Add workflow engine with catalog system (#2158)

* Initial plan

* Add workflow engine with step registry, expression engine, catalog system, and CLI commands

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* Add comprehensive tests for workflow engine (94 tests)

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* Address review feedback: do-while condition preservation and URL scheme validation

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* Address review feedback, add CLI dispatch, interactive gates, and docs

Review comments (7/7):
- Add explanatory comment to empty except block
- Implement workflow catalog download with cleanup on failure
- Add input type coercion for number/boolean/enum
- Fix example workflow to remove non-existent output references
- Fix while_loop and if_then condition defaults (string 'false' → bool False)
- Fix resume step index tracking with step_offset parameter

CLI dispatch:
- Add build_exec_args() and dispatch_command() to IntegrationBase
- Override for Claude (skills: /speckit-specify), Gemini (-m flag),
  Codex (codex exec), Copilot (--agent speckit.specify)
- CommandStep invokes installed commands by name via integration CLI
- Add PromptStep for arbitrary inline prompts (10th step type)
- Stream CLI output live to terminal (no silent blocking)
- Remove timeout when streaming (user can Ctrl+C)
- Ctrl+C saves state as PAUSED for clean resume

Interactive gates:
- Gate steps prompt [1] approve [2] reject in TTY
- Fall back to PAUSED in non-interactive environments
- Resume re-executes the gate for interactive prompting

Documentation:
- workflows/README.md — user guide
- workflows/ARCHITECTURE.md — internals with Mermaid diagrams
- workflows/PUBLISHING.md — catalog submission guide

Tests: 94 → 122 workflow tests, 1362 total (all passing)

* Fix ruff lint errors: unused imports, f-string placeholders, undefined name

* Address second review: registry-backed validation, shell failures, loop/fan-out execution, URL validation

- VALID_STEP_TYPES now queries STEP_REGISTRY dynamically
- Shell step returns FAILED on non-zero exit code
- Persist workflow YAML in run directory for reliable resume
- Resume loads from run copy, falls back to installed workflow
- Engine iterates while/do-while loops up to max_iterations
- Engine expands fan-out per item with context.item
- HTTPS URL validation for catalog workflow installs (HTTP allowed for localhost)
- Fix catalog merge priority docstring (lower number wins)
- Fix dispatch_command docstring (no build_exec_args_for_command)
- Gate on_reject=retry pauses for re-prompt on resume
- Update docs to 10 step types, add prompt step to tables and README

* Potential fix for pull request finding 'Empty except'

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* Address third review: fan-out IDs, catalog guards, shell coercion, docs

- Fan-out generates unique per-item step IDs and collects results
- Catalog merge skips non-dict workflow entries (malformed data guard)
- Shell step coerces run_cmd to str after expression evaluation
- urlopen timeout=30 for catalog workflow installs
- yaml.dump with sort_keys=False, allow_unicode=True for catalog configs
- Document streaming timeout as intentionally unbounded (user Ctrl+C)
- Document --allow-all-tools as required for non-interactive + future enhancement
- Update test docstring and PUBLISHING.md to 10 step types with prompt

* Validate final URL after redirects in catalog fetch

urlopen follows redirects, so validate the response URL against the
same HTTPS/localhost rules to prevent redirect-based downgrade attacks.

* Address fourth review: filter arg eval, tags normalization, install redirect check

- Filter arguments now evaluated via _evaluate_simple_expression() so
  default(42) returns int not string
- Tags normalized: non-list/non-string values handled gracefully
- Install URL redirect validation (same as catalog fetch)
- Remove unused 'skipped' variable in catalog config parsing
- Author 'github' → 'GitHub' in example workflow
- Document nested step resume limitation (re-runs parent step)

* Add explanatory comment to empty except ValueError block

* Address fifth review: expression parsing, fan-out output, URL install, gate options

- Move string literal parsing before operator detection in expressions
  so quoted strings with operators (e.g. 'a in b') are not mis-parsed
- Fan-out: remove max_concurrency from persisted output, fix docstring
  to reflect sequential execution
- workflow add: support URL sources with HTTPS/redirect validation,
  validate workflow ID is non-empty before writing files
- Deduplicate local install logic via _validate_and_install_local()
- Remove 'edit' gate option from speckit workflow (not implemented)

* Add comments to empty except ValueError blocks in URL install

* Address sixth review: operator precedence, fan_in cleanup, registry resilience, docs

- Fix or/and operator precedence (or parsed first = lower precedence)
- Restore context.fan_in after fan-in step completes
- Catch JSONDecodeError in registry load for corrupted files
- Replace print() with on_step_start callback (library-safe)
- Gate validation warns when on_reject set but no reject option
- Shell step: document shell=True security tradeoff
- README: sdd-pipeline → speckit, parallel → sequential for fan-out
- ARCHITECTURE.md: parallel → fan-out/fan-in in diagram

* Address seventh review: string literal before pipe, type annotations, validate on install

- Move string literal check above pipe filter parsing so 'a | b' works
- Fix type annotations: input_values list[str] | None, run_id str | None
- Run validate_workflow() before installing from local path/URL
- Remove duplicate string literal check from expression parser

* Address eighth review: fan-out namespaced IDs, early return, catalog validation

- Fan-out per-item step IDs use _fanout_{step_id}_{base}_{idx} namespace
  to avoid collisions with user-defined step IDs
- Early return after fan-out loop when state is paused/failed/aborted
- Catalog installs parse + validate downloaded YAML before registering,
  using definition metadata instead of catalog entry for registry

* Address ninth review: populate catalog, fix indentation, priority, README

- Add speckit workflow entry to catalog.json so it's discoverable
- Fix shell step output dict indentation
- Catalog add_catalog priority derived from max existing + 1
- README Quick Start clarified with install + local file examples

* Address tenth review: max_iterations validation, catalog config guard, version alignment

- Validate max_iterations is int >= 1 in while and do-while steps
- Guard add_catalog against corrupted config (non-dict/non-list)
- Align speckit_version requirement to >=0.6.1 (current package version)
- Fan-out template validation uses separate seen_ids set to avoid
  false duplication errors with user-defined step IDs

* Address eleventh review: command step fails without CLI, ID mismatch warning, state persistence

- Command step returns FAILED when CLI not installed (was silent COMPLETED)
- Catalog install warns on workflow ID vs catalog key mismatch
- Engine persists state.save() before returning on unknown step type
- Update tests to expect FAILED for command steps without CLI
- Integration tests use shell steps for CLI-independent execution

* Address twelfth review: type annotations, version examples, streaming docs, requires

- Fix workflow_search type annotations (str | None)
- PUBLISHING.md: speckit_version >=0.15.0 → >=0.6.1
- Document that exit_code is captured and referenceable by later steps
- Mark requires as declared-but-not-enforced (planned enhancement)
- Note full stdout/stderr capture as planned enhancement

* Enforce catalog key matches workflow ID (fail instead of warn)

* Bundle speckit workflow: auto-install during specify init

- Add workflows/speckit to pyproject.toml force-include for wheel builds
- Add _locate_bundled_workflow() helper (mirrors _locate_bundled_extension)
- Auto-install speckit workflow during specify init (after git extension)
- Update all integration file inventory tests to expect workflow files

* Address fourteenth review: prompt fails without CLI, resolved step data, fan-out normalization

- PromptStep returns FAILED when CLI not installed (was silent COMPLETED)
- Engine step_data prefers resolved values from step output
- Fan-out normalizes output.results=[] for empty item lists
- subprocess.run inherits stdout/stderr (no explicit sys.stdout)
- Registry tests use issubset for extensibility

* Address fifteenth review: fan_in docstring, gate defaults, validation guards, reserved prefix

- FanInStep docstring: aggregate-only, no blocking semantics
- FanInStep: guard output_config as dict, handle None
- Gate validate: use same default options as execute
- Validate inputs is dict and steps is list before iterating
- Reserve _fanout_ prefix in step ID validation
- PUBLISHING.md: remove unenforced checklist items, add _fanout_ note

* Address sixteenth review: docs regex, fan_in try/finally, hyphenated dot-path keys

- PUBLISHING.md: update ID regex docs to match implementation (single-char OK)
- FanInStep: wrap expression evaluation in try/finally for context.fan_in
- Expression dot-path: allow hyphens in keys before list index (e.g. run-tests[0])

* Make speckit workflow integration-agnostic, document Copilot CLI requirement

- Workflow integration selectable via input (default: claude)
- Each command step uses {{ inputs.integration }} instead of hardcoded copilot
- Copilot docstring documents CLI requirement for workflow dispatch
- Added install_url for Copilot CLI docs

* Address seventeenth review: project checks, catalog robustness

- Add .specify/ project check to workflow run/resume/status/search/info
- remove_catalog validates config shape (dict + list) before indexing
- _fetch_single_catalog validates response is a dict
- _get_merged_workflows raises when all catalogs fail to fetch
- add_catalog guards against non-dict catalog entries in config

* Address eighteenth review: condition coercion, gate abort result, while default, cache guard, resume log

- evaluate_condition treats plain 'false'/'true' strings as booleans
- Gate abort returns StepResult(FAILED) instead of raising exception
  so step output is persisted in state for inspection
- while_loop max_iterations optional (default 10), validation aligned
- Catalog cache fallback catches invalid JSON gracefully
- resume() appends workflow_finished log entry like execute()

* Address nineteenth review: allow-all-tools opt-in, empty catalogs, abort dead code, while docstring

- --allow-all-tools controlled by SPECKIT_ALLOW_ALL_TOOLS env var (default: 1)
  Set to 0 to disable automatic tool approval for Copilot CLI
- Empty catalogs list falls back to built-in defaults (not an error)
- Remove unreachable WorkflowAbortError catches from execute/resume
  (gate abort now returns StepResult(FAILED) instead of raising)
- while_loop docstring updated: max_iterations is optional (default 10)

* Address twentieth review: gate abort maps to ABORTED status, do-while max_iterations optional

- Engine detects output.aborted from gate step and sets RunStatus.ABORTED
  (was unreachable — gate abort returned FAILED but status was always FAILED)
- do-while max_iterations now optional (default 10), aligned with while_loop
- do-while docstring and validation updated accordingly

* Coerce default_options to dict, align bundled workflow ID regex with validator

* Gate validates string options, prompt uses resolved integration, loop normalizes max_iterations

* Use parentId:childId convention for nested step IDs

- Fan-out per-item IDs use parentId:templateId:index (e.g. parallel:impl:0)
- Reserve ':' in user step IDs (validation rejects)
- Replaces _fanout_ prefix with cleaner namespacing
- Expressions like {{ steps.parallel:impl:0.output.file }} work naturally

* Validate workflow version is semantic versioning (X.Y.Z)

* Schema version validation, strict semver, load_workflow docstring, preserve max_concurrency

- Validate schema_version is '1.0' (reject unknown future schemas)
- Strict semver regex: ^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$ (rejects 1.0.0beta etc.)
- load_workflow docstring: 'parsed' not 'validated'
- Keep max_concurrency in fan-out output (was dropped)
- do_while docstring: engine re-evaluates step_config condition
- ARCHITECTURE.md: document nested resume limitation

* Path traversal prevention, loop step ID namespacing

- RunState validates run_id is alphanumeric+hyphens (no path separators)
- workflow_add validates catalog source doesn't escape workflows_dir
- Loop iterations namespace nested step IDs as parentId:childId:iteration
  so multiple iterations don't overwrite each other in context/state

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pyproject.toml

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ packages = ["src/specify_cli"]
 "scripts/powershell" = "specify_cli/core_pack/scripts/powershell"
 # Bundled extensions (installable via `specify extension add <name>`)
 "extensions/git" = "specify_cli/core_pack/extensions/git"
+# Bundled workflows (auto-installed during `specify init`)
+"workflows/speckit" = "specify_cli/core_pack/workflows/speckit"
 # Bundled presets (installable via `specify preset add <name>` or `specify init --preset <name>`)
 "presets/lean" = "specify_cli/core_pack/presets/lean"