@nanobpm/workflow 0.7.0 → 0.8.0

package/README.md

@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ human-in-the-loop path), composed with control-flow combinators:
 - `w.branch(condition, { then, else? })` — a two-way choice on a FEEL boolean.
 - `w.loop(body)` — a durable loop (back-edge to the loop head).
 - `w.break()` / `w.continue()` — exit the enclosing loop, or jump back to its head.
+- `w.parallel([blockA, blockB, …])` — a static fork/join: every block runs
+  concurrently on its own branch, rejoined by an AND-join (all branches must
+  arrive before the flow continues).
+- `w.forEach(collection, itemVar, body, opts?)` — a data-driven fan-out over a
+  FEEL `collection`: one child instance of `body` runs per item (the item bound to
+  `itemVar`). `{ sequential }` runs children one at a time; `{ outputCollection,
+  outputElement }` collects each child's result into a list; `{ completionCondition }`
+  completes the body early.
 
 ```ts
 import { defineFlow, WorkflowClient, Worker } from "@nanobpm/workflow";
@@ -89,8 +97,10 @@ const convergence = defineFlow("convergence-loop", (w) => {
 Each combinator compiles to a BPMN primitive the engine already runs: `switch` /
 `branch` → an exclusive gateway (in-order conditions, first match wins, default =
 unconditional flow); `loop` → a convergent gateway whose body falls through back to
-the head; nodes with multiple incoming flows are an implicit XOR merge. See
-**ADR 0047**.
+the head; nodes with multiple incoming flows are an implicit XOR merge; `parallel`
+→ a diverging/converging **parallel gateway** pair (AND fork/join); `forEach` → a
+**parallel multi-instance** activity (a single-step body) or an embedded
+multi-instance sub-process (a multi-step body). See **ADR 0047**.
 
 #### Typed data envelopes (eject to model-first with contracts intact)
 
@@ -178,7 +188,7 @@ once.
 | Export | Purpose |
 | --- | --- |
 | `defineWorkflow(id, orchFn)` | Imperative (replayed) workflow — experimental/internal. |
-| `defineFlow(id, [contracts,] build)` | Declarative flow: `run`/`task`/`signal` + `switch`/`branch`/`loop`/`break`/`continue`, with an optional typed contracts map. |
+| `defineFlow(id, [contracts,] build)` | Declarative flow: `run`/`task`/`signal`/`timer` + `switch`/`branch`/`loop`/`break`/`continue` + `parallel`/`forEach`, with an optional typed contracts map. |
 | `envelope(name, fields)` | A typed data envelope; lifted into the model as a `nano:shape` + `dataEnvelope` wiring. |
 | `externalJobTypes(flow)` | The job types of a flow's external `task` steps (each overridable per-step via `w.task(name, { jobType })`). |
 | `WorkflowClient` | `deploy`, `start`, `signal`, `getInstance` over REST v2. |

package/dist/declarative.d.ts

@@ -22,8 +22,19 @@ type TypedHandler<V, R> = (job: {
     variables: V;
 }) => Promise<R | void> | R | void;
 /** A block: the callback that populates a nested body (a case, arm, or loop). */
-type Block<C extends FlowContracts> = (b: FlowBuilder<C>) => void;
-export interface FlowBuilder<C extends FlowContracts = Record<string, never>> {
+type Block<C extends object> = (b: FlowBuilder<C>) => void;
+/** The typed builder for a flow body.
+ *
+ * `C` is the flow's contracts map (step name → `{ in, out }` envelopes). The
+ * default is `object`, NOT `Record<string, never>`: with a `never`-valued record
+ * `keyof C` is `string`, so `VarsOf`/`ResultOf` route EVERY step name into
+ * `InPayload<never>`/`OutPayload<never>`, which distribute over `never` to
+ * `never` — typing an untyped flow's `job.variables` as `never` and forcing its
+ * handler return to `void` (so no untyped flow that returns data compiles). With
+ * `object`, `keyof C` is `never`, so every step falls back to the intended
+ * `JsonObject`. The public `defineFlow<C extends FlowContracts>` overload keeps
+ * the stricter contracts constraint; this is only the untyped-builder default. */
+export interface FlowBuilder<C extends object = object> {
     /**
      * A durable activity served by a worker THIS program hosts (a BPMN service
      * task; the handler runs in the in-process `Worker`). If `name` is a key in
@@ -109,6 +120,36 @@ export interface FlowBuilder<C extends FlowContracts = Record<string, never>> {
      * the loop run once `break()` is reached.
      */
     loop(body: Block<C>): FlowBuilder<C>;
+    /**
+     * A static parallel fork/join (a pair of BPMN parallel gateways). Every block
+     * runs concurrently on its own branch; control continues past `parallel` only
+     * once ALL branches have reached the joining gateway (AND-join). Pass at least
+     * two branch blocks. Unlike `switch`/`branch` (exclusive choice), no branch is
+     * conditional — all of them run.
+     */
+    parallel(branches: Block<C>[]): FlowBuilder<C>;
+    /**
+     * A data-driven fan-out over a runtime collection (a BPMN parallel
+     * multi-instance activity). `collection` is a FEEL expression (no leading `=`)
+     * evaluating to a list; one child instance of `body` runs per item, with the
+     * item bound to the `itemVar` variable in the child's scope. A single-activity
+     * body attaches the multi-instance characteristics to that activity; a
+     * multi-step body is wrapped in an embedded multi-instance sub-process. Options:
+     *  - `sequential` — run children one at a time (a sequential MI) instead of all
+     *    at once (the default: a parallel MI).
+     *  - `outputCollection` / `outputElement` — collect each child's `outputElement`
+     *    (a FEEL expression, no leading `=`) into the `outputCollection` list
+     *    variable, in item order.
+     *  - `completionCondition` — a FEEL boolean (no leading `=`); when it holds
+     *    after a child completes, the remaining children are cancelled and the body
+     *    completes early.
+     */
+    forEach(collection: string, itemVar: string, body: Block<C>, opts?: {
+        sequential?: boolean;
+        outputCollection?: string;
+        outputElement?: string;
+        completionCondition?: string;
+    }): FlowBuilder<C>;
     /** Exit the enclosing loop (routes to whatever follows it). Only valid inside
      *  a `loop`. */
     break(): FlowBuilder<C>;

package/dist/declarative.js

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 // (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`) that compile to exclusive gateways + back-edges the
 // engine already runs (engine-core supports XOR gateways with in-order condition
 // evaluation and a default flow, and tasks with multiple incoming flows act as
-// an implicit XOR merge).
+// an implicit XOR merge), plus concurrency combinators — `parallel` (an AND
+// fork/join over parallel gateways) and `forEach` (a data-driven fan-out lowering
+// to a parallel/sequential multi-instance activity or sub-process).
 //
 //   const convergence = defineFlow(
 //     "convergence-loop",
@@ -38,14 +40,14 @@ import { assertIdent, assertJobType, assertTimerCycle, assertTimerDate, assertTi
 /** Ids the emitter generates for structural nodes / flows / messages. A step
  *  name that collides with one of these would produce a duplicate BPMN id and an
  *  invalid model, so reject them at authoring time. */
-const RESERVED_PREFIXES = /^(Gw_|Loop_|Msg_|f_)/;
+const RESERVED_PREFIXES = /^(Gw_|Loop_|Sub_|Msg_|f_)/;
 function claimName(ctx, id, name) {
     assertIdent("step name", name);
     if (name === "Start" || name === "End" || name === id) {
         throw new Error(`step name "${name}" is reserved (collides with a generated BPMN id) in flow "${id}"`);
     }
     if (RESERVED_PREFIXES.test(name)) {
-        throw new Error(`step name "${name}" uses a reserved prefix (Gw_/Loop_/Msg_/f_ are generated ids) in flow "${id}"`);
+        throw new Error(`step name "${name}" uses a reserved prefix (Gw_/Loop_/Sub_/Msg_/f_ are generated ids) in flow "${id}"`);
     }
     if (ctx.seen.has(name))
         throw new Error(`duplicate step name "${name}" in flow "${id}"`);
@@ -68,6 +70,15 @@ function makeBuilder(id, out, ctx, isRoot = false) {
         fn(makeBuilder(id, body, { ...ctx, loopDepth: depth }));
         return body;
     };
+    // A body that runs in its OWN token scope (an embedded sub-process): the
+    // enclosing loop is not reachable across the scope boundary, so `break`/
+    // `continue` inside it are rejected (loopDepth resets to 0). A `loop` declared
+    // INSIDE the body still works — it creates its own scope.
+    const childScoped = (fn) => {
+        const body = [];
+        fn(makeBuilder(id, body, { ...ctx, loopDepth: 0 }));
+        return body;
+    };
     const b = {
         run(name, handler) {
             claimName(ctx, id, name);
@@ -173,6 +184,75 @@ function makeBuilder(id, out, ctx, isRoot = false) {
             out.push({ kind: "loop", body: child(body, true) });
             return b;
         },
+        parallel(branches) {
+            if (!Array.isArray(branches) || branches.length < 2) {
+                throw new Error(`parallel() needs at least two branch blocks`);
+            }
+            for (const fn of branches) {
+                if (typeof fn !== "function")
+                    throw new Error(`parallel() branches must all be blocks (b) => {…}`);
+            }
+            // Each branch runs in its own token scope up to the AND-join, so a
+            // `break`/`continue` must not escape the fork/join into an enclosing
+            // loop. Scope branches (loopDepth resets to 0) so cross-boundary
+            // break/continue is rejected at build time, matching forEach.
+            out.push({ kind: "parallel", branches: branches.map((fn) => childScoped(fn)) });
+            return b;
+        },
+        forEach(collection, itemVar, body, opts) {
+            if (typeof collection !== "string" || collection.trim() === "") {
+                throw new Error(`forEach() needs a non-empty FEEL collection expression`);
+            }
+            // Authors may paste a leading "=" (common in Zeebe FEEL examples). Strip
+            // it so the emitter's own "=" prefix never produces an invalid "==...".
+            const collExpr = collection.trim().replace(/^=/, "").trim();
+            if (collExpr === "") {
+                throw new Error(`forEach() collection expression is empty after stripping the leading "="`);
+            }
+            assertIdent("forEach itemVar", itemVar);
+            if (typeof body !== "function")
+                throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") needs a body function`);
+            const nodes = childScoped(body);
+            if (nodes.length === 0)
+                throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") body declared no steps`);
+            const node = {
+                kind: "forEach",
+                collection: collExpr,
+                itemVar,
+                body: nodes,
+            };
+            if (opts?.sequential)
+                node.sequential = true;
+            if (opts?.outputCollection !== undefined) {
+                assertIdent("forEach outputCollection", opts.outputCollection);
+                node.outputCollection = opts.outputCollection;
+            }
+            if (opts?.outputElement !== undefined) {
+                if (typeof opts.outputElement !== "string" || opts.outputElement.trim() === "") {
+                    throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") outputElement must be a non-empty FEEL expression`);
+                }
+                const outEl = opts.outputElement.trim().replace(/^=/, "").trim();
+                if (outEl === "") {
+                    throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") outputElement is empty after stripping the leading "="`);
+                }
+                node.outputElement = outEl;
+            }
+            if (opts?.completionCondition !== undefined) {
+                if (typeof opts.completionCondition !== "string" || opts.completionCondition.trim() === "") {
+                    throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") completionCondition must be a non-empty FEEL expression`);
+                }
+                const compCond = opts.completionCondition.trim().replace(/^=/, "").trim();
+                if (compCond === "") {
+                    throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") completionCondition is empty after stripping the leading "="`);
+                }
+                node.completionCondition = compCond;
+            }
+            if (node.outputElement && !node.outputCollection) {
+                throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") outputElement needs an outputCollection to collect into`);
+            }
+            out.push(node);
+            return b;
+        },
         break() {
             if (ctx.loopDepth === 0)
                 throw new Error(`break() is only valid inside a loop`);
@@ -230,6 +310,13 @@ export function walkNodes(nodes, visit) {
             case "loop":
                 walkNodes(n.body, visit);
                 break;
+            case "parallel":
+                for (const branch of n.branches)
+                    walkNodes(branch, visit);
+                break;
+            case "forEach":
+                walkNodes(n.body, visit);
+                break;
             default:
                 break;
         }
@@ -260,13 +347,28 @@ class Compiler {
     edges = [];
     /** envelope name → its fields, deduped for lifting to a single nano:shape. */
     envelopes = new Map();
+    /** The stack of open sub-process scopes; `.at(-1)` is the current scope (a
+     *  node/edge created now nests inside it). Empty at the top level. */
+    scopeStack = [];
+    /** Edges with a resolved target, indexed in `compile()` before rendering so a
+     *  sub-process can render its own nested scope. */
+    live = [];
     seq = 0;
     gw = 0;
     constructor(flow) {
         this.flow = flow;
     }
+    currentScope() {
+        return this.scopeStack.length ? this.scopeStack[this.scopeStack.length - 1] : undefined;
+    }
     newEdge(from, opts = {}) {
-        const e = { id: `f_${this.seq++}`, from, condition: opts.condition, name: opts.name };
+        const e = {
+            id: `f_${this.seq++}`,
+            from,
+            condition: opts.condition,
+            name: opts.name,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
+        };
         this.edges.push(e);
         return e;
     }
@@ -286,7 +388,7 @@ class Compiler {
         }
         this.envelopes.set(env.name, env.fields);
     }
-    addServiceTask(node) {
+    addServiceTask(node, mi = "") {
         const type = node.jobType ?? jobType(this.flow.id, node.name);
         this.recordEnvelope(node.envelopes?.in);
         this.recordEnvelope(node.envelopes?.out);
@@ -302,10 +404,12 @@ class Compiler {
         const id = node.name;
         this.nodes.push({
             id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
             render: (inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:serviceTask id="${escapeXml(id)}" name="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
                 ext +
                 "\n" +
                 incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
+                mi +
                 `    </bpmn:serviceTask>`,
         });
     }
@@ -314,6 +418,7 @@ class Compiler {
         const msgId = `Msg_${id}`;
         this.nodes.push({
             id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
             render: (inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}" name="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
                 incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
                 `      <bpmn:messageEventDefinition messageRef="${msgId}" />\n` +
@@ -327,6 +432,7 @@ class Compiler {
             : `        <bpmn:timeDate>${escapeXml(node.at)}</bpmn:timeDate>\n`;
         this.nodes.push({
             id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
             render: (inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}" name="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
                 incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
                 `      <bpmn:timerEventDefinition>\n` +
@@ -338,6 +444,7 @@ class Compiler {
     addGateway(id, name) {
         const gwNode = {
             id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
             render: (inc, outg) => {
                 const def = gwNode.defaultFlow ? ` default="${gwNode.defaultFlow}"` : "";
                 const nm = name ? ` name="${escapeXml(name)}"` : "";
@@ -349,6 +456,66 @@ class Compiler {
         this.nodes.push(gwNode);
         return gwNode;
     }
+    addParallelGateway(id) {
+        const node = {
+            id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
+            render: (inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:parallelGateway id="${id}">\n` + incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) + `    </bpmn:parallelGateway>`,
+        };
+        this.nodes.push(node);
+        return node;
+    }
+    addPlainStart(id) {
+        this.nodes.push({
+            id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
+            render: (_inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:startEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}">${outgoingOnly(outg)}</bpmn:startEvent>`,
+        });
+    }
+    addPlainEnd(id) {
+        this.nodes.push({
+            id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
+            render: (inc) => `    <bpmn:endEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}">${incomingOnly(inc)}</bpmn:endEvent>`,
+        });
+    }
+    /** An embedded sub-process whose body renders nested in its own scope, with the
+     *  given multi-instance characteristics lifted onto it. */
+    addSubProcess(id, mi) {
+        const node = {
+            id,
+            scope: this.currentScope(),
+            render: (inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:subProcess id="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
+                incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
+                mi +
+                this.renderScope(id) +
+                `\n    </bpmn:subProcess>`,
+        };
+        this.nodes.push(node);
+        return node;
+    }
+    /** The `<bpmn:multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics>` block for a `forEach` node —
+     *  the same shape whether lifted onto a leaf service task or a sub-process. */
+    miCharacteristics(node) {
+        const seq = node.sequential ? "true" : "false";
+        const attrs = [
+            `inputCollection="${escapeXml(`=${node.collection}`)}"`,
+            `inputElement="${escapeXml(node.itemVar)}"`,
+        ];
+        if (node.outputCollection)
+            attrs.push(`outputCollection="${escapeXml(node.outputCollection)}"`);
+        if (node.outputElement)
+            attrs.push(`outputElement="${escapeXml(`=${node.outputElement}`)}"`);
+        const completion = node.completionCondition
+            ? `      <bpmn:completionCondition>${escapeXml(`=${node.completionCondition}`)}</bpmn:completionCondition>\n`
+            : "";
+        return (`      <bpmn:multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics isSequential="${seq}">\n` +
+            `        <bpmn:extensionElements>\n` +
+            `          <zeebe:loopCharacteristics ${attrs.join(" ")} />\n` +
+            `        </bpmn:extensionElements>\n` +
+            completion +
+            `      </bpmn:multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics>\n`);
+    }
     emitList(list, incoming, loop) {
         let cur = incoming;
         for (const node of list)
@@ -426,8 +593,63 @@ class Compiler {
                 this.connect(incoming, loop.headId);
                 return [];
             }
+            case "parallel": {
+                // A diverging parallel gateway forks a token onto every branch; a
+                // converging one joins them (AND-join) into a single continuation.
+                const splitId = `Gw_${this.gw++}`;
+                this.addParallelGateway(splitId);
+                this.connect(incoming, splitId);
+                const joinId = `Gw_${this.gw++}`;
+                this.addParallelGateway(joinId);
+                for (const branch of node.branches) {
+                    const e = this.newEdge(splitId);
+                    const branchOut = this.emitList(branch, [e], loop);
+                    this.connect(branchOut, joinId);
+                }
+                return [this.newEdge(joinId)];
+            }
+            case "forEach": {
+                const mi = this.miCharacteristics(node);
+                const only = node.body.length === 1 ? node.body[0] : undefined;
+                // A single service-task body carries the MI characteristics directly; a
+                // multi-step body is wrapped in an embedded MI sub-process (its own token
+                // scope, with its own start/end).
+                if (only && (only.kind === "run" || only.kind === "task")) {
+                    this.addServiceTask(only, mi);
+                    this.connect(incoming, only.name);
+                    return [this.newEdge(only.name)];
+                }
+                const subId = `Sub_${this.gw++}`;
+                this.addSubProcess(subId, mi);
+                this.connect(incoming, subId);
+                this.scopeStack.push(subId);
+                const startId = `${subId}_start`;
+                this.addPlainStart(startId);
+                const innerOut = this.emitList(node.body, [this.newEdge(startId)], null);
+                const endId = `${subId}_end`;
+                this.addPlainEnd(endId);
+                this.connect(innerOut, endId);
+                this.scopeStack.pop();
+                return [this.newEdge(subId)];
+            }
         }
     }
+    /** Render every node + sequence flow that belongs to `scope` (undefined = the
+     *  root process, a sub-process id otherwise). Called for the process body and,
+     *  recursively, from each sub-process's render closure. */
+    renderScope(scope) {
+        const incomingOf = (id) => this.live.filter((e) => e.to === id).map((e) => e.id);
+        const outgoingOf = (id) => this.live.filter((e) => e.from === id).map((e) => e.id);
+        const nodeXml = this.nodes
+            .filter((n) => n.scope === scope)
+            .map((n) => n.render(incomingOf(n.id), outgoingOf(n.id)))
+            .join("\n");
+        const flowXml = this.live
+            .filter((e) => e.scope === scope)
+            .map((e) => sequenceFlow(e))
+            .join("\n");
+        return nodeXml + (nodeXml && flowXml ? "\n" : "") + flowXml;
+    }
     /** Render the Start event — a plain none start, or a timer start when the
      *  flow declared `startOn(...)`. */
     renderStart(outg) {
@@ -460,11 +682,8 @@ class Compiler {
         });
         this.connect(finalDanglers, "End");
         // A sequence flow needs both ends; drop any edge that never got a target.
-        const live = this.edges.filter((e) => e.to !== undefined);
-        const incomingOf = (id) => live.filter((e) => e.to === id).map((e) => e.id);
-        const outgoingOf = (id) => live.filter((e) => e.from === id).map((e) => e.id);
-        const nodeXml = this.nodes.map((n) => n.render(incomingOf(n.id), outgoingOf(n.id))).join("\n");
-        const flowXml = live.map((e) => sequenceFlow(e)).join("\n");
+        this.live = this.edges.filter((e) => e.to !== undefined);
+        const bodyXml = this.renderScope(undefined);
         const messageXml = this.emitMessages();
         const shapeXml = this.emitShapes();
         return (`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n` +
@@ -474,9 +693,7 @@ class Compiler {
             `id="Definitions_${escapeXml(this.flow.id)}" targetNamespace="http://bpmn.io/schema/bpmn">\n` +
             `  <bpmn:process id="${escapeXml(this.flow.id)}" name="${escapeXml(this.flow.id)}" isExecutable="true">\n` +
             (shapeXml ? shapeXml + "\n" : "") +
-            nodeXml +
-            "\n" +
-            flowXml +
+            bodyXml +
             "\n" +
             `  </bpmn:process>\n` +
             messageXml +

package/dist/types.d.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@ export type FlowNode = {
     kind: "break";
 } | {
     kind: "continue";
+} | {
+    kind: "parallel";
+    branches: FlowNode[][];
+} | {
+    kind: "forEach";
+    /** FEEL expression evaluating to the list to fan out over. */
+    collection: string;
+    /** Variable each item is bound to in the child's scope (`inputElement`). */
+    itemVar: string;
+    body: FlowNode[];
+    /** Run children one at a time (sequential MI) instead of all at once. */
+    sequential?: boolean;
+    /** List variable that each child's `outputElement` is collected into. */
+    outputCollection?: string;
+    /** FEEL expression producing each child's contribution to `outputCollection`. */
+    outputElement?: string;
+    /** FEEL boolean that, once true, completes the body early. */
+    completionCondition?: string;
 };
 /** A timer intermediate-catch definition: exactly one of `after` (an ISO-8601
  *  delay or FEEL expression) or `at` (an absolute instant or FEEL expression).

package/dist/worker.js

@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ export class Worker {
         else {
             // Walk the flow tree; only `run` steps are hosted locally. `signal`
             // (message catch) and `task` (external worker) contribute no in-process
-            // route, and structural combinators (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`) are pure
-            // routing with no job of their own.
+            // route, and structural combinators (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`/`parallel`/
+            // `forEach`) are pure routing with no job of their own — but the `run`
+            // steps NESTED inside them are hosted, since `walkNodes` recurses.
             walkNodes(wf.steps, (s) => {
                 if (s.kind !== "run")
                     return;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nanobpm/workflow",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Code-first durable orchestration for nanobpmn (ADR 0044/0045). Author a durable workflow as a declarative flow — `defineFlow(id, w => { w.run(...); w.signal(...); w.task(...) })` — and the SDK derives the executable BPMN model, the job types, and the message/correlation wiring, then hosts a generic worker. `w.run` is a local step, `w.signal` is a durable human-in-the-loop wait, `w.task` is a step serviced by an external worker. `defineFlow` is the single code-first surface; the imperative `defineWorkflow` replay function is experimental/internal, not a recommended API. No diagram, no task-type wiring, no correlation plumbing authored by hand — and you can optionally auto-generate a diagram (DI) for the derived model with `declarativeToLayoutedBpmn` via the optional `bpmn-auto-layout` peer dependency. Talks to a running nanobpmn gateway through @nanobpm/nano-sdk (the shared engine-transport spine — ADR 0055), which negotiates the Falcon protocol on a Nano server and REST elsewhere.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
   },
   "sideEffects": false,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@nanobpm/nano-sdk": "^1.2.0"
+    "@nanobpm/nano-sdk": "^1.2.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
-    "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit",
+    "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit && tsc -p tsconfig.types.json",
     "test": "npm run build && npm run test:ci",
     "test:ci": "node --experimental-strip-types --test test/*.test.ts",
     "test:integration": "node --experimental-strip-types --test test/integration.test.ts",

package/src/declarative.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 // (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`) that compile to exclusive gateways + back-edges the
 // engine already runs (engine-core supports XOR gateways with in-order condition
 // evaluation and a default flow, and tasks with multiple incoming flows act as
-// an implicit XOR merge).
+// an implicit XOR merge), plus concurrency combinators — `parallel` (an AND
+// fork/join over parallel gateways) and `forEach` (a data-driven fan-out lowering
+// to a parallel/sequential multi-instance activity or sub-process).
 //
 //   const convergence = defineFlow(
 //     "convergence-loop",
@@ -71,9 +73,20 @@ type TypedHandler<V, R> = (job: {
 }) => Promise<R | void> | R | void;
 
 /** A block: the callback that populates a nested body (a case, arm, or loop). */
-type Block<C extends FlowContracts> = (b: FlowBuilder<C>) => void;
-
-export interface FlowBuilder<C extends FlowContracts = Record<string, never>> {
+type Block<C extends object> = (b: FlowBuilder<C>) => void;
+
+/** The typed builder for a flow body.
+ *
+ * `C` is the flow's contracts map (step name → `{ in, out }` envelopes). The
+ * default is `object`, NOT `Record<string, never>`: with a `never`-valued record
+ * `keyof C` is `string`, so `VarsOf`/`ResultOf` route EVERY step name into
+ * `InPayload<never>`/`OutPayload<never>`, which distribute over `never` to
+ * `never` — typing an untyped flow's `job.variables` as `never` and forcing its
+ * handler return to `void` (so no untyped flow that returns data compiles). With
+ * `object`, `keyof C` is `never`, so every step falls back to the intended
+ * `JsonObject`. The public `defineFlow<C extends FlowContracts>` overload keeps
+ * the stricter contracts constraint; this is only the untyped-builder default. */
+export interface FlowBuilder<C extends object = object> {
   /**
    * A durable activity served by a worker THIS program hosts (a BPMN service
    * task; the handler runs in the in-process `Worker`). If `name` is a key in
@@ -140,6 +153,41 @@ export interface FlowBuilder<C extends FlowContracts = Record<string, never>> {
    * the loop run once `break()` is reached.
    */
   loop(body: Block<C>): FlowBuilder<C>;
+  /**
+   * A static parallel fork/join (a pair of BPMN parallel gateways). Every block
+   * runs concurrently on its own branch; control continues past `parallel` only
+   * once ALL branches have reached the joining gateway (AND-join). Pass at least
+   * two branch blocks. Unlike `switch`/`branch` (exclusive choice), no branch is
+   * conditional — all of them run.
+   */
+  parallel(branches: Block<C>[]): FlowBuilder<C>;
+  /**
+   * A data-driven fan-out over a runtime collection (a BPMN parallel
+   * multi-instance activity). `collection` is a FEEL expression (no leading `=`)
+   * evaluating to a list; one child instance of `body` runs per item, with the
+   * item bound to the `itemVar` variable in the child's scope. A single-activity
+   * body attaches the multi-instance characteristics to that activity; a
+   * multi-step body is wrapped in an embedded multi-instance sub-process. Options:
+   *  - `sequential` — run children one at a time (a sequential MI) instead of all
+   *    at once (the default: a parallel MI).
+   *  - `outputCollection` / `outputElement` — collect each child's `outputElement`
+   *    (a FEEL expression, no leading `=`) into the `outputCollection` list
+   *    variable, in item order.
+   *  - `completionCondition` — a FEEL boolean (no leading `=`); when it holds
+   *    after a child completes, the remaining children are cancelled and the body
+   *    completes early.
+   */
+  forEach(
+    collection: string,
+    itemVar: string,
+    body: Block<C>,
+    opts?: {
+      sequential?: boolean;
+      outputCollection?: string;
+      outputElement?: string;
+      completionCondition?: string;
+    },
+  ): FlowBuilder<C>;
   /** Exit the enclosing loop (routes to whatever follows it). Only valid inside
    *  a `loop`. */
   break(): FlowBuilder<C>;
@@ -160,7 +208,7 @@ interface BuilderCtx {
 /** Ids the emitter generates for structural nodes / flows / messages. A step
  *  name that collides with one of these would produce a duplicate BPMN id and an
  *  invalid model, so reject them at authoring time. */
-const RESERVED_PREFIXES = /^(Gw_|Loop_|Msg_|f_)/;
+const RESERVED_PREFIXES = /^(Gw_|Loop_|Sub_|Msg_|f_)/;
 
 function claimName(ctx: BuilderCtx, id: string, name: string): void {
   assertIdent("step name", name);
@@ -169,7 +217,7 @@ function claimName(ctx: BuilderCtx, id: string, name: string): void {
   }
   if (RESERVED_PREFIXES.test(name)) {
     throw new Error(
-      `step name "${name}" uses a reserved prefix (Gw_/Loop_/Msg_/f_ are generated ids) in flow "${id}"`,
+      `step name "${name}" uses a reserved prefix (Gw_/Loop_/Sub_/Msg_/f_ are generated ids) in flow "${id}"`,
     );
   }
   if (ctx.seen.has(name)) throw new Error(`duplicate step name "${name}" in flow "${id}"`);
@@ -186,7 +234,7 @@ function contractEnvelopes(ctx: BuilderCtx, name: string): { in?: Envelope; out?
 /** Build a FlowBuilder that appends its nodes to `out`, sharing the flow-wide
  *  `ctx` (contracts, handler registry, name set, loop nesting). Structural
  *  combinators recurse with a fresh `out` array for each nested body. */
-function makeBuilder<C extends FlowContracts>(
+function makeBuilder<C extends object>(
   id: string,
   out: FlowNode[],
   ctx: BuilderCtx,
@@ -198,6 +246,15 @@ function makeBuilder<C extends FlowContracts>(
     fn(makeBuilder<C>(id, body, { ...ctx, loopDepth: depth }));
     return body;
   };
+  // A body that runs in its OWN token scope (an embedded sub-process): the
+  // enclosing loop is not reachable across the scope boundary, so `break`/
+  // `continue` inside it are rejected (loopDepth resets to 0). A `loop` declared
+  // INSIDE the body still works — it creates its own scope.
+  const childScoped = (fn: Block<C>): FlowNode[] => {
+    const body: FlowNode[] = [];
+    fn(makeBuilder<C>(id, body, { ...ctx, loopDepth: 0 }));
+    return body;
+  };
   const b = {
     run(name: string, handler: StepHandler): FlowBuilder<C> {
       claimName(ctx, id, name);
@@ -292,6 +349,81 @@ function makeBuilder<C extends FlowContracts>(
       out.push({ kind: "loop", body: child(body, true) });
       return b as unknown as FlowBuilder<C>;
     },
+    parallel(branches: Block<C>[]): FlowBuilder<C> {
+      if (!Array.isArray(branches) || branches.length < 2) {
+        throw new Error(`parallel() needs at least two branch blocks`);
+      }
+      for (const fn of branches) {
+        if (typeof fn !== "function") throw new Error(`parallel() branches must all be blocks (b) => {…}`);
+      }
+      // Each branch runs in its own token scope up to the AND-join, so a
+      // `break`/`continue` must not escape the fork/join into an enclosing
+      // loop. Scope branches (loopDepth resets to 0) so cross-boundary
+      // break/continue is rejected at build time, matching forEach.
+      out.push({ kind: "parallel", branches: branches.map((fn) => childScoped(fn)) });
+      return b as unknown as FlowBuilder<C>;
+    },
+    forEach(
+      collection: string,
+      itemVar: string,
+      body: Block<C>,
+      opts?: {
+        sequential?: boolean;
+        outputCollection?: string;
+        outputElement?: string;
+        completionCondition?: string;
+      },
+    ): FlowBuilder<C> {
+      if (typeof collection !== "string" || collection.trim() === "") {
+        throw new Error(`forEach() needs a non-empty FEEL collection expression`);
+      }
+      // Authors may paste a leading "=" (common in Zeebe FEEL examples). Strip
+      // it so the emitter's own "=" prefix never produces an invalid "==...".
+      const collExpr = collection.trim().replace(/^=/, "").trim();
+      if (collExpr === "") {
+        throw new Error(`forEach() collection expression is empty after stripping the leading "="`);
+      }
+      assertIdent("forEach itemVar", itemVar);
+      if (typeof body !== "function") throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") needs a body function`);
+      const nodes = childScoped(body);
+      if (nodes.length === 0) throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") body declared no steps`);
+      const node: Extract<FlowNode, { kind: "forEach" }> = {
+        kind: "forEach",
+        collection: collExpr,
+        itemVar,
+        body: nodes,
+      };
+      if (opts?.sequential) node.sequential = true;
+      if (opts?.outputCollection !== undefined) {
+        assertIdent("forEach outputCollection", opts.outputCollection);
+        node.outputCollection = opts.outputCollection;
+      }
+      if (opts?.outputElement !== undefined) {
+        if (typeof opts.outputElement !== "string" || opts.outputElement.trim() === "") {
+          throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") outputElement must be a non-empty FEEL expression`);
+        }
+        const outEl = opts.outputElement.trim().replace(/^=/, "").trim();
+        if (outEl === "") {
+          throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") outputElement is empty after stripping the leading "="`);
+        }
+        node.outputElement = outEl;
+      }
+      if (opts?.completionCondition !== undefined) {
+        if (typeof opts.completionCondition !== "string" || opts.completionCondition.trim() === "") {
+          throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") completionCondition must be a non-empty FEEL expression`);
+        }
+        const compCond = opts.completionCondition.trim().replace(/^=/, "").trim();
+        if (compCond === "") {
+          throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") completionCondition is empty after stripping the leading "="`);
+        }
+        node.completionCondition = compCond;
+      }
+      if (node.outputElement && !node.outputCollection) {
+        throw new Error(`forEach("${itemVar}") outputElement needs an outputCollection to collect into`);
+      }
+      out.push(node);
+      return b as unknown as FlowBuilder<C>;
+    },
     break(): FlowBuilder<C> {
       if (ctx.loopDepth === 0) throw new Error(`break() is only valid inside a loop`);
       out.push({ kind: "break" });
@@ -360,6 +492,12 @@ export function walkNodes(nodes: FlowNode[], visit: (n: FlowNode) => void): void
       case "loop":
         walkNodes(n.body, visit);
         break;
+      case "parallel":
+        for (const branch of n.branches) walkNodes(branch, visit);
+        break;
+      case "forEach":
+        walkNodes(n.body, visit);
+        break;
       default:
         break;
     }
@@ -391,6 +529,9 @@ interface RenderNode {
   render(incoming: string[], outgoing: string[]): string;
   /** For exclusive gateways: the flow id of the unconditional default edge. */
   defaultFlow?: string;
+  /** Id of the embedded sub-process this node lives in, or undefined at the
+   *  top level (the root process). */
+  scope?: string;
 }
 
 interface Edge {
@@ -399,6 +540,9 @@ interface Edge {
   to?: string;
   condition?: string;
   name?: string;
+  /** The scope (sub-process id, or undefined = root process) this flow is
+   *  nested in — so it renders inside the right container. */
+  scope?: string;
 }
 
 interface LoopCtx {
@@ -411,13 +555,29 @@ class Compiler {
   private readonly edges: Edge[] = [];
   /** envelope name → its fields, deduped for lifting to a single nano:shape. */
   private readonly envelopes = new Map<string, EnvelopeField[]>();
+  /** The stack of open sub-process scopes; `.at(-1)` is the current scope (a
+   *  node/edge created now nests inside it). Empty at the top level. */
+  private readonly scopeStack: string[] = [];
+  /** Edges with a resolved target, indexed in `compile()` before rendering so a
+   *  sub-process can render its own nested scope. */
+  private live: Edge[] = [];
   private seq = 0;
   private gw = 0;
 
   constructor(private readonly flow: DeclarativeFlow) {}
 
+  private currentScope(): string | undefined {
+    return this.scopeStack.length ? this.scopeStack[this.scopeStack.length - 1] : undefined;
+  }
+
   private newEdge(from: string, opts: { condition?: string; name?: string } = {}): Edge {
-    const e: Edge = { id: `f_${this.seq++}`, from, condition: opts.condition, name: opts.name };
+    const e: Edge = {
+      id: `f_${this.seq++}`,
+      from,
+      condition: opts.condition,
+      name: opts.name,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
+    };
     this.edges.push(e);
     return e;
   }
@@ -440,7 +600,7 @@ class Compiler {
     this.envelopes.set(env.name, env.fields);
   }
 
-  private addServiceTask(node: { name: string; envelopes?: NodeEnvelopes; jobType?: string }): void {
+  private addServiceTask(node: { name: string; envelopes?: NodeEnvelopes; jobType?: string }, mi = ""): void {
     const type = node.jobType ?? jobType(this.flow.id, node.name);
     this.recordEnvelope(node.envelopes?.in);
     this.recordEnvelope(node.envelopes?.out);
@@ -455,11 +615,13 @@ class Compiler {
     const id = node.name;
     this.nodes.push({
       id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
       render: (inc, outg) =>
         `    <bpmn:serviceTask id="${escapeXml(id)}" name="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
         ext +
         "\n" +
         incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
+        mi +
         `    </bpmn:serviceTask>`,
     });
   }
@@ -469,6 +631,7 @@ class Compiler {
     const msgId = `Msg_${id}`;
     this.nodes.push({
       id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
       render: (inc, outg) =>
         `    <bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}" name="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
         incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
@@ -485,6 +648,7 @@ class Compiler {
         : `        <bpmn:timeDate>${escapeXml(node.at as string)}</bpmn:timeDate>\n`;
     this.nodes.push({
       id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
       render: (inc, outg) =>
         `    <bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}" name="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
         incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
@@ -498,6 +662,7 @@ class Compiler {
   private addGateway(id: string, name?: string): RenderNode {
     const gwNode: RenderNode = {
       id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
       render: (inc, outg) => {
         const def = gwNode.defaultFlow ? ` default="${gwNode.defaultFlow}"` : "";
         const nm = name ? ` name="${escapeXml(name)}"` : "";
@@ -512,6 +677,73 @@ class Compiler {
     return gwNode;
   }
 
+  private addParallelGateway(id: string): RenderNode {
+    const node: RenderNode = {
+      id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
+      render: (inc, outg) =>
+        `    <bpmn:parallelGateway id="${id}">\n` + incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) + `    </bpmn:parallelGateway>`,
+    };
+    this.nodes.push(node);
+    return node;
+  }
+
+  private addPlainStart(id: string): void {
+    this.nodes.push({
+      id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
+      render: (_inc, outg) => `    <bpmn:startEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}">${outgoingOnly(outg)}</bpmn:startEvent>`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  private addPlainEnd(id: string): void {
+    this.nodes.push({
+      id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
+      render: (inc) => `    <bpmn:endEvent id="${escapeXml(id)}">${incomingOnly(inc)}</bpmn:endEvent>`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** An embedded sub-process whose body renders nested in its own scope, with the
+   *  given multi-instance characteristics lifted onto it. */
+  private addSubProcess(id: string, mi: string): RenderNode {
+    const node: RenderNode = {
+      id,
+      scope: this.currentScope(),
+      render: (inc, outg) =>
+        `    <bpmn:subProcess id="${escapeXml(id)}">\n` +
+        incomingOutgoing(inc, outg) +
+        mi +
+        this.renderScope(id) +
+        `\n    </bpmn:subProcess>`,
+    };
+    this.nodes.push(node);
+    return node;
+  }
+
+  /** The `<bpmn:multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics>` block for a `forEach` node —
+   *  the same shape whether lifted onto a leaf service task or a sub-process. */
+  private miCharacteristics(node: Extract<FlowNode, { kind: "forEach" }>): string {
+    const seq = node.sequential ? "true" : "false";
+    const attrs = [
+      `inputCollection="${escapeXml(`=${node.collection}`)}"`,
+      `inputElement="${escapeXml(node.itemVar)}"`,
+    ];
+    if (node.outputCollection) attrs.push(`outputCollection="${escapeXml(node.outputCollection)}"`);
+    if (node.outputElement) attrs.push(`outputElement="${escapeXml(`=${node.outputElement}`)}"`);
+    const completion = node.completionCondition
+      ? `      <bpmn:completionCondition>${escapeXml(`=${node.completionCondition}`)}</bpmn:completionCondition>\n`
+      : "";
+    return (
+      `      <bpmn:multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics isSequential="${seq}">\n` +
+      `        <bpmn:extensionElements>\n` +
+      `          <zeebe:loopCharacteristics ${attrs.join(" ")} />\n` +
+      `        </bpmn:extensionElements>\n` +
+      completion +
+      `      </bpmn:multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics>\n`
+    );
+  }
+
   private emitList(list: FlowNode[], incoming: Edge[], loop: LoopCtx | null): Edge[] {
     let cur = incoming;
     for (const node of list) cur = this.emitNode(node, cur, loop);
@@ -587,9 +819,65 @@ class Compiler {
         this.connect(incoming, loop.headId);
         return [];
       }
+      case "parallel": {
+        // A diverging parallel gateway forks a token onto every branch; a
+        // converging one joins them (AND-join) into a single continuation.
+        const splitId = `Gw_${this.gw++}`;
+        this.addParallelGateway(splitId);
+        this.connect(incoming, splitId);
+        const joinId = `Gw_${this.gw++}`;
+        this.addParallelGateway(joinId);
+        for (const branch of node.branches) {
+          const e = this.newEdge(splitId);
+          const branchOut = this.emitList(branch, [e], loop);
+          this.connect(branchOut, joinId);
+        }
+        return [this.newEdge(joinId)];
+      }
+      case "forEach": {
+        const mi = this.miCharacteristics(node);
+        const only = node.body.length === 1 ? node.body[0] : undefined;
+        // A single service-task body carries the MI characteristics directly; a
+        // multi-step body is wrapped in an embedded MI sub-process (its own token
+        // scope, with its own start/end).
+        if (only && (only.kind === "run" || only.kind === "task")) {
+          this.addServiceTask(only, mi);
+          this.connect(incoming, only.name);
+          return [this.newEdge(only.name)];
+        }
+        const subId = `Sub_${this.gw++}`;
+        this.addSubProcess(subId, mi);
+        this.connect(incoming, subId);
+        this.scopeStack.push(subId);
+        const startId = `${subId}_start`;
+        this.addPlainStart(startId);
+        const innerOut = this.emitList(node.body, [this.newEdge(startId)], null);
+        const endId = `${subId}_end`;
+        this.addPlainEnd(endId);
+        this.connect(innerOut, endId);
+        this.scopeStack.pop();
+        return [this.newEdge(subId)];
+      }
     }
   }
 
+  /** Render every node + sequence flow that belongs to `scope` (undefined = the
+   *  root process, a sub-process id otherwise). Called for the process body and,
+   *  recursively, from each sub-process's render closure. */
+  private renderScope(scope: string | undefined): string {
+    const incomingOf = (id: string) => this.live.filter((e) => e.to === id).map((e) => e.id);
+    const outgoingOf = (id: string) => this.live.filter((e) => e.from === id).map((e) => e.id);
+    const nodeXml = this.nodes
+      .filter((n) => n.scope === scope)
+      .map((n) => n.render(incomingOf(n.id), outgoingOf(n.id)))
+      .join("\n");
+    const flowXml = this.live
+      .filter((e) => e.scope === scope)
+      .map((e) => sequenceFlow(e))
+      .join("\n");
+    return nodeXml + (nodeXml && flowXml ? "\n" : "") + flowXml;
+  }
+
   /** Render the Start event — a plain none start, or a timer start when the
    *  flow declared `startOn(...)`. */
   private renderStart(outg: string[]): string {
@@ -626,12 +914,9 @@ class Compiler {
     this.connect(finalDanglers, "End");
 
     // A sequence flow needs both ends; drop any edge that never got a target.
-    const live = this.edges.filter((e) => e.to !== undefined);
-    const incomingOf = (id: string) => live.filter((e) => e.to === id).map((e) => e.id);
-    const outgoingOf = (id: string) => live.filter((e) => e.from === id).map((e) => e.id);
+    this.live = this.edges.filter((e) => e.to !== undefined);
 
-    const nodeXml = this.nodes.map((n) => n.render(incomingOf(n.id), outgoingOf(n.id))).join("\n");
-    const flowXml = live.map((e) => sequenceFlow(e)).join("\n");
+    const bodyXml = this.renderScope(undefined);
     const messageXml = this.emitMessages();
     const shapeXml = this.emitShapes();
 
@@ -643,9 +928,7 @@ class Compiler {
       `id="Definitions_${escapeXml(this.flow.id)}" targetNamespace="http://bpmn.io/schema/bpmn">\n` +
       `  <bpmn:process id="${escapeXml(this.flow.id)}" name="${escapeXml(this.flow.id)}" isExecutable="true">\n` +
       (shapeXml ? shapeXml + "\n" : "") +
-      nodeXml +
-      "\n" +
-      flowXml +
+      bodyXml +
       "\n" +
       `  </bpmn:process>\n` +
       messageXml +

package/src/types.ts

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ export interface Job<V extends JsonObject = JsonObject> {
 // --- Declarative surface (Strategy A: compile a step tree to a BPMN model) ----
 //
 // A flow is a TREE of nodes, not a flat list: leaf activities (`run`/`task`/
-// `signal`) plus structural combinators (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`) that compile
-// to real XOR gateways and back-edges. See declarative.ts for the compiler.
+// `signal`) plus structural combinators (`switch`/`branch`/`loop` — XOR gateways
+// + back-edges — and `parallel`/`forEach` — parallel gateways + multi-instance)
+// that compile to real BPMN the engine runs. See declarative.ts for the compiler.
 
 /** The input/output data envelopes lifted onto an activity node. */
 export interface NodeEnvelopes {
@@ -58,7 +59,24 @@ export type FlowNode =
   | { kind: "branch"; condition: string; then: FlowNode[]; else?: FlowNode[] }
   | { kind: "loop"; body: FlowNode[] }
   | { kind: "break" }
-  | { kind: "continue" };
+  | { kind: "continue" }
+  | { kind: "parallel"; branches: FlowNode[][] }
+  | {
+      kind: "forEach";
+      /** FEEL expression evaluating to the list to fan out over. */
+      collection: string;
+      /** Variable each item is bound to in the child's scope (`inputElement`). */
+      itemVar: string;
+      body: FlowNode[];
+      /** Run children one at a time (sequential MI) instead of all at once. */
+      sequential?: boolean;
+      /** List variable that each child's `outputElement` is collected into. */
+      outputCollection?: string;
+      /** FEEL expression producing each child's contribution to `outputCollection`. */
+      outputElement?: string;
+      /** FEEL boolean that, once true, completes the body early. */
+      completionCondition?: string;
+    };
 
 /** A timer intermediate-catch definition: exactly one of `after` (an ISO-8601
  *  delay or FEEL expression) or `at` (an absolute instant or FEEL expression).

package/src/worker.ts

@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ export class Worker {
     } else {
       // Walk the flow tree; only `run` steps are hosted locally. `signal`
       // (message catch) and `task` (external worker) contribute no in-process
-      // route, and structural combinators (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`) are pure
-      // routing with no job of their own.
+      // route, and structural combinators (`switch`/`branch`/`loop`/`parallel`/
+      // `forEach`) are pure routing with no job of their own — but the `run`
+      // steps NESTED inside them are hosted, since `walkNodes` recurses.
       walkNodes(wf.steps, (s) => {
         if (s.kind !== "run") return;
         const handler = wf.handlers[s.name];