post:
  tags:
    - Flow
  summary: Flow lifecycle and blueprint management
  description: |
    Manage flow instances and blueprints.

    ## Important Distinction

    The **flow service** manages *running flow instances*.
    The **config service** (`/api/v1/config`) manages *stored configuration*.

    - Use flow service to start/stop/manage running flows
    - Use config service to store/retrieve flow definitions

    ## Flow Instance Operations

    ### start-flow
    Start a new flow instance from a blueprint. The blueprint must exist (either built-in or created via put-blueprint).

    Parameters are resolved from:
    1. User-provided values (--param)
    2. Default values from parameter type definitions
    3. Controlled-by relationships

    ### stop-flow
    Stop a running flow instance. This terminates all processors and releases resources.

    ### list-flows
    List all currently running flow instances.

    ### get-flow
    Get details of a running flow including its configuration, parameters, and interface queue names.

    ## Blueprint Operations

    ### list-blueprints
    List all available flow blueprints (built-in and custom).

    ### get-blueprint
    Retrieve a blueprint definition showing its structure, parameters, processors, and interfaces.

    ### put-blueprint
    Create or update a flow blueprint definition.

    Blueprints define:
    - **Class processors**: Shared across all instances of this blueprint
    - **Flow processors**: Unique to each flow instance
    - **Interfaces**: Entry points for external systems
    - **Parameters**: Configurable values for customization

    ### delete-blueprint
    Delete a custom blueprint definition. Built-in blueprints cannot be deleted.

  operationId: flowService
  security:
    - bearerAuth: []
  requestBody:
    required: true
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          $ref: '../components/schemas/flow/FlowRequest.yaml'
        examples:
          startFlow:
            summary: Start a flow instance
            value:
              operation: start-flow
              flow-id: my-flow
              blueprint-name: document-rag
              description: My document processing flow
              parameters:
                model: gpt-4
                temperature: "0.7"
          startFlowMinimal:
            summary: Start flow with defaults
            value:
              operation: start-flow
              flow-id: my-flow
              blueprint-name: document-rag
          stopFlow:
            summary: Stop a flow instance
            value:
              operation: stop-flow
              flow-id: my-flow
          listFlows:
            summary: List running flows
            value:
              operation: list-flows
          getFlow:
            summary: Get flow details
            value:
              operation: get-flow
              flow-id: my-flow
          listBlueprints:
            summary: List available blueprints
            value:
              operation: list-blueprints
          getBlueprint:
            summary: Get blueprint definition
            value:
              operation: get-blueprint
              blueprint-name: document-rag
          putBlueprint:
            summary: Create/update blueprint
            value:
              operation: put-blueprint
              blueprint-name: my-custom-rag
              blueprint-definition:
                description: Custom RAG pipeline
                parameters:
                  model:
                    type: llm-model
                    description: LLM model
                    order: 1
                class:
                  text-completion:{class}:
                    request: non-persistent://tg/request/text-completion:{class}
                    response: non-persistent://tg/response/text-completion:{class}
                flow:
                  chunker:{id}:
                    input: persistent://tg/flow/chunk:{id}
                    output: persistent://tg/flow/chunk-load:{id}
                interfaces:
                  agent:
                    request: non-persistent://tg/request/agent:{id}
                    response: non-persistent://tg/response/agent:{id}
          deleteBlueprint:
            summary: Delete blueprint
            value:
              operation: delete-blueprint
              blueprint-name: my-custom-rag
  responses:
    '200':
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '../components/schemas/flow/FlowResponse.yaml'
          examples:
            startFlow:
              summary: Flow started
              value:
                flow-id: my-flow
            listFlows:
              summary: Running flows
              value:
                flow-ids:
                  - default
                  - production
                  - my-flow
            getFlow:
              summary: Flow details
              value:
                flow:
                  blueprint-name: document-rag
                  description: My document processing flow
                  parameters:
                    model: gpt-4
                    temperature: "0.7"
                  interfaces:
                    agent:
                      request: non-persistent://tg/request/agent:my-flow
                      response: non-persistent://tg/response/agent:my-flow
                    text-load: persistent://tg/flow/text-document-load:my-flow
            listBlueprints:
              summary: Available blueprints
              value:
                blueprint-names:
                  - document-rag
                  - graph-rag
                  - document-rag+graph-rag
                  - my-custom-rag
            getBlueprint:
              summary: Blueprint definition
              value:
                blueprint-definition:
                  description: Standard RAG pipeline
                  parameters:
                    model:
                      type: llm-model
                      order: 1
                  class:
                    text-completion:{class}:
                      request: non-persistent://tg/request/text-completion:{class}
                      response: non-persistent://tg/response/text-completion:{class}
                  interfaces:
                    agent:
                      request: non-persistent://tg/request/agent:{id}
                      response: non-persistent://tg/response/agent:{id}
    '401':
      $ref: '../components/responses/Unauthorized.yaml'
    '500':
      $ref: '../components/responses/Error.yaml'