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- description: Understand Controller AI and choose, build, test, or operate its agents, workflows, integrations, triggers and workflow data stores through MCP or the cai CLI. Use at the start of a Controller AI task, especially when a user describes an outcome without naming the right platform surface.
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+ description: Understand what Controller AI can build and choose the right deliverable — an agent, a workflow, a ready integration action, or a combination. Use at the start of any Controller AI task, when a user describes an outcome without naming a surface, and before loading a domain skill.
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- Controller AI is a platform for agents that do work and reusable automations that those agents can call. You are the builder: create and operate the user's artifacts through the connected tools. A **Controller AI agent** is the user-facing assistant you build, not you.
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+ Controller AI is a platform for agents that do work and for reusable automations those agents can call. You are the builder. A **Controller AI agent** is the user-facing assistant you build for them; it is not you.
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+ - A task begins and you need to pick the deliverable and the skill to load next.
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+ - The user describes an outcome ("enrich this CSV", "a CRM my assistant can use", "post to Slack when a form arrives") without naming a platform surface.
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+ - You need the platform's building blocks and rails, or the shared working rules.
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+ For the domain itself, load the relevant domain skill as the work reaches it: `controllerai-workflows`, `controllerai-node-config`, `controllerai-expressions`, `controllerai-flow-control`, `controllerai-data`, `controllerai-runs`, `controllerai-triggers`, `controllerai-integration-actions`, `controllerai-ai-nodes`, `controllerai-agents`.
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- | Agent | Chat, reasoning, uploaded files, knowledge, integration actions and workflow tools | An assistant a person talks to, including “drop this CSV here and enrich it” |
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- | Ready integration action | One existing operation in an external app or native service | Search the web, read a sheet, create a CRM contact; attach directly to an agent when sufficient |
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- | Workflow | A container of reusable typed flows, shared schemas and durable data | Deterministic processing, business rules, reusable APIs, scheduled or event-driven work |
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- | Flow | One callable contract: typed inputs, connected nodes, typed return values | `researchInvestor(name, company)`, `createContact(...)`, `searchContacts(...)` |
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- | Nodes and expressions | Actions, calculations, branches, loops and subflow calls | Transform and route values without writing an application server |
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- | Workflow data store | Custom schemas and persisted records, with separate development and live stores | A CRM, tracker, knowledge index, audit log or application state |
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- | Trigger | Schedule, webhook, email or integration event mapped into a flow | Run an automation without a chat message |
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+ | Agent | A chat assistant with instructions, knowledge files, uploaded files, ready integration actions and workflow tools | Anything a person talks to, including "drop a file here and get it back enriched" |
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+ | Ready integration action | One existing operation in an external app or a native service | Search the web, read a sheet, create a CRM contact; an agent can call one directly when one operation is enough |
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+ | Workflow | A container of typed flows, shared schemas and durable data records | Deterministic processing, business rules, reusable typed APIs, scheduled or event-driven work |
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+ | Flow | One callable contract: typed inputs, connected nodes, typed return values | `createContact(name, email)`, `searchContacts(query)`, `enrichRow(row)` |
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+ | Nodes and expressions | Actions, calculations, branches, loops and subflow calls inside a flow | Transforming and routing values without an application server |
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+ | Workflow data | Custom schemas and records, with separate development and live stores | A CRM, a tracker, an audit log, application state |
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+ `cai doctor` confirms login, the effective workflow pin and installed skill versions, and prints the exact update command. If login is missing and the person already has an account, run `cai connect`. If no account exists, `cai signup` creates a provisional workspace with the functional access of a free account, including publishing, under a small monthly usage cap that the command prints; claim it later with `cai signup email <address>` and `cai signup verify <code>` (ask the account owner for the six-digit code from their inbox; never guess it) to raise the cap and enable recovery: after a claim, the owner can open the app, choose Forgot password with that email, and sign in to the same workspace. If signup is disabled, ask the person to register at https://app.getcontroller.ai/register and run `cai connect`.
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  | `cai branch delete` | `branch_delete` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--route` → `branchId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai branch list` | `branch_list` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai branch reorder` | `branch_reorder` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--order` → `order`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai branch update` | `branch_update` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--condition-json` → `conditionJson`; `--js` / `--js-file` → `js` (inline content); `--name` → `name`; `--route` → `branchId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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- | `cai config reset` | — | — | dropped: Clears a local workflow pin; typed MCP calls are stateless. |
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- | `cai connect` | — | — | dropped: Installs local skills, opens a browser, and verifies a local project. |
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+ | `config reset` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Clears a local workflow pin; typed MCP calls are stateless. |
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+ | `connect` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Installs local skills, opens a browser, and verifies a local project. |
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  | `cai connection connect` | `connection_connect_url` | `<nodeSlug>` → `nodeSlug` | — |
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  | `cai connection delete` | `connection_delete` | `<connectionId>` → `connectionId` | — |
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  | `cai connection list` | `connection_list` | `--integration` → `integration` | — |
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- | `cai connection request` | — | — | dropped: Posts a connect card into build chat; connection_connect_url supplies the hosted outcome. |
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+ | `connection request` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Posts a connect card into build chat; connection_connect_url supplies the hosted outcome. |
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  | `cai connection update` | `connection_update` | `<connectionId>` → `connectionId`; `--name` → `displayName`; `--default` / `--no-default` → `isDefault` | — |
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  | `cai data collection create` | `schema_type_create` | `<dataType>` → `name`; `--display` → `display`; `--field` → `field`; `--from-json` → `fromJson` (inline content); `--workflow` → `workflowId` | merged: The CLI command is sugar over schema create; no separate collection-create route exists. |
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  | `cai data update` | `data_record_update` | `<recordId>` → `recordId`; `--env` → `env`; `--fields` → `fields`; `--type` → `type`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | `env` required |
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  | `cai deps` | `dependency_map` | `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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+ | `docs` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Fetches documentation into a local terminal; hosted clients read guide_get or the docs site. |
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  | `cai doctor` | `account_status` | — | hosted: Local runtime checks do not apply; useful account and version facts are in account_status. |
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  | `cai node enable-prop` | `node_optional_prop_set` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--prop` → `prop`; `--workflow` → `workflowId`; `enabled` (MCP-only) → `enabled` | merged: The explicit enabled boolean replaces the separate enabling command. |
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  | `cai node get` | `node_get` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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- | `cai node only-when` | `node_only_when_set` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--clear` → `clear`; `--js` / `--js-file` → `js` (inline content); `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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+ | `cai node only-when` | `node_only_when_set` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--clear` → `clear`; `--groups-json` → `groups`; `--js` / `--js-file` → `js` (inline content); `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai node options` | `node_prop_options` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--for` → `for`; `--page` → `page`; `--prev-context` → `prevContext`; `--prop` → `prop`; `--query` → `query`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai node props` | `node_prop_list` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai run flow` | `run_flow` | `<flowId>` → `flowId`; `--confirm-live` → `confirmLive`; `--inputs` → `inputs`; `--target` → `target`; `--timeout` → `waitSeconds`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | `waitSeconds` default 60, max 120 |
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  | `cai run node` | `run_node` | `<nodeId>` → `nodeId`; `--inputs` → `inputs`; `--timeout` → `waitSeconds`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | `waitSeconds` default 60, max 120 |
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- | `cai run workflow` | — | — | dropped: Excluded dead stub whose handler always throws NOT_IMPLEMENTED. |
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+ | `run workflow` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Excluded dead stub whose handler always throws NOT_IMPLEMENTED. |
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  | `cai schema create` | `schema_type_create` | `<name>` → `name`; `--display` → `display`; `--field` → `field`; `--from-json` → `fromJson` (inline content); `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai schema delete` | `schema_type_delete` | `<name>` → `name`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai schema get` | `schema_type_get` | `<name>` → `name`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai schema list` | `schema_type_list` | `--all` → `all`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai schema resolve` | `schema_type_resolve` | `<typeId>` → `typeId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai schema update` | `schema_type_update` | `<name>` → `name`; `--display` → `display`; `--field` → `field`; `--from-json` → `fromJson` (inline content); `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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- | `cai signup` | — | — | dropped: The OAuth-authorized caller already has a provisioned account; root signup is local bootstrap. |
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+ | `signup` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: The OAuth-authorized caller already has a provisioned account; root signup is local bootstrap. |
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  | `cai signup email` | `account_claim_start` | `<address>` → `email` | hosted: Uses the OAuth grant durable email-claim adapter instead of local CLI credential replacement. |
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  | `cai signup verify` | `account_claim_verify` | `<code>` → `code` | hosted: Uses the OAuth grant durable email verification adapter. |
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- | `cai skills install` | — | — | dropped: Writes guidance into a caller local project, which the hosted server cannot access. |
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+ | `skills install` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Writes guidance into a caller local project, which the hosted server cannot access. |
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  | `cai skills status` | `guide_get`<br>`guide_list` | `guide_get`: `name` (MCP-only) → `name`<br>`guide_list`: — | hosted: guide_list and guide_get serve the bundled server guidance without inspecting a local project. |
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- | `cai skills update` | — | — | dropped: Updates guidance files in a caller local project. |
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+ | `skills update` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Updates guidance files in a caller local project. |
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+ | `template-setup complete` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Managed-builder only: uses the current assisted-setup thread credential; no public MCP equivalent. |
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+ | `template-setup status` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Managed-builder only: uses the current assisted-setup thread credential; no public MCP equivalent. |
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  | `cai trigger audit` | `trigger_audit` | `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai trigger create` | `trigger_create` | `--connection` → `connection`; `--dynamic-props-id` → `dynamicPropsId`; `--event` → `event`; `--flow` → `flow`; `--node` → `node`; `--props` → `props`; `--source-basis` → `sourceBasis`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai trigger delete` | `trigger_delete` | `<triggerId>` → `triggerId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai trigger set-enabled` | `trigger_set_enabled` | `<triggerId>` → `triggerId`; `--enable` / `--disable` → `enabled`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | merged: The explicit enabled boolean combines the mutually exclusive enable and disable flags. |
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  | `cai trigger test-events` | `trigger_test_events_set` | `<triggerId>` → `triggerId`; `--acknowledge-dual-run` → `acknowledgeDualRun`; `--allow` / `--disallow` → `allowed`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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- | `cai use` | — | — | dropped: Persists a local workflow pin; every typed workflow call carries an explicit id. |
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+ | `upgrade` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Prints the local CLI upgrade command and updates local skills; nothing to do on a hosted server. |
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+ | `use` (CLI only) | — | — | dropped: Persists a local workflow pin; every typed workflow call carries an explicit id. |
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  | `cai workflow create` | `workflow_create` | `--name` → `name` | — |
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- | `cai workflow delete` | `workflow_delete` | `<workflowId>` / `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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+ | `cai workflow delete` | `workflow_delete` | `<workflowId>` → `workflowId` | CLI requires positional `<workflowId>`; `--workflow` does not replace it |
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  | `cai workflow document` | `workflow_document_get` | `--state` → `stateId`; `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai workflow duplicate` | `workflow_duplicate` | `<workflowId>` / `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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  | `cai workflow get` | `workflow_get` | `<workflowId>` / `--workflow` → `workflowId` | — |
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- Conversation history defaults to a compact, paginated message view. Use `limit` and `before`; `raw: true` is for SDK diagnostics only. On the CLI, the corresponding commands are `agent conversation add-file`, `files`, `read-file`, and `download-file --out <path>`. CLI upload uses `--file`, while MCP upload uses inline `content`.
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+ ---
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+ name: controllerai-template-setup
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+ description: Complete an assisted Controller AI agent-template setup from the injected setup brief. Use when the system prompt contains a `## Template Setup` section with copied workflows, required connections, expected workflow tools, and a brief.
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+ ---
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+ <!-- generated from .claude/skills by cli/scripts/render-skills.mjs; edit the source -->
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+ # Assisted template setup
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+ ## Use this when
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+ Use this skill first whenever the system prompt contains `## Template Setup`. That block is the authoritative inventory for one copied agent and its workflows; the brief decides which customer-specific values to collect, while the completion check decides whether every workflow is live and every expected workflow tool is attached.
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+ Load `controllerai-node-config` for props, options, connections and node readiness, `controllerai-runs` for development checks, `controllerai-workflows` for validation and publication, and `controllerai-agents` for workflow-tool attachment. The setup procedure below owns their order.
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+ ## How it works
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+ Read the entire injected block before acting. Its exact sections are `## Template Setup`, `### Copied Workflows`, `### Required Connections`, `### Expected Workflow Tools`, `### Brief`, and `### Completion Rule`; the opening fields are `Template`, `Template description`, and `Agent`. Keep every agent ID, copied workflow ID, source workflow-template ID, node ID, `nodeSlug`, `flow ID`, tool description, and `requiresConfirmation` value paired with its displayed name. Never rediscover one of these targets by a similar name.
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+ The copied workflows are development drafts. Setup is complete only after every workflow under `### Copied Workflows` has been configured, checked, and published, and every binding under `### Expected Workflow Tools` is attached to the copied agent. Publishing the workflows does not publish the agent.
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+ ## Rules
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+ 1. **Explain before asking.** Before any connection handoff or brief question, explain what the template will do in exactly two plain-language sentences, using the template description and brief without exposing IDs, slugs, props, or commands. The kickoff already approves the template's shape, so do not insert the generic new-build planning round.
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+ 2. **Connections come first and are never optional.** Do not ask a brief decision while a connection required by the current graph is missing. A brief may offer an optional branch, but not an optional connection: if the user declines that branch, remove or disable the branch as the brief directs so the declined integration is no longer required.
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+ 3. **Ask one brief decision at a time.** Read the target's current props and any option list before framing that decision, ask in user-facing labels, end the turn, and wait. Do not bundle the next decision into the same message.
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+ 4. **Configure only what the brief asks for.** Do not infer channels, sheets, calendars, schedules, recipients, filters, defaults, or optional behavior from names or sample data. Preserve copied configuration that the brief does not direct you to change.
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+ 5. **Never publish a placeholder.** Values such as `TODO`, example IDs, angle-bracket placeholders, setup notes, unset required props, and a declined branch that still needs its connection are blockers. Fix or remove the affected path before publication.
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+ 6. **Use development evidence.** Check the smallest relevant node or flow after configuration, then the containing flow when an isolated node cannot prove wiring or expressions. A successful status without the intended output is not evidence.
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+ 7. **Treat completion failure as the repair list.** A failed completion returns `Agent template setup is incomplete:` followed by one bullet per problem. Fix exactly those bullets and nothing else. Do not redesign the template, add speculative tools, or mark success around a failed completion command.
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+ ## Procedure
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+ ### Establish the setup
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+ Run `cai template-setup status --json` when starting or resuming. Continue only for the active setup bound to this thread; a missing, failed, or abandoned state is a stop condition, and a completed state should be reported without repeating setup. Read the block inventory, then give the required two-sentence explanation before asking the user to do or choose anything.
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+ ### Resolve every connection
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+ For each unique `nodeSlug` in `### Required Connections`, inspect active accounts:
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+ ```bash
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+ cai connection list --integration <nodeSlug> --json
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+ ```
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+ If none exists, request the connection:
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+ ```
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+ Tell the user in one plain sentence which service to connect and why, then stop and wait. If several accounts exist and the brief does not identify one, ask which displayed account to use and wait. After the user responds, verify with a fresh list; a connect card or a promise to connect is not authorization evidence.
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+ ```bash
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+ cai connection list --integration <nodeSlug> --json
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+ ```
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+ Bind the selected active connection to every matching node, using its copied workflow ID explicitly, and read readiness back:
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+ ```bash
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+ cai node set-connection <nodeId> --connection <connectionId> --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ cai node status <nodeId> --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ ```
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+ Do not move to brief decisions until all connections still required by the graph are bound. When the user declines an optional branch, make the brief-directed removal or disablement first, then confirm the remaining nodes no longer require that integration.
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+ ### Resolve brief decisions
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+ Take the decisions in brief order. Before each question, inspect the exact target:
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+ ```bash
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+ cai node props <nodeId> --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ cai node options <nodeId> --prop <exactName> --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ ```
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+ Fetch option lists only after the connection and upstream selectors they depend on exist. If a selector reveals later props, set it, read props again, and only then prepare the next question. Present the returned labels, retain their exact values, and after the user's answer make one write and read it back:
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+ ```bash
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+ cai node set <nodeId> --prop <exactName> --value '<returned-value>' --label '<returned-label>' --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ cai node props <nodeId> --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ cai node status <nodeId> --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ ```
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+ For a free-form value, respect the prop's type and ask for it in normal assistant text. If the brief does not call for a decision, do not create one.
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+ ### Check and publish every workflow
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+ Use safe representative inputs on development and inspect the actual output:
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+ ```bash
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+ cai run node <nodeId> --inputs '<json>' --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ cai run flow <flowId> --inputs '<json>' --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ ```
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+ Choose the node or flow that proves the configured decision; run the containing flow where wiring matters. Resolve every placeholder and readiness blocker, then publish each copied workflow listed in the block, including one with no expected tool:
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+ ```bash
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+ cai workflow status --workflow <workflowId> --json
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+ ```
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+ ### Attach the expected tools and complete
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+ For every line under `### Expected Workflow Tools`, attach that exact `(workflow ID, flow ID)` pair to the block's agent ID. Preserve the supplied description; omit `--description` only when it is `(none)`. Include `--require-confirmation` exactly when `requiresConfirmation` is `true`, and omit it when false.
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+ ```bash
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+ cai agent add-workflow <agentId> --workflow-id <workflowId> --flow <flowId> --description '<description>' --require-confirmation --json
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+ cai agent tools <agentId> --json
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+ ```
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+ Do not attach an extra flow and do not publish the agent. Once every expected pair reads back, run:
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+ ```bash
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+ ```
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+ Success requires the returned setup status to be `completed`. If it fails, the error lists every remaining problem as a bullet. Each bullet maps to one repair:
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+ - `<workflow> has unpublished changes`: the development state differs from the live release; publish that workflow again.
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+ - `<node> in <workflow> has no connected account`: bind an active connection to that node, then publish again.
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+ - `<workflow / flowId> is not present in the published workflow`: the expected flow is missing from the live release; restore it and publish.
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+ - `<workflow / flowId> is missing its workflow tool binding`: attach that exact pair to the agent.
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+ - `<workflow / flowId> must require confirmation`: update the tool so confirmation is required.
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+ Verify each repair with the same read-back commands, then run completion again.
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+ ## Verify
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+ Every connection still required by the final graph is active and bound; every brief decision reads back with the user's value; development evidence proves the configured path; each copied workflow has a live release; the agent tool list contains every expected workflow/flow pair with the supplied description and confirmation policy; and `cai template-setup complete` returns `completed`.
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+ ## Report
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+ Tell the user what the configured template now does, the choices applied, what the development checks proved, and that its workflows are live and its tools attached. Name any untested external effect or remaining blocker plainly; never call a setup complete unless the completion command did.
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- description: Build and verify Controller AI event-driven workflows using schedules, webhooks, email and integration events. Use for trigger discovery, configuration, samples, event mapping, replay and enabling live execution.
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+ description: Discover, configure, create, capture, map, test, enable and debug Controller AI triggers: schedules, webhooks, email and app events. Use when an automation must start without a chat message, when a captured payload must become typed flow input, when replaying an event, or when asking why an automation did or did not start.
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+ <!-- generated from .claude/skills by cli/scripts/render-skills.mjs; edit the source -->
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+ # Triggers
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- A trigger captures a schedule, webhook, email or integration event and maps it into a flow's typed inputs. It lets the same reusable processing run without a chat message. The trigger configuration, captured samples and execution state are separate concerns.
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+ ## Use this when
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+ - A workflow must start on a schedule, a webhook, an email or an app event.
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- 4. Capture a representative event. Use the returned webhook URL, trigger email address or provider action; do not invent an endpoint.
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+ Flow inputs and mapping expressions belong to `controllerai-expressions`; reading a run belongs to `controllerai-runs`; publishing belongs to `controllerai-workflows`.
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+ ## How it works
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+ **One trigger, one flow.** A trigger binds a source (node slug plus exact event key, its connection and props) to exactly one flow, and its payload does not populate that flow by itself: the flow needs declared inputs, and the mapping props live on the trigger canvas's run-subflow node (`runSubflowNodeId`, wired automatically, never connected by hand), one per flow input, synthesized after the inputs exist. Creating the source, capturing and selecting a sample, mapping, testing on development, publishing and verifying live are separate steps.
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- If there is no event, inspect trigger identity, connection, registration and the source action. If the event exists but inputs are wrong, inspect selected sample and mappings. If the flow starts but fails, follow the execution ID with `controllerai-runs`. Inspect enabled state and published configuration when development works but live does not.
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+ **Two rails, three switches.** Events are captured from the moment the source exists, and ordinary event execution runs the live release, so a trigger does not run live until the workflow is published; before that it can execute on development only through a replay or armed ambient dispatch. `set-enabled` (enable or disable) is the trigger's definition state and edits development only; the prior live trigger keeps running until an authorized publish. `test-events` (allow or disallow) sets a sticky permission bit for ambient development dispatch: real events then also execute the development canvas. `replay` targets one rail explicitly. The bit survives a disable (`devDispatchArmed` is enabled-and-allowed), and once the workflow is published with the trigger enabled on both rails and routable, every real event can execute on both rails (a schedule every interval), which is why publish refuses an armed trigger unless the user explicitly acknowledges dual dispatch.
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+ **Four IDs.** The canvas `triggerId` addresses get, rename, set-enabled, delete and test-events. The numeric `backendTriggerId` addresses captured events and replay. The `triggerNodeId` selects the typed sample. The captured `eventId` addresses event, select-event and replay. Copy them from the responses; they are never interchangeable.
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+ **Props are resolved, not guessed.** The props read returns a shape-correct `propsExample`, `readyForCreate`, and `unresolvedOptionProps`; unresolved required option props are omitted rather than filled with a plausible placeholder, and hidden props stay unset (they are provider reload plumbing). Option values are resolved by the options read with the same node, event, connection and configured values. The dynamic schema is identified by the response's `id`, passed back as `dynamicPropsId`; a selector that reloads props can mint a new one, so always pass the latest and keep every earlier configured value on each reload (registry events have no dynamic schema). Timer values are objects, `{"cron":{"cron":"0 9 * * *","timezone":"America/Chicago"}}` or `{"cron":{"intervalSeconds":900}}`, never a bare cron string.
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+ **A sample makes the type.** A captured event becomes the trigger node's output type only when it is selected; the mapping props are bound after that, from the re-read expression context, and a payload without a platform data type can stay untyped.
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+ ## Rules
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+ 1. **The start condition is the user's decision.** Create a source only with an explicit `--source-basis`: `explicit-in-request`, `user-answer`, or `inferred-from-existing-workflow` when preserving an existing source. The backend rejects an assumption; when the request does not say when the automation runs, ask one focused question first.
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+ 2. **Copy the exact `nodeSlug` and `eventKey`** from the search result; never derive an event key from its display name, because keys are opaque and display names collide across providers.
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+ 4. **Repair in place.** Keep the trigger's canvas ID and source when fixing its mapping or readiness; replacing a trigger changes captured IDs and may change a webhook URL, so replace only when the source itself must change, then recapture every ID.
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+ 5. **Delete a retired start; disable a paused one.** "Stop starting itself", "retire" and "no longer" mean delete: a disabled trigger still exists and can be re-enabled, so it is not retired. Never delete the owning flow to remove a trigger (that destroys the graph and its callers), and pass exactly one state flag.
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+ 6. **Arm ambient dispatch only on the user's decision, and disarm when setup ends**, including a failed or abandoned setup. Capture needs no arming; arming executes a half-built development flow on real traffic, so explain that before adding the acknowledgement. Keeping both rails armed is an uncommon, explicit user choice, never a default, and routine tests use replay.
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+ 7. **Never mix the flag families or the acknowledgements.** `--enable|--disable`, `--allow|--disallow`, `--target dev|live`; `--acknowledge-dual-run` only while arming, `--acknowledge-dual-dispatch` only while publishing an armed trigger, `--confirm-live` only for one live replay. Never add an acknowledgement on your own initiative.
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+ 8. **Audit every trigger before a publish**, not only the one you touched; users forget starts left enabled or armed in other flows.
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+ 9. **A captured event is not a run.** For create or mapping work, verify received inputs, outputs and effects on a development replay; an event with no execution and an execution with empty inputs are different faults. Read-only diagnosis, a deletion (verified through the list and status) and a user-declined test need no replay.
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+ ## Recipes
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+ ### Discover and resolve
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+ ```bash
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+ cai trigger options --node <nodeSlug> --event <eventKey> --prop <propName> --connection <connectionId> --configured '<configuredPropsJson>' --dynamic-props-id <dynamicPropsId> --query "<option label>" --json
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+ cai trigger props --node <nodeSlug> --event <eventKey> --connection <connectionId> --configured '<configuredPropsJson>' --dynamic-props-id <dynamicPropsId> --json
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+ ```bash
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