@dxos/plugin-automation 0.8.4-main.fffef41 → 0.9.0

package/package.json

@@ -1,103 +1,168 @@
 {
   "name": "@dxos/plugin-automation",
-  "version": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "description": "Prompt chain plugin",
   "homepage": "https://dxos.org",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/dxos/dxos/issues",
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/dxos/dxos"
+  },
+  "license": "FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0",
   "author": "DXOS.org",
   "sideEffects": true,
   "type": "module",
+  "imports": {
+    "#capabilities": {
+      "source": {
+        "node": "./src/capabilities/node.ts",
+        "default": "./src/capabilities/index.ts"
+      },
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/capabilities/index.d.ts",
+      "node": "./dist/lib/neutral/capabilities/node.mjs",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/capabilities/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "#components": {
+      "source": "./src/components/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/components/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/components/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "#containers": {
+      "source": "./src/containers/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/containers/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/containers/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "#hooks": {
+      "source": "./src/hooks/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/hooks/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/hooks/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "#meta": {
+      "source": "./src/meta.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/meta.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/meta.mjs"
+    },
+    "#operations": {
+      "source": "./src/operations/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/operations/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/operations/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "#plugin": {
+      "source": {
+        "workerd": "./src/AutomationPlugin.workerd.ts",
+        "node": "./src/AutomationPlugin.node.ts",
+        "default": "./src/AutomationPlugin.tsx"
+      },
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/AutomationPlugin.d.ts",
+      "workerd": "./dist/lib/neutral/AutomationPlugin.workerd.mjs",
+      "node": "./dist/lib/neutral/AutomationPlugin.node.mjs",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/AutomationPlugin.mjs"
+    },
+    "#testing": "./src/testing/index.ts",
+    "#translations": {
+      "source": "./src/translations.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/translations.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/translations.mjs"
+    },
+    "#types": {
+      "source": "./src/types/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/types/index.mjs"
+    }
+  },
   "exports": {
     ".": {
       "source": "./src/index.ts",
       "types": "./dist/types/src/index.d.ts",
-      "browser": "./dist/lib/browser/index.mjs",
-      "node": "./dist/lib/node-esm/index.mjs"
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/index.mjs"
     },
+    "./assets/PLUGIN.mdl": "./PLUGIN.mdl",
     "./hooks": {
       "source": "./src/hooks/index.ts",
       "types": "./dist/types/src/hooks/index.d.ts",
-      "browser": "./dist/lib/browser/hooks/index.mjs",
-      "node": "./dist/lib/node-esm/hooks/index.mjs"
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/hooks/index.mjs"
     },
-    "./types": {
-      "source": "./src/types/index.ts",
-      "types": "./dist/types/src/types/index.d.ts",
-      "browser": "./dist/lib/browser/types/index.mjs",
-      "node": "./dist/lib/node-esm/types/index.mjs"
+    "./plugin": {
+      "source": "./src/plugin.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/plugin.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/plugin.mjs"
+    },
+    "./testing": {
+      "source": "./src/testing.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/testing.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/testing.mjs"
+    },
+    "./translations": {
+      "source": "./src/translations.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/types/src/translations.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/lib/neutral/translations.mjs"
     }
   },
   "types": "dist/types/src/index.d.ts",
-  "typesVersions": {
-    "*": {
-      "hooks": [
-        "dist/types/src/hooks/index.d.ts"
-      ],
-      "types": [
-        "dist/types/src/types/index.d.ts"
-      ]
-    }
-  },
   "files": [
     "assets",
     "dist",
-    "src"
+    "src",
+    "PLUGIN.mdl"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@effect/ai": "0.29.1",
-    "@effect/platform-browser": "0.72.0",
-    "@preact-signals/safe-react": "^0.9.0",
-    "@preact/signals-core": "^1.12.1",
-    "@dxos/app-framework": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/assistant": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/ai": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/async": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/conductor": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/echo": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/context": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/functions-runtime": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/invariant": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/functions": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/keys": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/log": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/live-object": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/plugin-client": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/plugin-deck": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/plugin-graph": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/plugin-space": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/random": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-components": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-client": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-form": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-list": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-stack": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/schema": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/types": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/util": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-editor": "0.8.4-main.fffef41"
+    "@effect-atom/atom": "^0.5.3",
+    "@effect/cli": "0.75.2",
+    "@effect/printer-ansi": "0.49.0",
+    "@dxos/ai": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/cli-util": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/app-toolkit": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/client": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/compute": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/compute-runtime": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/app-framework": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/conductor": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/client-protocol": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/echo-react": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/context": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/edge-client": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/echo": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/effect": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/functions-runtime": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/invariant": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/keys": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/plugin-client": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/log": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/plugin-graph": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/random": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-client": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui-components": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui-attention": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui-list": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui-search": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui-form": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/types": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/schema": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/util": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/plugin-space": "0.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@effect-atom/atom-react": "^0.3.4",
-    "@effect/platform": "0.92.1",
-    "@types/react": "~19.2.2",
-    "@types/react-dom": "~19.2.2",
-    "effect": "3.18.3",
-    "react": "~19.2.0",
-    "react-dom": "~19.2.0",
-    "vite": "7.1.9",
-    "@dxos/react-ui": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-theme": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/storybook-utils": "0.8.4-main.fffef41"
+    "@effect-atom/atom-react": "^0.5.0",
+    "@effect/platform": "0.96.1",
+    "@types/react": "~19.2.7",
+    "@types/react-dom": "~19.2.3",
+    "effect": "3.21.3",
+    "react": "~19.2.3",
+    "react-dom": "~19.2.3",
+    "vite": "^8.0.16",
+    "@dxos/plugin-testing": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/storybook-utils": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/ui-theme": "0.9.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@effect-atom/atom-react": "^0.3.4",
-    "@effect/platform": "^0.80.12",
-    "effect": "^3.13.3",
-    "react": "^19.0.0",
-    "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
-    "@dxos/react-ui": "0.8.4-main.fffef41",
-    "@dxos/react-ui-theme": "0.8.4-main.fffef41"
+    "@effect-atom/atom-react": "^0.5.0",
+    "@effect/platform": "0.96.1",
+    "effect": "3.21.3",
+    "react": "~19.2.3",
+    "react-dom": "~19.2.3",
+    "@dxos/ui-theme": "0.9.0",
+    "@dxos/react-ui": "0.9.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

package/src/AutomationPlugin.node.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { ActivationEvent, ActivationEvents, Plugin } from '@dxos/app-framework';
+import { AppPlugin, AppActivationEvents } from '@dxos/app-toolkit';
+import { Operation, Trace, Trigger } from '@dxos/compute';
+import { ClientEvents } from '@dxos/plugin-client';
+
+import {
+  AppGraphBuilder,
+  LayerSpecs,
+  OperationHandler,
+  RegistrySync,
+  Templates,
+  TriggerRuntimeController,
+} from '#capabilities';
+import { meta } from '#meta';
+import { Automation } from '#types';
+
+import { trigger } from './commands';
+
+export const AutomationPlugin = Plugin.define(meta).pipe(
+  AppPlugin.addAppGraphModule({ activate: AppGraphBuilder }),
+  AppPlugin.addCommandModule({ commands: [trigger] }),
+  AppPlugin.addOperationHandlerModule({ activate: OperationHandler }),
+  AppPlugin.addSchemaModule({
+    schema: [Automation.Automation, Operation.PersistentOperation, Trigger.Trigger, Trace.Message],
+  }),
+  // CreateAutomation (in OperationHandler) resolves AutomationCapabilities.Template, so the template
+  // provider must be present wherever the handler is exported.
+  Plugin.addModule({ id: 'automation-templates', activatesOn: AppActivationEvents.SetupSchema, activate: Templates }),
+  Plugin.addModule({
+    activatesOn: ActivationEvents.SetupProcessManager,
+    activate: LayerSpecs,
+  }),
+  Plugin.addModule({
+    activatesOn: ClientEvents.ClientReady,
+    activate: RegistrySync,
+  }),
+  Plugin.addModule({
+    activatesOn: ActivationEvent.allOf(ActivationEvents.ProcessManagerReady, ClientEvents.SpacesReady),
+    activate: TriggerRuntimeController,
+  }),
+  Plugin.make,
+);
+
+export default AutomationPlugin;

package/src/AutomationPlugin.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { describe, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import { ClientPlugin } from '@dxos/plugin-client/plugin';
+import { createComposerTestApp } from '@dxos/plugin-testing/harness';
+
+import { AutomationPlugin } from '#plugin';
+
+import { meta } from './meta';
+
+const moduleId = (name: string) => `${meta.id}.module.${name}`;
+
+describe('AutomationPlugin', () => {
+  test('modules activate on the expected events', async ({ expect }) => {
+    await using harness = await createComposerTestApp({
+      plugins: [ClientPlugin({}), AutomationPlugin()],
+    });
+
+    // After autoStart: AppGraphBuilder, schema, OperationHandler all auto-cascade.
+    expect(harness.manager.getActive()).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([moduleId('AppGraphBuilder'), moduleId('schema'), moduleId('OperationHandler')]),
+    );
+  });
+});

package/src/AutomationPlugin.tsx

@@ -2,45 +2,57 @@
 // Copyright 2023 DXOS.org
 //
 
-import { Capabilities, Events, contributes, defineModule, definePlugin } from '@dxos/app-framework';
-import { Function, Trigger } from '@dxos/functions';
-import { ClientCapabilities, ClientEvents } from '@dxos/plugin-client';
+import { ActivationEvent, ActivationEvents, Plugin } from '@dxos/app-framework';
+import { AppPlugin, AppActivationEvents } from '@dxos/app-toolkit';
+import { Operation, Trace, Trigger } from '@dxos/compute';
+import { ClientEvents } from '@dxos/plugin-client';
 
-import { AppGraphBuilder, ComputeRuntime, IntentResolver, ReactSurface } from './capabilities';
-import { AutomationEvents } from './events';
-import { meta } from './meta';
-import { translations } from './translations';
+import {
+  AppGraphBuilder,
+  CreateObject,
+  LayerSpecs,
+  NavigationResolver,
+  OperationHandler,
+  ReactSurface,
+  RegistrySync,
+  Templates,
+  TriggerRuntimeController,
+} from '#capabilities';
+import { meta } from '#meta';
+import { translations } from '#translations';
+import { Automation } from '#types';
 
-export const AutomationPlugin = definePlugin(meta, () => [
-  defineModule({
-    id: `${meta.id}/module/translations`,
-    activatesOn: Events.SetupTranslations,
-    activate: () => contributes(Capabilities.Translations, translations),
-  }),
-  defineModule({
-    id: `${meta.id}/module/schema`,
-    activatesOn: ClientEvents.SetupSchema,
-    activate: () => contributes(ClientCapabilities.Schema, [Function.Function, Trigger.Trigger]),
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-relative-packages
+import pluginSpec from '../PLUGIN.mdl?raw';
+
+export const AutomationPlugin = Plugin.define(meta).pipe(
+  AppPlugin.addAppGraphModule({ activate: AppGraphBuilder }),
+  AppPlugin.addOperationHandlerModule({ activate: OperationHandler }),
+  AppPlugin.addSchemaModule({
+    schema: [Automation.Automation, Operation.PersistentOperation, Trigger.Trigger, Trace.Message],
   }),
-  defineModule({
-    id: `${meta.id}/module/app-graph-builder`,
-    activatesOn: Events.SetupAppGraph,
-    activate: AppGraphBuilder,
+  AppPlugin.addCreateObjectModule({ activate: CreateObject }),
+  AppPlugin.addNavigationResolverModule({ activate: NavigationResolver }),
+  Plugin.addModule({ id: 'automation-templates', activatesOn: AppActivationEvents.SetupSchema, activate: Templates }),
+  AppPlugin.addSurfaceModule({ activate: ReactSurface }),
+  AppPlugin.addTranslationsModule({ translations }),
+  Plugin.addModule({
+    activatesOn: ClientEvents.ClientReady,
+    firesBeforeActivation: [ActivationEvents.SetupProcessManager],
+    activate: LayerSpecs,
   }),
-  defineModule({
-    id: `${meta.id}/module/intent-resolver`,
-    activatesOn: Events.SetupIntentResolver,
-    activate: IntentResolver,
+  Plugin.addModule({
+    activatesOn: ClientEvents.ClientReady,
+    activate: RegistrySync,
   }),
-  defineModule({
-    id: `${meta.id}/module/react-surface`,
-    activatesOn: Events.SetupReactSurface,
-    activate: ReactSurface,
+  Plugin.addModule({
+    activatesOn: ActivationEvent.allOf(ActivationEvents.ProcessManagerReady, ClientEvents.SpacesReady),
+    activate: TriggerRuntimeController,
   }),
-  defineModule({
-    id: `${meta.id}/module/compute-runtime`,
-    activatesOn: ClientEvents.ClientReady,
-    activatesAfter: [AutomationEvents.ComputeRuntimeReady],
-    activate: ComputeRuntime,
+  AppPlugin.addPluginAssetModule({
+    asset: { pluginId: meta.id, path: 'PLUGIN.mdl', content: pluginSpec, mimeType: 'application/x-mdl' },
   }),
-]);
+  Plugin.make,
+);
+
+export default AutomationPlugin;

package/src/AutomationPlugin.workerd.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { Plugin } from '@dxos/app-framework';
+import { AppPlugin, AppActivationEvents } from '@dxos/app-toolkit';
+import { Operation, Trace, Trigger } from '@dxos/compute';
+
+import { OperationHandler, Templates } from '#capabilities';
+import { meta } from '#meta';
+import { Automation } from '#types';
+
+export const AutomationPlugin = Plugin.define(meta).pipe(
+  AppPlugin.addOperationHandlerModule({ activate: OperationHandler }),
+  AppPlugin.addSchemaModule({
+    schema: [Automation.Automation, Operation.PersistentOperation, Trigger.Trigger, Trace.Message],
+  }),
+  // CreateAutomation (in OperationHandler) resolves AutomationCapabilities.Template, so the template
+  // provider must be present wherever the handler is exported.
+  Plugin.addModule({ id: 'automation-templates', activatesOn: AppActivationEvents.SetupSchema, activate: Templates }),
+  Plugin.make,
+);
+
+export default AutomationPlugin;

package/src/capabilities/app-graph-builder.ts

@@ -2,86 +2,89 @@
 // Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
 //
 
-import { Atom } from '@effect-atom/atom-react';
-import * as Function from 'effect/Function';
+import * as Effect from 'effect/Effect';
 import * as Option from 'effect/Option';
 
-import { Capabilities, type PluginContext, contributes } from '@dxos/app-framework';
-import { Obj } from '@dxos/echo';
-import { Script } from '@dxos/functions';
-import { ATTENDABLE_PATH_SEPARATOR, PLANK_COMPANION_TYPE } from '@dxos/plugin-deck/types';
-import { createExtension } from '@dxos/plugin-graph';
-import { meta as spaceMeta } from '@dxos/plugin-space';
+import { Capability } from '@dxos/app-framework';
+import { AppCapabilities, AppNode, LayoutOperation, createTypeSectionExtension } from '@dxos/app-toolkit';
+import { isSpace } from '@dxos/client/echo';
+import { Operation } from '@dxos/compute';
+import { Type } from '@dxos/echo';
+import { GraphBuilder, Node, NodeMatcher } from '@dxos/plugin-graph';
+import { SETTINGS_SECTION_TYPE } from '@dxos/plugin-space';
+import { linkedSegment } from '@dxos/react-ui-attention';
 
-import { meta } from '../meta';
+import { meta } from '#meta';
+import { Automation, AutomationOperation } from '#types';
 
-export default (context: PluginContext) =>
-  contributes(Capabilities.AppGraphBuilder, [
-    createExtension({
-      id: `${meta.id}/space-settings-automation`,
-      connector: (node) =>
-        Atom.make((get) =>
-          Function.pipe(
-            get(node),
-            Option.flatMap((node) => (node.type === `${spaceMeta.id}/settings` ? Option.some(node) : Option.none())),
-            Option.map((node) => [
-              {
-                id: `automation-${node.id}`,
-                type: `${meta.id}/space-settings-automation`,
-                data: `${meta.id}/space-settings-automation`,
-                properties: {
-                  label: ['automation panel label', { ns: meta.id }],
-                  icon: 'ph--lightning--regular',
-                },
-              },
-            ]),
-            Option.getOrElse(() => []),
-          ),
-        ),
-    }),
-    createExtension({
-      id: `${meta.id}/space-settings-functions`,
-      connector: (node) =>
-        Atom.make((get) =>
-          Function.pipe(
-            get(node),
-            Option.flatMap((node) => (node.type === `${spaceMeta.id}/settings` ? Option.some(node) : Option.none())),
-            Option.map((node) => [
-              {
-                id: `functions-${node.id}`,
-                type: `${meta.id}/space-settings-functions`,
-                data: `${meta.id}/space-settings-functions`,
-                properties: {
-                  label: ['functions panel label', { ns: meta.id }],
-                  icon: 'ph--function--regular',
-                },
-              },
-            ]),
-            Option.getOrElse(() => []),
-          ),
-        ),
-    }),
-    createExtension({
-      id: `${meta.id}/script-companion`,
-      connector: (node) =>
-        Atom.make((get) =>
-          Function.pipe(
-            get(node),
-            Option.flatMap((node) => (Obj.instanceOf(Script.Script, node.data) ? Option.some(node) : Option.none())),
-            Option.map((node) => [
-              {
-                id: [node.id, 'automation'].join(ATTENDABLE_PATH_SEPARATOR),
-                type: PLANK_COMPANION_TYPE,
-                data: 'automation',
-                properties: {
-                  label: ['script automation label', { ns: meta.id }],
-                  icon: 'ph--lightning--regular',
-                  disposition: 'hidden',
-                },
+import { blank } from '../templates';
+
+export default Capability.makeModule(
+  Effect.fnUntraced(function* () {
+    const extensions = yield* Effect.all([
+      createTypeSectionExtension(Automation.Automation),
+      GraphBuilder.createExtension({
+        id: 'automationsSectionActions',
+        match: (node) => {
+          const space = isSpace(node.properties.space) ? node.properties.space : undefined;
+          return node.type === Type.getTypename(Automation.Automation) && space ? Option.some(space) : Option.none();
+        },
+        actions: (space) =>
+          Effect.succeed([
+            Node.makeAction({
+              id: 'create-automation',
+              data: () =>
+                Effect.gen(function* () {
+                  const { subject } = yield* Operation.invoke(
+                    AutomationOperation.CreateAutomation,
+                    { db: space.db, templateId: blank.id },
+                    { spaceId: space.db.spaceId },
+                  );
+                  yield* Operation.invoke(
+                    LayoutOperation.Open,
+                    { subject: [...subject] },
+                    { spaceId: space.db.spaceId },
+                  );
+                }),
+              properties: {
+                label: ['add-object.label', { ns: Type.getTypename(Automation.Automation) }],
+                icon: 'ph--plus--regular',
+                disposition: 'list-item-primary',
               },
-            ]),
-            Option.getOrElse(() => []),
-          ),
-        ),
-    }),
-  ]);
+            }),
+          ]),
+      }),
+      GraphBuilder.createExtension({
+        id: 'spaceSettingsAutomation',
+        match: NodeMatcher.whenNodeType(SETTINGS_SECTION_TYPE),
+        connector: () =>
+          Effect.succeed([
+            AppNode.makeSettingsPanel({
+              id: 'automations',
+              type: `${meta.id}.space-settings-automation`,
+              label: ['automation-panel.label', { ns: meta.id }],
+              icon: 'ph--lightning--regular',
+              iconHue: 'indigo',
+              position: 'last',
+            }),
+          ]),
+      }),
+      GraphBuilder.createExtension({
+        id: 'automationCompanion',
+        match: NodeMatcher.whenEchoObjectMatches,
+        connector: () =>
+          Effect.succeed([
+            AppNode.makeCompanion({
+              id: linkedSegment('automation'),
+              label: ['automation-companion.label', { ns: meta.id }],
+              icon: 'ph--lightning--regular',
+              data: 'automation',
+              position: 'last',
+            }),
+          ]),
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    return Capability.contributes(AppCapabilities.AppGraphBuilder, extensions);
+  }),
+);

package/src/capabilities/create-object.test.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { describe, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import { defaultTemplates } from '../templates';
+
+// The full create-object path is exercised by the app e2e (the UI plugin variant can't boot in the headless
+// node harness); this asserts the Blank template the flow depends on.
+describe('Automation create templates', () => {
+  test('ships a Blank no-op template', ({ expect }) => {
+    const blank = defaultTemplates.find((template) => template.id === 'org.dxos.automation.blank');
+    expect(blank).toBeDefined();
+    expect(blank!.label).toBe('Blank');
+    expect(typeof blank!.scaffold).toBe('function');
+  });
+});

package/src/capabilities/create-object.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import * as Effect from 'effect/Effect';
+
+import { Capability } from '@dxos/app-framework';
+import { Operation } from '@dxos/compute';
+import { Type } from '@dxos/echo';
+import { SpaceCapabilities } from '@dxos/plugin-space';
+
+import { CreateAutomationPanel } from '#components';
+import { Automation, AutomationOperation } from '#types';
+
+type CreateOptions = Parameters<SpaceCapabilities.CreateObjectEntry['createObject']>[1];
+
+export default Capability.makeModule(
+  Effect.fnUntraced(function* () {
+    return Capability.contributes(SpaceCapabilities.CreateObjectEntry, {
+      id: Type.getTypename(Automation.Automation),
+      customPanel: CreateAutomationPanel,
+      createObject: ({ name, templateId }: { name?: string; templateId: string }, options: CreateOptions) =>
+        Operation.invoke(AutomationOperation.CreateAutomation, { db: options.db, templateId, name }),
+    });
+  }),
+);