workflow-deployment.mdc

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description: Workflow testing and deployment process guide
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# Workflow Testing and Deployment Process

When testing and deploying changes in workflow, follow these steps to see them work with a real example app:

## Deployment Steps

1. **Make your changes** to the codebase

2. **Build the project**

   ```bash
   cd workbench/example
   pnpx turbo build
   ```

3. **Deploy to Vercel**

   ```bash
   cd workbench/example
   vc deploy --prebuilt
   ```

4. **Test the deployment**
   Make a POST request to the "Preview" URL logged from the deployment command:

   ```bash
   curl -X POST "https://w-abcdefg1234-uncurated-tests.vercel.app/api/trigger\?workflow=simple&args\=42"
   ```

   *(Replace the URL with the actual preview URL from your deployment)*
   *(If a different workflow/argument needs to be tested, adjust the URL accordingly. The URL takes a workflow and and args query param. The workflows can be found inside workbench/example/workflows - the exported workflow function name is the name of the workflow, and the args are a comma separated list of inputs to that function)*

   Here's an example of testing the AI workflow

   ```bash
   curl -X POST "https://w-abcdefg1234-uncurated-tests.vercel.app/api/trigger\?workflow=ai&args\=what+is+love?"
   ```

5. **Inspect the results**
   Open the "Inspect" URL in a browser (logged from the previous CLI command)
   Attempt to open the URL using the `open` CLI tool. If it's not installed, just provide the link to the user to allow them to open it.

## Important Notes

- All build and deploy commands should be run from the `workbench/example` directory
- The preview URL will be different for each deployment
- The inspect URL allows you to monitor the workflow execution
- Make sure to use the actual URLs provided by the deployment output, not the example URLs shown above