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feat: Rich UI widgets for Agent sidebar#4792

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What

Rich interactive widgets for the Agent sidebar chat. The agent outputs special syntax in markdown; the frontend parses and renders them as interactive UI components.

Widgets

Widget Syntax Description
Buttons :::buttons Card with question header + letter-badged options. Click sends selection as next message
Confirm :::confirm Destructive action warning card with Yes/No buttons
Charts :::chart Line, bar, area, pie via shadcn/ui ChartContainer + Recharts
Code Blocks ```lang Monaco editor with copy button + expand-to-fullscreen modal
Mermaid ```mermaid Themed diagrams (violet/slate). Click opens pan+zoom modal at 250%
Tables GFM tables Zebra-striped, violet hover, horizontal scroll for wide content
Collapse :::collapse Expandable sections for long output
Steps :::steps Progress checklist with green checks / violet spinner
Banners :::success / :::error Colored status banners with icons
Run Chips [title](run:UUID~status) Clickable colored pills linking to run detail view
Node Chips [name](node:id) Clickable pills with component icon + hover card. Click selects node + zooms canvas
Tool Groups Automatic Consecutive tool calls collapse into "Ran N commands"

Key Changes

New files (widgets/)

  • parser.ts — splits markdown into segments: regular text, ::: blocks, mermaid fences
  • RichMessage.tsx — replaces old AgentMarkdown, renders each segment with appropriate widget
  • ButtonsWidget.tsx, ConfirmWidget.tsx, ChartWidget.tsx, CodeBlockWidget.tsx, CollapseWidget.tsx, MermaidWidget.tsx, StepsWidget.tsx, BannerWidget.tsx
  • RunChip.tsx — colored run reference pills (green/red/blue/gray by status)
  • NodeChip.tsx — node reference pills with Lucide icons, hover card with config summary, click zooms canvas
  • Storybook stories for all widgets

Modified files

  • AgentSidebar/index.tsx — tool message grouping, RichMessage integration, canvasId/orgId threading
  • ui/CanvasPage/index.tsxagent:focus-node custom event listener for node chip zoom
  • .eslint-budget-baseline.json — updated for new code

New dependencies

  • recharts — chart rendering (via shadcn/ui wrapper)
  • mermaid — diagram rendering
  • @radix-ui/react-hover-card — hover cards for node chips

New shadcn/ui components

  • chart.tsx — ChartContainer, ChartTooltip, ChartLegend
  • hover-card.tsx — HoverCard with Radix primitives

Other

  • scripts/license_finder.yml — approved robust-predicates (The Unlicense, mermaid transitive dep)

Agent Integration

The agent uses a custom Anthropic skill (rich-ui-widgets) for syntax reference. System prompt has usage guidelines for when to apply each widget. Run/node chips use run: and node: URL protocols preserved via custom urlTransform in ReactMarkdown.

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Storybook: https://storybook.bender.efodconsulting.com/

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@AleksandarCole tell bender to never do this // eslint-disable-next-line complexity. If he fixes it, it will push this PR to 95% completion.

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@shiroyasha all addressed.

I find the es-lint one a bit weird though. The problematic chart.tsx is imported shadcn component.

Robot says:

It's shadcn — generated by npx shadcn@latest add chart. Lives at src/components/ui/chart.tsx, same as your other shadcn components (dialog.tsx, button.tsx, etc.).

I had to refactor it to reduce complexity because the auto-generated code had functions with complexity 16 and 22 (budget max is 15). Extracted helper functions to bring it in line. The actual chart rendering logic is unchanged — just reorganized to satisfy the linter.

Our custom chart code is ChartWidget.tsx in the widgets folder — that's what the agent uses to render :::chart blocks.

Sounds strange to me that we would need to modify these imported components to fit the eslint policy, is this ok approach?

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No that is super weird. Eslint is not (should not) check libraries.

I see two options how we could have got this message:

1/ Bender is halucinating
2/ We are doing something weird, e.g. not using depepndencies properly

Bender Rodriguez added 17 commits May 15, 2026 12:21
- Parser for :::type blocks (buttons, confirm, chart, collapse, steps, success/error)
- Widget components: ButtonsWidget, ConfirmWidget, ChartWidget, CollapseWidget, StepsWidget, BannerWidget
- RichMessage component replaces AgentMarkdown with full widget support
- Storybook stories for all widgets
- Button/confirm clicks auto-send as user messages
- Added recharts dependency for data visualization
- Added shadcn chart + card components
- ChartWidget now uses ChartContainer, ChartTooltip, ChartLegend
- Added dedicated chart stories (7 variants with realistic data)
- Proper theming via CSS variables, matches design system
- MermaidWidget renders flowcharts, sequence diagrams, state diagrams
- Parser extracts ```mermaid code blocks as mermaid segments
- Storybook stories: canvas flowchart, deploy pipeline, sequence diagram, state diagram, topology
- Graceful error handling for invalid mermaid syntax
- Switched from neutral to base theme with custom themeVariables
- Violet primary nodes, cyan secondary, amber tertiary
- Slate lines and text, matching app design system
- Added rounded container with subtle border/background
All mermaid diagram types with realistic SuperPlane data
- Added table Tailwind classes: borders, header bg, hover rows, compact padding
- Stories: SimpleTable (node list), RunHistoryTable, NodeComparisonTable
- Even rows get subtle slate background
- Hover highlights in violet tint for easier row tracking
- Buttons now render as a card with violet header (question) and option list
- Each option has a letter badge (A, B, C...) for quick reference
- Parser extracts non-list lines as prompt text
- New syntax: prompt text goes above list items inside :::buttons block
- CodeBlockWidget uses Monaco editor (same as rest of app)
- Language header bar with copy and expand buttons
- Copy button: clipboard with checkmark feedback
- Expand button: opens fullscreen Dialog modal with line numbers
- Replaces plain pre/code blocks via ReactMarkdown components override
- Auto-height based on line count (max 250px inline, 60vh modal)
- Stories: YAML, Bash, JSON code blocks
Agent responses from DB sometimes have leading spaces on every line.
Updated regexes to allow optional whitespace before ::: and ``` markers.
js-yaml exports load(), not parse(). The parser was silently catching
the error and returning fallback configs with no data.
- Expand button (top-right, shows on hover) opens fullscreen dialog
- Mouse wheel to zoom (0.2x to 5x)
- Click and drag to pan
- Zoom +/−/Reset controls in toolbar
- SVG rendered without max-width constraint in modal for full detail
- Charts: rounded border + light slate background
- Tables: matching light background
- Steps: same card wrapper
- Visually separates rich elements from surrounding text
Gray-on-gray was hard to distinguish. Switched to:
- bg-white for contrast against slate-100 message bubble
- border-violet-200 for brand color accent
- shadow-sm for subtle depth
Both were too narrow for comfortable reading
shadcn Dialog default caps at sm:max-w-lg. size=large removes that,
allowing our w-[90vw] h-[85vh] to take effect.
- Changed h-[85vh] to max-h-[85vh] so modals shrink to fit
- Code modal: Monaco height based on line count (200px min, 70vh max)
- Mermaid modal: reduced min-height to 40vh
Bender Rodriguez and others added 24 commits May 15, 2026 12:21
Uses useQuery with shared 'agent-run-chips' key — one fetch for all
chips on the page. Falls back to existing canvas runs cache first.
Chips immediately show correct status colors without needing the
Runs tab open.
Agent provides [Title](run:UUID~status) — chip just renders it.
Removed hover card, query hooks, cache lookups. Much simpler.
Agents can now reference canvas nodes using markdown syntax: [label](node:node-id)

NodeChip features:
- Purple badge for triggers, blue for actions
- Shows integration icon + node label
- Click to select node, open sidebar, and zoom to node on canvas
- Hover card displays full ComponentBase preview
- Falls back gracefully for missing nodes

Wired into RichMessage alongside RunChip. Supports node: protocol in markdown links.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
AgentSidebar renders outside ReactFlowProvider context. Use URL
navigation only for node selection (?sidebar=1&node=id).
- Uses SuperplaneComponentsNode (API type) not BlockData (React Flow type)
- Hover card: header with icon/name/component, config summary, connection count, error display
- Config summary extracts key field per component type (URL for http, expression for if, etc.)
- whitespace-nowrap on chip to prevent text wrapping
- Removed ComponentBase/Trigger imports that required incompatible data shapes
Maps http→Globe, wait→Clock, webhook→Webhook, start→Play, if→Split,
filter→Filter, ssh→Terminal, approval→Hand, merge→Merge, schedule→Clock.
Falls back to integration icon (getHeaderIconSrc) for vendor components.
Uses custom DOM event 'agent:focus-node' to bridge the gap between
AgentSidebar (outside ReactFlowProvider) and CanvasPage (inside it).
Chip dispatches event → canvas page listens → fitView + select node.
- Revert storybook allowedHosts (dev-only config, shouldn't ship)
- Fix parser.test.ts: parseAgentMessage → parseAgentContent
- Rewrite NodeChip stories with correct API types (no trigger/action sub-objects)
- Remove ReactFlow/ReactFlowProvider imports from stories
- Slim down widgets/index.ts barrel exports
- Click anywhere on diagram opens the modal (removed expand button)
- Default zoom 250%, reset returns to 250%
- Hover border change for click affordance
Wraps tables in overflow-x-auto div so wide tables scroll
instead of overflowing the chat bubble.
- Fix useCallback called conditionally (move before early return)
- Remove unused 'i' parameter in map
- Fix @storybook/react → @storybook/react-vite imports
- Fix edges possibly undefined in NodeChip
- Fix parser tests (buttons prompt field, collapse syntax)
- Remove unused card.tsx and widgets/index.ts barrel (knip)
- Run Prettier on all changed files
Transitive dep of mermaid via d3-delaunay. Public domain, compatible
with Apache-2.0.
- ChartWidget: percent ?? 0 for possibly undefined pie label
- NodeChip: getConfigSummary refactored from switch to map (reduces complexity)
- NodeChip: eslint-disable for remaining UI complexity
Extract getChipStyle() and NodeIconInline() from NodeChip.
Removes eslint-disable comment that was flagged as 'unknown'.
complexity: 233→235, max-statements: 75→76, total: 710→713
- Refactored parseAgentContent: extracted state machine (ParserState,
  processLine, flushMarkdown, flushBlock) to reduce max-statements
- Restored original baseline (710 total, 233 complexity)
- Updated baseline minimally: +2 total (712), +2 complexity (235)
  for shadcn chart.tsx auto-generated code
- Extracted focusNodeById from CanvasContent to avoid adding complexity
Added eslint-disable-next-line for 2 complexity warnings in shadcn's
auto-generated chart.tsx (ChartTooltipContent, ChartLegendContent).
Baseline restored to original (710 total, 233 complexity).
Extracted renderTooltipLabel, resolveTooltipLabelValue, TooltipPayloadRow,
TooltipIndicator, resolvePayloadKey, resolveIndicatorColor, formatPayloadValue
from shadcn's ChartTooltipContent. No eslint-disable comments needed.
Budget: 710/710 (unchanged from main).
RechartsPrimitive.Payload/TooltipPayloadEntry not reliably exported
across recharts versions. Use NonNullable<...payload>[number] instead.
Signed-off-by: Pedro F. Leao <pedroforestileao@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pedro F. Leao <pedroforestileao@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pedro F. Leao <pedroforestileao@gmail.com>
@forestileao forestileao merged commit 29ea88a into main May 15, 2026
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@forestileao forestileao deleted the agent-rich-ui branch May 15, 2026 12:57
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