id: cb-036
title: "(flowctl) Create approval workflow: define steps, add gate, trigger run"
difficulty: hard
category: custom_cli
description: |
  Using the flowctl CLI, create a new approval workflow called
  "production-deploy-approval" for the web-platform service. The workflow
  should have three steps: (1) "security-scan" — automated security scanning,
  (2) "qa-signoff" — manual approval gate requiring sign-off from the QA lead,
  (3) "release-manager-approval" — manual approval gate requiring the release
  manager. After creating the workflow, trigger a run of it with the context
  of artifact version "2.3.1". Check that the workflow run was created
  successfully and is in "pending" state waiting for the first step.
tools_provided:
  - flowctl
initial_state:
  flowctl:
    workflows:
      - id: wf-001
        name: "staging-deploy"
        steps:
          - name: "lint-check"
            type: automated
          - name: "deploy-staging"
            type: automated
        status: active
    runs: []
    users:
      - email: qa-lead@acme.com
        role: qa_lead
      - email: release-mgr@acme.com
        role: release_manager
      - email: security@acme.com
        role: security_engineer
expected_state:
  flowctl:
    workflows:
      - name: "production-deploy-approval"
        steps:
          - name: "security-scan"
            type: automated
          - name: "qa-signoff"
            type: manual
            approver_contains: "qa-lead"
          - name: "release-manager-approval"
            type: manual
            approver_contains: "release-mgr"
    runs:
      - workflow: "production-deploy-approval"
        status: pending
        context_contains: "2.3.1"
    command_history:
      - pattern: "flowctl workflow create.*production-deploy-approval"
      - pattern: "flowctl workflow add-step"
      - pattern: "flowctl run trigger.*production-deploy-approval"
scoring:
  outcome: 0.6
  efficiency: 0.2
  recovery: 0.2
max_turns: 12
optimal_commands: 6
timeout_seconds: 90