Add declarative Flow CLI support (#6294)

* Add declarative Flow CLI support

Currently, declarative flows can be loaded by the runtime, but the CLI
still treats them as an experimental definition file instead of a
first-class Flow project shape.

With this PR, `crewai create flow --declarative` scaffolds a YAML-backed
Flow project, and `crewai run`, `crewai flow kickoff`, and `crewai flow
plot` can run against the configured definition.

This also lets crew actions reference reusable crew definition files or
folders and override their inputs from the Flow definition, so
declarative flows can compose existing declarative crews without
inlining everything.

* Address code review comments
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Vinicius Brasil
2026-06-22 19:58:17 -07:00
committed by GitHub
parent 0391febc6c
commit 4b2ce00a09
18 changed files with 951 additions and 334 deletions

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@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ def replay_task_command(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
return _replay_task_command(*args, **kwargs)
def run_flow_definition(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
from crewai_cli.run_flow_definition import (
run_flow_definition as _run_flow_definition,
def run_declarative_flow(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
from crewai_cli.run_declarative_flow import (
run_declarative_flow as _run_declarative_flow,
)
return _run_flow_definition(*args, **kwargs)
return _run_declarative_flow(*args, **kwargs)
def run_crew(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
@@ -155,12 +155,18 @@ def uv(uv_args: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
is_flag=True,
help="Use classic Python/YAML project structure instead of JSON",
)
@click.option(
"--declarative",
is_flag=True,
help="Create a declarative Flow project instead of a Python Flow project",
)
def create(
type: str | None,
name: str | None,
provider: str | None,
skip_provider: bool = False,
classic: bool = False,
declarative: bool = False,
) -> None:
"""Create a new crew, or flow."""
dmn_mode = is_dmn_mode_enabled()
@@ -194,6 +200,8 @@ def create(
if dmn_mode:
skip_provider = True
if type == "crew":
if declarative:
raise click.UsageError("--declarative can only be used with flow projects")
if classic:
from crewai_cli.create_crew import create_crew
@@ -205,7 +213,7 @@ def create(
elif type == "flow":
from crewai_cli.create_flow import create_flow
create_flow(name)
create_flow(name, declarative=declarative)
else:
click.secho("Error: Invalid type. Must be 'crew' or 'flow'.", fg="red")
@@ -512,10 +520,7 @@ def install(context: click.Context) -> None:
"--definition",
type=str,
default=None,
help=(
"Experimental: path to a Flow Definition YAML/JSON file, "
"or an inline YAML/JSON string."
),
help="Experimental: path to a declarative Flow YAML/JSON file.",
)
@click.option(
"--inputs",
@@ -537,7 +542,7 @@ def run(
"Warning: `crewai run --definition` is experimental and may change without notice.",
fg="yellow",
)
run_flow_definition(definition=definition, inputs=inputs)
run_declarative_flow(definition=definition, inputs=inputs)
return
run_crew(trained_agents_file=trained_agents_file)