fix(agent-tool): fix workflow tool in agent to respect user-provided params, added badge for deployment status (#2705)

* fix(agent-tool): fix workflow tool in agent to respect user-provided params, added badge for deployment status

* ack PR comment

* updated gh stars

Author: waleedlatif1

apps/sim/app/(landing)/components/nav/nav.tsx

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface NavProps {
 }
 
 export default function Nav({ hideAuthButtons = false, variant = 'landing' }: NavProps = {}) {
-  const [githubStars, setGithubStars] = useState('24.4k')
+  const [githubStars, setGithubStars] = useState('25.1k')
   const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false)
   const [isLoginHovered, setIsLoginHovered] = useState(false)
   const router = useRouter()

apps/sim/app/chat/[identifier]/chat.tsx

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export default function ChatClient({ identifier }: { identifier: string }) {
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const messagesEndRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
   const messagesContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const [starCount, setStarCount] = useState('24.4k')
+  const [starCount, setStarCount] = useState('25.1k')
   const [conversationId, setConversationId] = useState('')
 
   const [showScrollButton, setShowScrollButton] = useState(false)

apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tool-input/tool-input.tsx

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tool-input/components/custom-tool-modal/custom-tool-modal'
 import { ToolCredentialSelector } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tool-input/components/tool-credential-selector'
 import { useSubBlockValue } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel/components/editor/components/sub-block/hooks/use-sub-block-value'
+import { useChildDeployment } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/workflow-block/hooks/use-child-deployment'
 import { getAllBlocks } from '@/blocks'
 import {
   type CustomTool as CustomToolDefinition,
@@ -582,6 +583,8 @@ function WorkflowSelectorSyncWrapper({
       onChange={onChange}
       placeholder={uiComponent.placeholder || 'Select workflow'}
       disabled={disabled || isLoading}
+      searchable
+      searchPlaceholder='Search workflows...'
     />
   )
 }
@@ -752,6 +755,81 @@ function CodeEditorSyncWrapper({
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Badge component showing deployment status for workflow tools
+ */
+function WorkflowToolDeployBadge({
+  workflowId,
+  onDeploySuccess,
+}: {
+  workflowId: string
+  onDeploySuccess?: () => void
+}) {
+  const { isDeployed, needsRedeploy, isLoading, refetch } = useChildDeployment(workflowId)
+  const [isDeploying, setIsDeploying] = useState(false)
+
+  const deployWorkflow = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (isDeploying || !workflowId) return
+
+    try {
+      setIsDeploying(true)
+      const response = await fetch(`/api/workflows/${workflowId}/deploy`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          deployChatEnabled: false,
+        }),
+      })
+
+      if (response.ok) {
+        refetch()
+        onDeploySuccess?.()
+      } else {
+        logger.error('Failed to deploy workflow')
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error('Error deploying workflow:', error)
+    } finally {
+      setIsDeploying(false)
+    }
+  }, [isDeploying, workflowId, refetch, onDeploySuccess])
+
+  if (isLoading || (isDeployed && !needsRedeploy)) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  if (typeof isDeployed !== 'boolean') {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip.Root>
+      <Tooltip.Trigger asChild>
+        <Badge
+          variant={!isDeployed ? 'red' : 'amber'}
+          className='cursor-pointer'
+          size='sm'
+          dot
+          onClick={(e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+            e.stopPropagation()
+            e.preventDefault()
+            if (!isDeploying) {
+              deployWorkflow()
+            }
+          }}
+        >
+          {isDeploying ? 'Deploying...' : !isDeployed ? 'undeployed' : 'redeploy'}
+        </Badge>
+      </Tooltip.Trigger>
+      <Tooltip.Content>
+        <span className='text-sm'>{!isDeployed ? 'Click to deploy' : 'Click to redeploy'}</span>
+      </Tooltip.Content>
+    </Tooltip.Root>
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * Set of built-in tool types that are core platform tools.
  *
@@ -2219,10 +2297,15 @@ export function ToolInput({
                               {getIssueBadgeLabel(issue)}
                             </Badge>
                           </Tooltip.Trigger>
-                          <Tooltip.Content>{issue.message}: click to open settings</Tooltip.Content>
+                          <Tooltip.Content>
+                            <span className='text-sm'>{issue.message}: click to open settings</span>
+                          </Tooltip.Content>
                         </Tooltip.Root>
                       )
                     })()}
+                  {tool.type === 'workflow' && tool.params?.workflowId && (
+                    <WorkflowToolDeployBadge workflowId={tool.params.workflowId} />
+                  )}
                 </div>
                 <div className='flex flex-shrink-0 items-center gap-[8px]'>
                   {supportsToolControl && !(isMcpTool && isMcpToolUnavailable(tool)) && (

apps/sim/tools/workflow/executor.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { workflowExecutorTool } from '@/tools/workflow/executor'
+
+describe('workflowExecutorTool', () => {
+  describe('request.body', () => {
+    const buildBody = workflowExecutorTool.request.body!
+
+    it.concurrent('should pass through object inputMapping unchanged (LLM-provided args)', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', age: 30 },
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', age: 30 },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should parse JSON string inputMapping (UI-provided via tool-input)', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '{"firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe"}',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe' },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should handle nested objects in JSON string inputMapping', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '{"user": {"name": "John", "email": "john@example.com"}, "count": 5}',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { user: { name: 'John', email: 'john@example.com' }, count: 5 },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should handle arrays in JSON string inputMapping', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '{"tags": ["a", "b", "c"], "ids": [1, 2, 3]}',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { tags: ['a', 'b', 'c'], ids: [1, 2, 3] },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should default to empty object when inputMapping is undefined', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: undefined,
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: {},
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should default to empty object when inputMapping is null', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: null as any,
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: {},
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should fallback to empty object for invalid JSON string', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: 'not valid json {',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: {},
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should fallback to empty object for empty string', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: {},
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should handle empty object inputMapping', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: {},
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: {},
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should handle empty JSON object string', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '{}',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: {},
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should preserve special characters in string values', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '{"message": "Hello\\nWorld", "path": "C:\\\\Users"}',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { message: 'Hello\nWorld', path: 'C:\\Users' },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should handle unicode characters in JSON string', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: '{"greeting": "こんにちは", "emoji": "👋"}',
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { greeting: 'こんにちは', emoji: '👋' },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should not modify object with string values that look like JSON', () => {
+      const params = {
+        workflowId: 'test-workflow-id',
+        inputMapping: { data: '{"nested": "json"}' },
+      }
+
+      const result = buildBody(params)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        input: { data: '{"nested": "json"}' },
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('request.url', () => {
+    it.concurrent('should build correct URL with workflowId', () => {
+      const url = workflowExecutorTool.request.url as (params: any) => string
+
+      expect(url({ workflowId: 'abc-123' })).toBe('/api/workflows/abc-123/execute')
+      expect(url({ workflowId: 'my-workflow' })).toBe('/api/workflows/my-workflow/execute')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('tool metadata', () => {
+    it.concurrent('should have correct id', () => {
+      expect(workflowExecutorTool.id).toBe('workflow_executor')
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should have required workflowId param', () => {
+      expect(workflowExecutorTool.params.workflowId.required).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should have optional inputMapping param', () => {
+      expect(workflowExecutorTool.params.inputMapping.required).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it.concurrent('should use POST method', () => {
+      expect(workflowExecutorTool.request.method).toBe('POST')
+    })
+  })
+})

apps/sim/tools/workflow/executor.ts

@@ -33,11 +33,21 @@ export const workflowExecutorTool: ToolConfig<
     url: (params: WorkflowExecutorParams) => `/api/workflows/${params.workflowId}/execute`,
     method: 'POST',
     headers: () => ({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }),
-    body: (params: WorkflowExecutorParams) => ({
-      input: params.inputMapping || {},
-      triggerType: 'api',
-      useDraftState: false,
-    }),
+    body: (params: WorkflowExecutorParams) => {
+      let inputData = params.inputMapping || {}
+      if (typeof inputData === 'string') {
+        try {
+          inputData = JSON.parse(inputData)
+        } catch {
+          inputData = {}
+        }
+      }
+      return {
+        input: inputData,
+        triggerType: 'api',
+        useDraftState: false,
+      }
+    },
   },
   transformResponse: async (response: Response) => {
     const data = await response.json()