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Add experimental crewai run --definition for flows (#6147)
Let users run a Flow from a Flow Definition YAML file or inline string
without writing Python, passing kickoff inputs as `--inputs` JSON. The
flag is gated behind an experimental warning since the definition format
may still change.
2026-06-12 22:31:05 -07:00

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from __future__ import annotations
import json
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any
import click
def run_flow_definition(definition: str, inputs: str | None = None) -> None:
"""Run a flow from a Flow Definition YAML/JSON string or file path."""
try:
from crewai.flow.flow import Flow
from crewai.flow.flow_definition import FlowDefinition
except ImportError as exc:
click.echo(
"Running flows from definitions requires the full crewai package.",
err=True,
)
raise SystemExit(1) from exc
parsed_inputs = _parse_inputs(inputs)
definition_source = _read_definition_source(definition)
try:
flow_definition = _parse_flow_definition(FlowDefinition, definition_source)
flow = Flow.from_definition(flow_definition)
result = flow.kickoff(inputs=parsed_inputs)
except Exception as exc:
click.echo(
f"An error occurred while running the flow definition: {exc}", err=True
)
raise SystemExit(1) from exc
click.echo(_format_result(result))
def _parse_inputs(inputs: str | None) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
if inputs is None:
return None
try:
parsed = json.loads(inputs)
except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
click.echo(f"Invalid --inputs JSON: {exc}", err=True)
raise SystemExit(1) from exc
if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
click.echo("Invalid --inputs JSON: expected an object.", err=True)
raise SystemExit(1)
return parsed
def _read_definition_source(definition: str) -> str:
path = Path(definition).expanduser()
try:
is_file = path.is_file()
except OSError as exc:
if _looks_like_inline_definition(definition):
return definition
click.echo(f"Invalid --definition path: {definition} ({exc})", err=True)
raise SystemExit(1) from exc
if is_file:
try:
return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
except (OSError, UnicodeError) as exc:
click.echo(
f"Unable to read --definition path {path}: {exc}",
err=True,
)
raise SystemExit(1) from exc
try:
if path.exists():
click.echo(
f"Invalid --definition path: {definition} is not a file.", err=True
)
raise SystemExit(1)
except OSError as exc:
click.echo(f"Invalid --definition path: {definition} ({exc})", err=True)
raise SystemExit(1) from exc
return definition
def _looks_like_inline_definition(definition: str) -> bool:
stripped = definition.lstrip()
return "\n" in definition or stripped.startswith(("{", "---")) or ":" in stripped
def _parse_flow_definition(flow_definition_cls: type[Any], source: str) -> Any:
if _looks_like_json(source):
return flow_definition_cls.from_json(source)
return flow_definition_cls.from_yaml(source)
def _looks_like_json(source: str) -> bool:
stripped = source.lstrip()
return stripped.startswith("{")
def _format_result(result: Any) -> str:
raw_result = getattr(result, "raw", result)
if isinstance(raw_result, str):
return raw_result
try:
return json.dumps(raw_result, default=str)
except TypeError:
return str(raw_result)