Agent Spec integration

Import and export workflows using Agent Spec — an open standard for AI agent definitions, originally published by Oracle.

FlowDrop supports Agent Spec — an open standard for defining AI agent workflows, originally published by Oracle as a vendor-neutral specification. You can import Agent Spec documents into FlowDrop for visual editing and export FlowDrop workflows back to Agent Spec format.

What is Agent Spec?

Agent Spec is a JSON format for describing agent workflows with:

• Nodes (called “steps”) with component types
• Control-flow edges for execution order
• Data-flow edges for data passing
• Agent-level metadata (name, description, version)

Import / export via UI

FlowDrop’s toolbar includes import/export options:

• Import: Click the import button and select an Agent Spec JSON file. FlowDrop converts it to a visual workflow with auto-layout.
• Export: Click the export button and choose “Agent Spec” format. FlowDrop converts the visual workflow to Agent Spec JSON and downloads it.

Programmatic usage

Using the adapter directly

import { AgentSpecAdapter, WorkflowAdapter } from '@flowdrop/flowdrop/core';

const workflowAdapter = new WorkflowAdapter(nodeTypes);
const agentSpecAdapter = new AgentSpecAdapter();

// Import: Agent Spec JSON → FlowDrop Workflow
const standardWorkflow = agentSpecAdapter.importJSON(agentSpecJsonString);
const editorWorkflow = workflowAdapter.toSvelteFlow(standardWorkflow);

// Export: FlowDrop Workflow → Agent Spec JSON
const standardWorkflow = workflowAdapter.fromSvelteFlow(editorWorkflow);
const agentSpecJson = agentSpecAdapter.exportJSON(standardWorkflow);

Using the WorkflowOperationsHelper

import { WorkflowOperationsHelper } from '@flowdrop/flowdrop/editor';

// Export current workflow as Agent Spec
const result = WorkflowOperationsHelper.exportAsAgentSpec(workflow);
if (result.valid) {
  // Downloads .json file automatically
} else {
  console.error('Export errors:', result.errors);
  console.warn('Warnings:', result.warnings);
}

// Import from a File object
const imported = await WorkflowOperationsHelper.importFromAgentSpec(file);

Using the Mount API

The mounted app exposes Agent Spec operations:

const app = await mountFlowDropApp(container, options);

// Export
app.export(); // downloads JSON

// Get the current workflow
const workflow = app.getWorkflow();

Validation

Validate a workflow before exporting to Agent Spec:

import { validateForAgentSpecExport } from '@flowdrop/flowdrop/core';

const result = validateForAgentSpecExport(workflow);
// { valid: boolean, errors: string[], warnings: string[] }

Common validation issues:

• Disconnected nodes (no edges)
• Missing required port connections
• Unsupported node types

Conversion details

What maps cleanly

FlowDrop	Agent Spec
Node ID	Auto-generated stable name
Node type	Component type
Config values	Node attributes
Trigger edges	Control-flow edges
Data edges	Data-flow edges
Gateway branches	from_branch mappings
Node position	Preserved in metadata

Known limitations

• Loopback edges don’t have a direct Agent Spec equivalent and may be dropped
• Custom node types (namespaced) may lose type-specific behavior
• UISchema layout information is not preserved
• Dynamic ports may not convert cleanly
• Node visual types (simple, square, etc.) are stored in metadata but not in the Agent Spec standard

Execution events

When running Agent Spec workflows, FlowDrop fires execution events:

eventHandlers: {
  onAgentSpecExecutionStarted: (executionId) => {
    console.log('Execution started:', executionId);
  },
  onAgentSpecNodeStatusUpdate: (nodeId, status) => {
    console.log(`Node ${nodeId}: ${status.status}`);
  },
  onAgentSpecExecutionCompleted: (executionId, results) => {
    console.log('Completed:', results);
  },
  onAgentSpecExecutionFailed: (executionId, error) => {
    console.error('Failed:', error.message);
  }
}

See Event System for the full event reference.

Next steps

• Programmatic API — create workflows in code
• Event System — all execution events
• Workflow Structure — FlowDrop’s native JSON format