[Search] Move ai.prompt, ai.summarize, ai.classify workflows to inference plugin by yansavitski · Pull Request #269392 · elastic/kibana

yansavitski · 2026-05-14T22:11:55Z

Summary

Resolves https://github.com/elastic/search-team/issues/14019

Moves the three AI workflow steps (ai.prompt, ai.summarize, ai.classify) from the workflowsExtensions plugin to a new inferenceWorkflows plugin owned by @elastic/search-kibana.

Created new inferenceWorkflows plugin at x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/inference_workflows/
Steps are registered via the external workflowsExtensions.registerStepDefinition() API (same pattern as agent_builder)
Registers workflows AI features with searchInferenceEndpoints so admins can configure model restrictions per step on the Inference Endpoints settings page
Removed AI step code from workflows_extensions — it now only contains data.* steps
Updated CODEOWNERS, i18n config, optimizer limits, and README

Why a new plugin?

The inference plugin cannot depend on workflowsExtensions (circular dependency — workflowsExtensions already depends on inference). A dedicated plugin keeps dependencies flowing in the right direction and gives the search team clear ownership.

What changed

Area	Before	After
AI step registration	Internal in `workflowsExtensions`	External via `inferenceWorkflows` plugin
License	SSPL triple-license (`src/`)	Elastic License 2.0 (`x-pack/`)
i18n prefix	`workflowsExtensionsExample.*`	`xpack.inferenceWorkflows.*`
Inference feature registration	`workflowsExtensions` (stale after merge)	`inferenceWorkflows` plugin setup
Step logic	Unchanged	Unchanged

Checklist

Check the PR satisfies following conditions.

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Any text added follows EUI's writing guidelines, uses sentence case text and includes i18n support
Documentation was added for features that require explanation or tutorials
Unit or functional tests were updated or added to match the most common scenarios
If a plugin configuration key changed, check if it needs to be allowlisted in the cloud and added to the docker list
This was checked for breaking HTTP API changes, and any breaking changes have been approved by the breaking-change committee. The release_note:breaking label should be applied in these situations.
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The PR description includes the appropriate Release Notes section, and the correct release_note:* label is applied per the guidelines
Review the backport guidelines and apply applicable backport:* labels.

Test plan

160 unit tests pass in the new location
Verify AI steps appear in the workflow editor UI
Verify connector-id selection works for all three steps
Verify AI steps appear under Workflows AI on the Inference Endpoints settings page
Verify in serverless mode
Update approved_step_definitions.ts handler hashes after CI build

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…enceWorkflows plugin Create a new `inferenceWorkflows` plugin at x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/inference_workflows/ that registers the three AI workflow steps via the external workflowsExtensions registration API. This moves inference-specific workflow step logic out of the generic workflows_extensions plugin and into a search-team owned plugin, following the same pattern as agent_builder.

Remove ai.prompt, ai.summarize, ai.classify step definitions from the workflows_extensions plugin now that they are registered externally by the new inferenceWorkflows plugin. Update CODEOWNERS and i18n config.

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saikatsarkar056 · 2026-05-19T19:33:30Z

register_inference_features.ts was moved to the new plugin but never actually called in setup(). Without this, the model picker won't show up in the Inference Endpoints settings page for any of the three steps. The working pattern is already in workflows_extensions/server/plugin.ts, which calls registerInferenceFeatures(plugins.searchInferenceEndpoints). The new plugin needs to do the same.

We can manually test this by going the Feature Settings page.

…e deps from workflows_extensions - Move searchInferenceEndpoints optional dep from workflows_extensions to inference_workflows - Call registerInferenceFeatures in inference_workflows plugin setup - Fix SSPL license headers on ai_feature_ids.ts and register_inference_features.ts (x-pack requires EL2.0) - Add InferenceWorkflowsSetupDeps/StartDeps types with searchInferenceEndpoints

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yansavitski · 2026-05-20T11:40:17Z

@saikatsarkar056 Yeah I fixed that locally but didn't create a commit yet. Locally everything works now

… type declarations

saikatsarkar056 · 2026-05-20T22:46:01Z

  ...AiClassifyStepCommonDefinition,
  icon: React.lazy(() =>
-    import('@elastic/eui/es/components/icon/assets/product_agent').then(({ icon }) => ({
+    import('@elastic/eui/src/components/icon/assets/product_agent').then(({ icon }) => ({


@elastic/eui/src/... is different from what every other workflow step plugin uses (/es/). Change to @elastic/eui/es/components/icon/assets/product_agent (same for ai_summarize and ai_classify). You'll also need a public/eui_icons.d.ts.

See agent_builder/public/eui_icons.d.ts for the module declaration.

Add public/eui_icons.d.ts (matching agent_builder pattern) and revert icon imports from src/ back to es/ path.

Replace template literals with variable substitution in defaultMessage with i18n values object pattern as required by the i18n linter.

yansavitski · 2026-05-21T11:11:31Z

    defaultMessage: 'Categorizes data into predefined categories using AI',
  }),
  documentation: {
-    details: i18n.translate('workflowsExtensionsExample.AiClassifyStep.documentation.details', {


FYI: the template literal substitution in defaultMessage here (\The ${AiClassifyStepTypeId} step...) is not valid i18n syntax — the i18n extraction tool requires static strings with variables passed via the values object instead.
This went unnoticed because the workflowsExtensionsExample namespace wasn't registered in .i18nrc.json

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saikatsarkar056 · 2026-05-21T21:32:37Z

I tested this change locally. The Feature Settings page displays the Workflow ai sub-features properly.

yansavitski · 2026-05-22T09:28:00Z

@elastic/workflows-eng, @elastic/kibana-core could you review this pr?

skynetigor

LGTM

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kibanamachine · 2026-05-29T14:50:53Z

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