Answer user question about passing values between functions in web UI

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User asked how to implement conditional workflow execution (Extract → Analyze → Suggest) where each step returns a boolean to control whether the next step executes. No code changes required per agent instructions.

Answer Summary

IvoryOS supports conditional flow control via built-in flow control elements in the Design tab:

Flow Control Elements:

• if/else/endif - Conditional execution based on expressions
• while/endwhile - Loop execution
• repeat/endrepeat - Fixed iteration count
• variable - Store intermediate values
• pause - Human-in-the-loop intervention

Implementation Pattern:

class MySDL:
    def extract(self) -> bool:
        """Returns True to continue, False to stop"""
        return success_condition
    
    def analyze(self) -> bool:
        return success_condition
    
    def suggest(self) -> bool:
        return success_condition

Workflow Design (in UI):

1. Call extract() → save return as continue_to_analyze
2. Add if continue_to_analyze == True block
3. Call analyze() → save return as continue_to_suggest
4. Add nested if continue_to_suggest == True block
5. Call suggest()

Key Code References

• Flow control implementation: ivoryos/utils/nest_script.py
• Built-in forms: ivoryos/utils/form.py
• Pause/human intervention: ivoryos/utils/script_runner.py
• Example workflow: community/examples/abstract_sdl_example/

Documentation Links

• Official docs: https://ivoryos.readthedocs.io/
• Live demo: https://demo.ivoryos.ai
• Usage guide: docs/source/usage.rst

Original prompt

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<issue_title>Passing values between functions in the web ui</issue_title>
<issue_description>For example, i have three steps in the process: Extract, Analyze, and Suggest. Each step will output a boolean value. If true, go to next step. If false, exit. I wanna be able to specify on the web ui if I want to move on to the next step by typing true or false. if I type true on the ui, it will execute the next step and ask me if i wanna go to the third step. </issue_description>

<agent_instructions>don't commit any new files. no changes. I just want you to answer my question. include specific links to the code base and to the docs. Use context7 mcp tool to access ivoryos docs. also look in the docs folder.</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes AccelerationConsortium/ivoryOS#2

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