls getlark workflows create.

getlark workflows can test any surface — web UIs, HTTP/GraphQL APIs, CLIs, shell scripts, data pipelines, or mixed flows. Do not assume the target is a browser URL.

Inputs

• Description (required) — free-form text containing a target (URL, API base, CLI binary, script path, etc.) and ordered steps. Examples:
  • Browser: "Go to https://app.example.com/login, sign in with the staging credentials, click 'New project', confirm the modal, assert dashboard loads."
  • API: "POST https://api.acme.test/v1/orders with staging_api creds and a sample cart payload, assert 201 and that the response order.status is pending."
  • CLI: "Run mytool import ./fixtures/sample.csv --dry-run, assert exit code 0 and stdout contains 3 rows parsed."

If the user invoked /getlark:create-workflow <text>, treat <text> as the description. Otherwise ask for it.

Procedure

Step 1 — Collect / confirm the description

Ensure the description contains a target (URL, API endpoint, CLI command, script path, etc.) and at least one action step. If either is missing, ask one targeted follow-up. Do not pad thin descriptions with invented steps — confirm with the user first.

Step 2 — Derive a name

Generate a short, Title-Case name (3–6 words) that captures the intent. Heuristic:

• Start from the primary verb + object in the description ("Sign In Flow", "Guest Checkout", "Create New Project").
• Keep under ~50 characters.
• Avoid URL fragments, credentials, or timestamps.

Show the derived name to the user before creating. Offer to accept or override.

Step 3 — Ask about optional fields (only if relevant)

Ask only the questions that matter for this workflow. Skip the rest.

• Mode — default ai_driven. Only ask if the user mentioned "deterministic", "scripted", "locked", or similar.
• Secret contexts — ask if the description references credentials, API tokens, or anything named in quotes that looks like a context (e.g., "the staging credentials"). Offer to list existing contexts via getlark secret-contexts list.
• Group — ask if the user has mentioned organizing tests, or if getlark workflow-groups list has existing groups. Otherwise skip.

Use AskUserQuestion for a single batched prompt when more than one optional field is in play.

Step 4 — Invoke the CLI

Build the command with properly quoted arguments:

getlark workflows create \
  --name "<derived name>" \
  --description "<full description>" \
  [--mode deterministic] \
  [--secret-contexts name1 name2] \
  [--group-id <id>]

Description is passed verbatim — getlark's generation step parses the target and steps server-side. Do not restructure or bullet-ify it.

Note: --secret-contexts takes space-separated values (variadic), not comma-separated.

Step 5 — Report result

The CLI prints the new workflow JSON to stdout. Extract and report:

• Workflow id
• status (will typically be pending_generation initially)
• Link: https://dashboard.getlark.ai/workflows/<id>

Tell the user the workflow is now queued for generation and suggest they run /getlark:invoke-workflow once the workflow status reaches active (or generation_successful). They can check status via getlark workflows get <id>.

Failure modes

• --name or --description missing: the CLI hard-errors. This skill must always supply both.
• Unknown --group-id: verify with getlark workflow-groups list before passing.
• Unknown --secret-contexts name: verify with getlark secret-contexts list. The API will reject unknown contexts.

Example

User says: /getlark:create-workflow Go to https://app.example.com/signup, fill the form with a new email, submit, verify confirmation email message appears.

Derive: name = "Signup Flow Confirmation"

Run:

getlark workflows create \
  --name "Signup Flow Confirmation" \
  --description "Go to https://app.example.com/signup, fill the form with a new email, submit, verify confirmation email message appears."

Report id + dashboard link.