Félix Malfait
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## Overview
Adds a new workflow action, **Pick Record**, that selects **one** record
from a configured candidate pool and exposes the chosen record as the
step's output. Downstream steps can then reference it through the normal
variable picker — e.g. assign an owner in an _Update Record_ step by
setting **Account Owner = `{{step.<pickRecordId>.id}}`**.
This is the foundation for building **assignment workflows**
(round-robin / load-balanced owner assignment, reviewer rotation, etc.)
in Twenty.
## This is PR 1 of a 3-PR stack
| PR | Strategy | Adds |
|----|----------|------|
| **1 (this one)** | `RANDOM` | The whole `PICK_RECORD` action,
end-to-end, stateless |
| 2 | `ROUND_ROBIN` | A persistent, atomically-incremented per-step
cursor + the strategy selector UI |
| 3 | `LOAD_BALANCED` | "fewest related records wins" via an aggregate
count |
Each PR widens the `strategy` enum (a backward-compatible change), so no
data migration is needed between them.
## How it works
- **Editor**: pick an Object, then pick the candidate records (a
multi-record selector). A random record is selected from that pool at
run time.
- **Output**: a single record of the chosen object — the same output
shape as `CREATE_RECORD`/`UPDATE_RECORD` — so it drills into
`{{step.x.id}}`, `{{step.x.name}}`, … in the variable picker.
- **Execution**: reuses `FindRecordsService` to fetch the pool (`id IN
(recordIds)`, which also transparently drops any deleted candidates),
then returns one at random.
## Design decisions & tradeoffs
1. **Standalone step that outputs a variable, not an inline "random"
mode on the relation field.** This mirrors Attio's round-robin block.
The decisive reason is composition: the chosen record is almost always
reused (assign owner **and** create a follow-up task for them **and**
email them). A variable is chosen once and reused everywhere; an inline
per-field value would re-roll independently in each place. It also keeps
the (stateful) round-robin/load-balanced logic out of the field inputs.
Tradeoff: one extra step to wire up vs. an inline control — accepted for
the composability win. An inline "Assign automatically" entry point can
still be layered on later as sugar that inserts this step.
2. **Co-located in the `record-crud` action module and reuses
`FindRecordsService`.** Avoids duplicating module wiring (auth context,
permissions, object-metadata resolution) and the data-access path.
Tradeoff: "Pick" is a selection rather than a CRUD op, so the folder
name is slightly broad; chose reuse + low risk over a separate module.
Can be extracted if the family grows.
3. **`strategy` exists in the schema (defaulted `RANDOM`) but the
selector is hidden in this PR.** A dropdown with a single option would
be UX slop, and adding the field only in PR 2 would force a data
backfill for any `PICK_RECORD` steps created in between. Keeping the
field now (hidden) avoids both. PR 2 introduces the selector once
there's a real choice.
4. **Pool is an explicit static list (`recordIds`) for v1.** Matches the
most common assignment case ("rotate among these N people") and reuses
the existing `FormMultiRecordPicker`. A filter-based pool (reusing the
Find Records filter UI) and a list-from-a-previous-step pool are natural
follow-ups, intentionally out of scope here to keep the stack focused on
the three strategies.
5. **Output schema is computed on the frontend** (like `CREATE_RECORD`),
derived from `input.objectName` — so it is **not** added to
`PERSISTED_OUTPUT_SCHEMA_TYPES` and needs no server-side schema
computation.
6. **Validation**: `PICK_RECORD` is added to object-name metadata
validation (so a deleted/invalid target object is flagged) via a
dedicated `OBJECT_TARGETING_ACTION_TYPES` set — deliberately **not** to
`VARIABLE_CONSUMING_ACTION_TYPES`, because a static pool legitimately
references no upstream variable and would otherwise raise a spurious "no
variable reference" warning.
7. **Empty pool → step error** at run time (respecting the step's
error-handling options) rather than a silent no-op, since an empty pool
is a misconfiguration or fully-deleted set.
8. **`Math.random`** is used for selection — no cryptographic guarantee
is needed for assignment fairness.
## Testing
Per our testing convention (integration test over service/`.spec`
tests): added `pick-record-workflow.integration-spec.ts`, which builds a
workflow with a manual trigger + a `PICK_RECORD` step, configures a
known two-record pool, runs it, and asserts the run completes and the
picked record is **always** within the configured pool (verifying the
pool filter) across repeated runs.
Local verification (typecheck + lint for shared/server/front) is green;
running the integration suite and attaching editor screenshots in a
follow-up comment.
## Follow-ups
- PR 2: `ROUND_ROBIN` + persistent atomic cursor (Redis `incrBy` vs. a
Postgres counter table — tradeoff to be documented on that PR) +
strategy selector.
- PR 3: `LOAD_BALANCED`.
- Later (not in this stack): filter-based / variable-list pools, an
inline "Assign automatically" entry point on relation fields, OOO-skip /
weighting.
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