feat(workflows): new workflow block card, progress indicator, colors, dsl for natural language preview, retry configs

.agents/skills/add-block/SKILL.md

@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ export const {ServiceName}Block: BlockConfig = {
 // Auth mode
  authMode: AuthMode.OAuth, // or AuthMode.ApiKey
 
+// Card summary sentences — see "Canvas Sentences" below
+ canvasPresentation: {
+ defaultTitle: '{Default Operation}',
+ sentences: { byOperation: { /* one per operation dropdown option id */ } },
+ },
+
  subBlocks: [
 // Define all UI fields here
  ],
@@ -945,6 +951,35 @@ Derive templates from the service's real use cases. Each prompt should name a co
 -**Ground every skill in operations the block actually exposes** — cross-check each skill's steps against `tools.access`. Never describe an action the integration cannot perform.
 -**Derive skills from real, popular use cases found online — never invent them.** Web-search the service's documented use cases (vendor use-case/solutions pages, official docs describing the workflow, reputable "top automations for X" articles) and only add a skill you can source as something people genuinely do with the service. Do not hallucinate skills.
 
+## Canvas Sentences
+
+Every block declares a one-line prose summary that replaces its card's field rows:
+
+```
+Slack ← header (already names the block)
+Posts ⟨Ship it 🚀⟩ to ⟨#eng⟩ ← the sentence; ⟨…⟩ are live value chips
+```
+
+Write one `byOperation` entry per operation dropdown option (or a single `default`
+when the block has no operation dropdown).
+
+**The full authoring contract — voice, structure, and the two mistakes that break
+cards silently — is `apps/sim/blocks/AGENTS.md` → "Canvas sentences". Read it
+before writing any.** The two failures worth repeating here, because both are
+invisible at runtime:
+
+1. A clause naming only one member of a `canonicalParamId` pair drops the sentence
+ for every advanced-mode user. List all members:
+`field: ['channelSelector', 'manualChannel']`.
+2. A clause referencing a subblock whose `condition` excludes that operation can
+ never render.
+
+Validate before finishing:
+
+```bash
+bun run apps/sim/scripts/check-canvas-sentences.ts --block={service}
+```
+
 ## Generated artifacts
 
 Adding a block on its own needs no **tool metadata** regeneration — a block references existing
@@ -963,7 +998,6 @@ bun run integration-catalog:check
 The catalog check independently derives deployment metadata from the executable block registry and
 compares it with the committed `apps/sim/lib/integrations/integrations.json`. Review the generated
 diff and keep only intentional changes.
-
 ## Checklist Before Finishing
 
 -[ ]`integrationType` is set to the correct `IntegrationType` enum value
@@ -991,6 +1025,7 @@ diff and keep only intentional changes.
 -[ ] Exported `{Service}BlockMeta` with at least 7 templates
 -[ ]`url` set on `{Service}BlockMeta` to the external service's verified homepage (omit only for first-party blocks with no external service)
 -[ ]`skills` added to `{Service}BlockMeta`, each grounded in `tools.access` and sourced from a real online use case (not invented)
+-[ ]`canvasPresentation.sentences` covers every operation, and `bun run apps/sim/scripts/check-canvas-sentences.ts --block={service}` passes with 100% coverage
 
 ## Final Validation (Required)
 

.claude/commands/add-block.md

@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ export const {ServiceName}Block: BlockConfig = {
  // Auth mode
  authMode: AuthMode.OAuth, // or AuthMode.ApiKey
 
+ // Card summary sentences — see "Canvas Sentences" below
+ canvasPresentation: {
+ defaultTitle: '{Default Operation}',
+ sentences: { byOperation: { /* one per operation dropdown option id */ } },
+ },
+
  subBlocks: [
  // Define all UI fields here
  ],
@@ -944,6 +950,35 @@ Derive templates from the service's real use cases. Each prompt should name a co
 - **Ground every skill in operations the block actually exposes** — cross-check each skill's steps against `tools.access`. Never describe an action the integration cannot perform.
 - **Derive skills from real, popular use cases found online — never invent them.** Web-search the service's documented use cases (vendor use-case/solutions pages, official docs describing the workflow, reputable "top automations for X" articles) and only add a skill you can source as something people genuinely do with the service. Do not hallucinate skills.
 
+## Canvas Sentences
+
+Every block declares a one-line prose summary that replaces its card's field rows:
+
+```
+Slack ← header (already names the block)
+Posts ⟨Ship it 🚀⟩ to ⟨#eng⟩ ← the sentence; ⟨…⟩ are live value chips
+```
+
+Write one `byOperation` entry per operation dropdown option (or a single `default`
+when the block has no operation dropdown).
+
+**The full authoring contract — voice, structure, and the two mistakes that break
+cards silently — is `apps/sim/blocks/AGENTS.md` → "Canvas sentences". Read it
+before writing any.** The two failures worth repeating here, because both are
+invisible at runtime:
+
+1. A clause naming only one member of a `canonicalParamId` pair drops the sentence
+ for every advanced-mode user. List all members:
+ `field: ['channelSelector', 'manualChannel']`.
+2. A clause referencing a subblock whose `condition` excludes that operation can
+ never render.
+
+Validate before finishing:
+
+```bash
+bun run apps/sim/scripts/check-canvas-sentences.ts --block={service}
+```
+
 ## Generated artifacts
 
 Adding a block on its own needs no **tool metadata** regeneration — a block references existing
@@ -962,7 +997,6 @@ bun run integration-catalog:check
 The catalog check independently derives deployment metadata from the executable block registry and
 compares it with the committed `apps/sim/lib/integrations/integrations.json`. Review the generated
 diff and keep only intentional changes.
-
 ## Checklist Before Finishing
 
 - [ ] `integrationType` is set to the correct `IntegrationType` enum value
@@ -990,6 +1024,7 @@ diff and keep only intentional changes.
 - [ ] Exported `{Service}BlockMeta` with at least 7 templates
 - [ ] `url` set on `{Service}BlockMeta` to the external service's verified homepage (omit only for first-party blocks with no external service)
 - [ ] `skills` added to `{Service}BlockMeta`, each grounded in `tools.access` and sourced from a real online use case (not invented)
+- [ ] `canvasPresentation.sentences` covers every operation, and `bun run apps/sim/scripts/check-canvas-sentences.ts --block={service}` passes with 100% coverage
 
 ## Final Validation (Required)
 

.cursor/commands/add-block.md

@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ export const {ServiceName}Block: BlockConfig = {
  // Auth mode
  authMode: AuthMode.OAuth, // or AuthMode.ApiKey
 
+ // Card summary sentences — see "Canvas Sentences" below
+ canvasPresentation: {
+ defaultTitle: '{Default Operation}',
+ sentences: { byOperation: { /* one per operation dropdown option id */ } },
+ },
+
  subBlocks: [
  // Define all UI fields here
  ],
@@ -939,6 +945,35 @@ Derive templates from the service's real use cases. Each prompt should name a co
 - **Ground every skill in operations the block actually exposes** — cross-check each skill's steps against `tools.access`. Never describe an action the integration cannot perform.
 - **Derive skills from real, popular use cases found online — never invent them.** Web-search the service's documented use cases (vendor use-case/solutions pages, official docs describing the workflow, reputable "top automations for X" articles) and only add a skill you can source as something people genuinely do with the service. Do not hallucinate skills.
 
+## Canvas Sentences
+
+Every block declares a one-line prose summary that replaces its card's field rows:
+
+```
+Slack ← header (already names the block)
+Posts ⟨Ship it 🚀⟩ to ⟨#eng⟩ ← the sentence; ⟨…⟩ are live value chips
+```
+
+Write one `byOperation` entry per operation dropdown option (or a single `default`
+when the block has no operation dropdown).
+
+**The full authoring contract — voice, structure, and the two mistakes that break
+cards silently — is `apps/sim/blocks/AGENTS.md` → "Canvas sentences". Read it
+before writing any.** The two failures worth repeating here, because both are
+invisible at runtime:
+
+1. A clause naming only one member of a `canonicalParamId` pair drops the sentence
+ for every advanced-mode user. List all members:
+ `field: ['channelSelector', 'manualChannel']`.
+2. A clause referencing a subblock whose `condition` excludes that operation can
+ never render.
+
+Validate before finishing:
+
+```bash
+bun run apps/sim/scripts/check-canvas-sentences.ts --block={service}
+```
+
 ## Generated artifacts
 
 Adding a block on its own needs no **tool metadata** regeneration — a block references existing
@@ -957,7 +992,6 @@ bun run integration-catalog:check
 The catalog check independently derives deployment metadata from the executable block registry and
 compares it with the committed `apps/sim/lib/integrations/integrations.json`. Review the generated
 diff and keep only intentional changes.
-
 ## Checklist Before Finishing
 
 - [ ] `integrationType` is set to the correct `IntegrationType` enum value
@@ -985,6 +1019,7 @@ diff and keep only intentional changes.
 - [ ] Exported `{Service}BlockMeta` with at least 7 templates
 - [ ] `url` set on `{Service}BlockMeta` to the external service's verified homepage (omit only for first-party blocks with no external service)
 - [ ] `skills` added to `{Service}BlockMeta`, each grounded in `tools.access` and sourced from a real online use case (not invented)
+- [ ] `canvasPresentation.sentences` covers every operation, and `bun run apps/sim/scripts/check-canvas-sentences.ts --block={service}` passes with 100% coverage
 
 ## Final Validation (Required)