// Package beads molecule support - composable workflow templates. package beads import ( "fmt" "regexp" "strings" ) // MoleculeStep represents a parsed step from a molecule definition. type MoleculeStep struct { Ref string // Step reference (from "## Step: ") Title string // Step title (first non-empty line or ref) Instructions string // Prose instructions for this step Needs []string // Step refs this step depends on Tier string // Optional tier hint: haiku, sonnet, opus } // stepHeaderRegex matches "## Step: " with optional whitespace. var stepHeaderRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^##\s*Step:\s*(\S+)\s*$`) // needsLineRegex matches "Needs: step1, step2, ..." lines. var needsLineRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^Needs:\s*(.+)$`) // tierLineRegex matches "Tier: haiku|sonnet|opus" lines. var tierLineRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^Tier:\s*(haiku|sonnet|opus)\s*$`) // templateVarRegex matches {{variable}} placeholders. var templateVarRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\{\{(\w+)\}\}`) // ParseMoleculeSteps extracts step definitions from a molecule's description. // // The expected format is: // // ## Step: // // Needs: , # optional // Tier: haiku|sonnet|opus # optional // // Returns an empty slice if no steps are found. func ParseMoleculeSteps(description string) ([]MoleculeStep, error) { if description == "" { return nil, nil } lines := strings.Split(description, "\n") var steps []MoleculeStep var currentStep *MoleculeStep var contentLines []string // Helper to finalize current step finalizeStep := func() { if currentStep == nil { return } // Process content lines to extract Needs/Tier and build instructions var instructionLines []string for _, line := range contentLines { trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line) // Check for Needs: line if matches := needsLineRegex.FindStringSubmatch(trimmed); matches != nil { deps := strings.Split(matches[1], ",") for _, dep := range deps { dep = strings.TrimSpace(dep) if dep != "" { currentStep.Needs = append(currentStep.Needs, dep) } } continue } // Check for Tier: line if matches := tierLineRegex.FindStringSubmatch(trimmed); matches != nil { currentStep.Tier = strings.ToLower(matches[1]) continue } // Regular instruction line instructionLines = append(instructionLines, line) } // Build instructions, trimming leading/trailing blank lines currentStep.Instructions = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(instructionLines, "\n")) // Set title from first non-empty line of instructions, or use ref if currentStep.Instructions != "" { firstLine := strings.SplitN(currentStep.Instructions, "\n", 2)[0] currentStep.Title = strings.TrimSpace(firstLine) } if currentStep.Title == "" { currentStep.Title = currentStep.Ref } steps = append(steps, *currentStep) currentStep = nil contentLines = nil } for _, line := range lines { // Check for step header if matches := stepHeaderRegex.FindStringSubmatch(line); matches != nil { // Finalize previous step if any finalizeStep() // Start new step currentStep = &MoleculeStep{ Ref: matches[1], } contentLines = nil continue } // Accumulate content lines if we're in a step if currentStep != nil { contentLines = append(contentLines, line) } } // Finalize last step finalizeStep() return steps, nil } // ExpandTemplateVars replaces {{variable}} placeholders in text using the provided context map. // Unknown variables are left as-is. func ExpandTemplateVars(text string, ctx map[string]string) string { if ctx == nil { return text } return templateVarRegex.ReplaceAllStringFunc(text, func(match string) string { // Extract variable name from {{name}} varName := match[2 : len(match)-2] if value, ok := ctx[varName]; ok { return value } return match // Leave unknown variables as-is }) } // InstantiateOptions configures molecule instantiation behavior. type InstantiateOptions struct { // Context map for {{variable}} substitution Context map[string]string } // InstantiateMolecule creates child issues from a molecule template. // // For each step in the molecule, this creates: // - A child issue with ID "{parent.ID}.{step.Ref}" // - Title from step title // - Description from step instructions (with template vars expanded) // - Type: task // - Priority: inherited from parent // - Dependencies wired according to Needs: declarations // // The function is atomic via bd CLI - either all issues are created or none. // Returns the created step issues. func (b *Beads) InstantiateMolecule(mol *Issue, parent *Issue, opts InstantiateOptions) ([]*Issue, error) { if mol == nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("molecule issue is nil") } if parent == nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("parent issue is nil") } // Parse steps from molecule steps, err := ParseMoleculeSteps(mol.Description) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing molecule steps: %w", err) } if len(steps) == 0 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("molecule has no steps defined") } // Build map of step ref -> step for dependency validation stepMap := make(map[string]*MoleculeStep) for i := range steps { stepMap[steps[i].Ref] = &steps[i] } // Validate all Needs references exist for _, step := range steps { for _, need := range step.Needs { if _, ok := stepMap[need]; !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf("step %q depends on unknown step %q", step.Ref, need) } } } // Create child issues for each step var createdIssues []*Issue stepIssueIDs := make(map[string]string) // step ref -> issue ID for _, step := range steps { // Expand template variables in instructions instructions := step.Instructions if opts.Context != nil { instructions = ExpandTemplateVars(instructions, opts.Context) } // Build description with provenance metadata description := instructions if description != "" { description += "\n\n" } description += fmt.Sprintf("instantiated_from: %s\nstep: %s", mol.ID, step.Ref) if step.Tier != "" { description += fmt.Sprintf("\ntier: %s", step.Tier) } // Create the child issue childOpts := CreateOptions{ Title: step.Title, Type: "task", Priority: parent.Priority, Description: description, Parent: parent.ID, } child, err := b.Create(childOpts) if err != nil { // Attempt to clean up created issues on failure for _, created := range createdIssues { _ = b.Close(created.ID) } return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating step %q: %w", step.Ref, err) } createdIssues = append(createdIssues, child) stepIssueIDs[step.Ref] = child.ID } // Wire inter-step dependencies based on Needs: declarations for _, step := range steps { if len(step.Needs) == 0 { continue } childID := stepIssueIDs[step.Ref] for _, need := range step.Needs { dependsOnID := stepIssueIDs[need] if err := b.AddDependency(childID, dependsOnID); err != nil { // Log but don't fail - the issues are created // This is non-atomic but bd CLI doesn't support transactions return createdIssues, fmt.Errorf("adding dependency %s -> %s: %w", childID, dependsOnID, err) } } } return createdIssues, nil } // ValidateMolecule checks if an issue is a valid molecule definition. // Returns an error describing the problem, or nil if valid. func ValidateMolecule(mol *Issue) error { if mol == nil { return fmt.Errorf("molecule is nil") } if mol.Type != "molecule" { return fmt.Errorf("issue type is %q, expected molecule", mol.Type) } steps, err := ParseMoleculeSteps(mol.Description) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("parsing steps: %w", err) } if len(steps) == 0 { return fmt.Errorf("molecule has no steps defined") } // Build step map for reference validation stepMap := make(map[string]bool) for _, step := range steps { if step.Ref == "" { return fmt.Errorf("step has empty ref") } if stepMap[step.Ref] { return fmt.Errorf("duplicate step ref: %s", step.Ref) } stepMap[step.Ref] = true } // Validate Needs references for _, step := range steps { for _, need := range step.Needs { if !stepMap[need] { return fmt.Errorf("step %q depends on unknown step %q", step.Ref, need) } if need == step.Ref { return fmt.Errorf("step %q has self-dependency", step.Ref) } } } // TODO: Detect cycles in dependency graph return nil }