Method preprocessScheduleFields

pkg/workflow/schedule_preprocessing.go:104–337

preprocessScheduleFields converts human-friendly schedule expressions to cron expressions in the frontmatter's "on" section. It modifies the frontmatter map in place.

(frontmatter map[string]any, markdownPath string, content string)

// preprocessScheduleFields converts human-friendly schedule expressions to cron expressions
// in the frontmatter's "on" section. It modifies the frontmatter map in place.
func (c *Compiler) preprocessScheduleFields(frontmatter map[string]any, markdownPath string, content string) error {
	schedulePreprocessingLog.Print("Preprocessing schedule fields in frontmatter")

	// Check if "on" field exists
	onValue, exists := frontmatter["on"]
	if !exists {
		return nil
	}

	// Check if "on" is a string - might be a schedule expression, slash command shorthand, label trigger shorthand, or other trigger shorthand
	if onStr, ok := onValue.(string); ok {
		schedulePreprocessingLog.Printf("Processing on field as string: %s", onStr)

		// Check if it's a slash command shorthand (starts with /)
		commandName, isSlashCommand, err := parseSlashCommandShorthand(onStr)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if isSlashCommand {
			schedulePreprocessingLog.Printf("Converting shorthand 'on: %s' to slash_command + workflow_dispatch", onStr)

			// Create the expanded format
			onMap := expandSlashCommandShorthand(commandName)
			frontmatter["on"] = onMap

			return nil
		}

		// Check if it's a label-command shorthand (starts with "label-command ")
		if labelName, ok := strings.CutPrefix(onStr, "label-command "); ok {
			labelName = strings.TrimSpace(labelName)
			if labelName == "" {
				return errors.New("label-command shorthand requires a label name after 'label-command'")
			}
			schedulePreprocessingLog.Printf("Converting shorthand 'on: %s' to label_command + workflow_dispatch", onStr)
			onMap := expandLabelCommandShorthand(labelName)
			frontmatter["on"] = onMap
			return nil
		}

		// Check if it's a label trigger shorthand (labeled label1 label2...)
		entityType, labelNames, isLabelTrigger, err := parseLabelTriggerShorthand(onStr)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if isLabelTrigger {
			schedulePreprocessingLog.Printf("Converting shorthand 'on: %s' to %s labeled + workflow_dispatch", onStr, entityType)

			// Create the expanded format
			onMap := expandLabelTriggerShorthand(entityType, labelNames)
			frontmatter["on"] = onMap

			return nil
		}

		// Try the new unified trigger parser for other trigger shorthands
		triggerIR, err := ParseTriggerShorthand(onStr)
		if err != nil {