CLI Tool

The @flowcraft/cli package provides a command-line interface for workflow observability and debugging.

Installation

npm install -g @flowcraft/cli
# or run with `npx @flowcraft/cli`

Inspect Workflow Executions

Inspect a completed workflow execution to see its timeline, node executions, and final state:

# Inspect using SQLite history
flowcraft inspect <run_id> --database ./workflow-events.db

# Inspect using PostgreSQL history
flowcraft inspect <run_id> \
  --host localhost \
  --port 5432 \
  --user flowcraft \
  --password password \
  --dbname flowcraft

# Output in JSON format
flowcraft inspect <run_id> --database ./events.db --json

Example Output

🚀 Workflow Execution Summary
─────────────────────────────────────────────────
Run ID: run_abc123
Blueprint: order-processing-workflow
Status: Completed

📊 Execution Statistics
─────────────────────────────
Total Events: 24
Nodes Started: 5
Nodes Completed: 5
Nodes Failed: 0

⏱️  Node Execution Timeline
───────────────────────────────────────
┌─────────────┬───────────┬──────────┐
│ Node ID     │ Status    │ Duration │
├─────────────┼───────────┼──────────┤
│ validate    │ Completed │ ~        │
│ process     │ Completed │ ~        │
│ ship        │ Completed │ ~        │
│ notify      │ Completed │ ~        │
│ complete    │ Completed │ ~        │
└─────────────┴───────────┴──────────┘

📋 Final Context
───────────────────
orderId: ORD-2024-001
status: shipped
trackingNumber: 1Z999AA1234567890
customerEmail: customer@example.com

Commands

flowcraft inspect <run_id>

Inspect a workflow execution and display detailed information including:

• Execution Summary: Run ID, blueprint, status, and error counts
• Statistics: Total events, node execution counts
• Node Timeline: Execution status and timing for each node
• Final Context: Key-value pairs from the workflow's final state

Options

• --database <path>: Path to SQLite database file
• --host <host>: PostgreSQL host
• --port <port>: PostgreSQL port (default: 5432)
• --user <user>: PostgreSQL username
• --password <password>: PostgreSQL password
• --dbname <dbname>: PostgreSQL database name
• --table <table>: History table name (default: 'flowcraft_events')
• --json: Output raw event data in JSON format

Configuration

The CLI connects to your history backend to retrieve workflow events. You can configure the connection in several ways (in order of precedence):

1. Command Line Options

SQLite Backend

flowcraft inspect <run_id> --database ./workflow-events.db

PostgreSQL Backend

flowcraft inspect <run_id> \
  --host localhost \
  --port 5432 \
  --user flowcraft \
  --password password \
  --dbname flowcraft \
  --table workflow_events

2. Environment Variables

SQLite

export FLOWCRAFT_HISTORY_TYPE=sqlite
export FLOWCRAFT_SQLITE_PATH=./workflow-events.db

PostgreSQL

export FLOWCRAFT_HISTORY_TYPE=postgres
export FLOWCRAFT_POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
export FLOWCRAFT_POSTGRES_PORT=5432
export FLOWCRAFT_POSTGRES_USER=flowcraft
export FLOWCRAFT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
export FLOWCRAFT_POSTGRES_DB=flowcraft
export FLOWCRAFT_POSTGRES_TABLE=workflow_events  # optional

3. Configuration File

Create a .flowcraft.json file in your project directory or ~/.flowcraft/config.json:

SQLite Configuration

{
	"history": {
		"type": "sqlite",
		"sqlite": {
			"databasePath": "./workflow-events.db"
		}
	}
}

PostgreSQL Configuration

{
	"history": {
		"type": "postgres",
		"postgres": {
			"host": "localhost",
			"port": 5432,
			"user": "flowcraft",
			"password": "password",
			"database": "flowcraft",
			"tableName": "workflow_events"
		}
	}
}

Roadmap

• Track duration of workflow executions
• flowcraft list: List recent workflow executions
• flowcraft reconcile <run_id>: Trigger reconciliation for stuck workflows
• flowcraft inspect --web: Launch web UI for richer visualization
• flowcraft compare <run_id-1> <run_id-2>: Compare two workflow executions