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metabuilder/workflow/executor/README.md
johndoe6345789 c670b8f911 refactor: Move core engine into executor/ts
The TypeScript core engine now lives inside executor/ts/ alongside the
TypeScript runtime, creating a cleaner structure where each executor
folder is self-contained.

Structure:
  executor/ts/         # TypeScript runtime + core engine
    ├── executor/      # DAG executor
    ├── registry/      # Plugin registry
    ├── utils/         # Priority queue, template engine
    ├── types.ts       # Type definitions
    └── index.ts       # Main exports
  executor/python/     # Python runtime
  executor/cpp/        # C++ runtime (Phase 3)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-21 16:10:33 +00:00

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Workflow Executor Runtimes

This folder contains language-specific runtime executors for the workflow engine.

Structure

executor/
├── cpp/        # C++ runtime (high-performance)
├── python/     # Python runtime (AI/ML capabilities)
└── ts/         # TypeScript runtime + core engine
    ├── executor/   # DAG executor
    ├── registry/   # Plugin registry
    ├── utils/      # Priority queue, template engine
    ├── types.ts    # Type definitions
    └── index.ts    # Main exports

Purpose

Each runtime provides the execution environment for plugins written in that language:

TypeScript Runtime (ts/)

  • Contains the core engine (DAG executor, registry, utils)
  • Default runtime for orchestration
  • Direct JavaScript/TypeScript execution
  • Full type safety
  • Fastest startup time

Python Runtime (python/)

  • Child process execution
  • AI/ML library access (TensorFlow, PyTorch, transformers)
  • Data science capabilities (pandas, numpy)
  • NLP processing (spaCy, NLTK)

C++ Runtime (cpp/)

  • Native FFI bindings
  • 100-1000x faster than TypeScript
  • Low memory footprint
  • Ideal for bulk data processing

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  DAGExecutor (TypeScript Core)          │
│  - Orchestrates workflow execution      │
│  - Resolves dependencies                │
│  - Manages execution state              │
└─────────────────┬───────────────────────┘
                  │
        ┌─────────┼─────────┐
        │         │         │
        ↓         ↓         ↓
    ┌────────┬────────┬────────┐
    │   TS   │  C++   │ Python │
    │Runtime │Runtime │Runtime │
    └────────┴────────┴────────┘
        │         │         │
        ↓         ↓         ↓
    ┌────────┬────────┬────────┐
    │Direct  │Native  │Child   │
    │Import  │FFI     │Process │
    └────────┴────────┴────────┘

Adding a New Runtime

  1. Create folder: executor/{language}/
  2. Implement PluginLoader interface
  3. Register loader in ts/registry/node-executor-registry.ts
  4. Add plugins to plugins/{language}/