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Adding a Third Step

Let's extend your workflow by adding a third step that generates a summary of the content.

Creating the Summary Step

Add this new step to your workflow file:

const generateSummaryStep = createStep({
  id: "generate-summary",
  description: "Creates a summary of the content",
  inputSchema: z.object({
    content: z.string(),
    type: z.string(),
    wordCount: z.number(),
    metadata: z.object({
      readingTime: z.number(),
      difficulty: z.enum(["easy", "medium", "hard"]),
      processedAt: z.string(),
    }),
  }),
  outputSchema: z.object({
    content: z.string(),
    type: z.string(),
    wordCount: z.number(),
    metadata: z.object({
      readingTime: z.number(),
      difficulty: z.enum(["easy", "medium", "hard"]),
      processedAt: z.string(),
    }),
    summary: z.string(),
  }),
  execute: async ({ inputData }) => {
    const { content, type, wordCount, metadata } = inputData;

    // Create a simple summary from first sentence
    const sentences = content
      .split(/[.!?]+/)
      .filter((s) => s.trim().length > 0);
    const firstSentence = sentences[0]?.trim() + ".";

    // Generate summary based on content length
    let summary = firstSentence;
    if (wordCount > 50) {
      summary += ` This ${type} contains ${wordCount} words and takes approximately ${metadata.readingTime} minute(s) to read.`;
    }

    console.log(`📝 Generated summary: ${summary.length} characters`);

    return {
      content,
      type,
      wordCount,
      metadata,
      summary,
    };
  },
});

Understanding the Pattern

Notice how this step:

• Takes the output from the previous step as input
• Adds new data (summary) while preserving existing data
• Follows the same structure as other steps

Your third step is ready! Next, you'll update the workflow to include all three steps.