feat(mothership): add files to mship block (#4584)

* Add files to mship block

* Fixes

* Fix

* fix

apps/sim/app/api/mothership/execute/route.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const POST = withRouteHandler(async (req: NextRequest) => {
       chatId,
       messageId: providedMessageId,
       requestId: providedRequestId,
+      fileAttachments,
       workflowId,
       executionId,
     } = validation.data.body
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export const POST = withRouteHandler(async (req: NextRequest) => {
       messageId,
       isHosted: true,
       workspaceContext: workspaceContextWithMothershipTools,
+      ...(fileAttachments && fileAttachments.length > 0 ? { fileAttachments } : {}),
       ...(integrationTools.length > 0 ? { integrationTools } : {}),
       ...(mothershipToolRuntime.tools.length > 0
         ? { mothershipTools: mothershipToolRuntime.tools }

apps/sim/blocks/blocks/mothership.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,25 @@ export const MothershipBlock: BlockConfig<MothershipResponse> = {
       type: 'short-input',
       placeholder: 'e.g., user-123, session-abc, customer-456',
     },
+    {
+      id: 'attachmentFiles',
+      title: 'Attachments',
+      type: 'file-upload',
+      canonicalParamId: 'files',
+      placeholder: 'Upload files to attach',
+      mode: 'basic',
+      multiple: true,
+      required: false,
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'fileReferences',
+      title: 'Attachments',
+      type: 'short-input',
+      canonicalParamId: 'files',
+      placeholder: 'Reference files from previous blocks',
+      mode: 'advanced',
+      required: false,
+    },
   ],
   tools: {
     access: [],
@@ -54,6 +73,10 @@ export const MothershipBlock: BlockConfig<MothershipResponse> = {
       type: 'string',
       description: 'Mothership chat ID to continue; generated when omitted',
     },
+    files: {
+      type: 'file',
+      description: 'Files to send to Mothership as attachments',
+    },
   },
   outputs: {
     content: { type: 'string', description: 'Generated response content' },

apps/sim/executor/handlers/mothership/mothership-handler.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const {
   mockGenerateId,
   mockIsExecutionCancelled,
   mockIsRedisCancellationEnabled,
+  mockReadUserFileContent,
 } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   mockBuildAuthHeaders: vi.fn(),
   mockBuildAPIUrl: vi.fn(),
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const {
   mockGenerateId: vi.fn(),
   mockIsExecutionCancelled: vi.fn(),
   mockIsRedisCancellationEnabled: vi.fn(),
+  mockReadUserFileContent: vi.fn(),
 }))
 
 vi.mock('@/executor/utils/http', () => ({
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ vi.mock('@/lib/execution/cancellation', () => ({
   isRedisCancellationEnabled: mockIsRedisCancellationEnabled,
 }))
 
+vi.mock('@/lib/execution/payloads/materialization.server', () => ({
+  readUserFileContent: mockReadUserFileContent,
+}))
+
 function createAbortError(): Error {
   const error = new Error('The operation was aborted')
   error.name = 'AbortError'
@@ -78,13 +84,14 @@ describe('MothershipBlockHandler', () => {
     mockIsExecutionCancelled.mockReset()
     mockIsRedisCancellationEnabled.mockReset()
     mockIsRedisCancellationEnabled.mockReturnValue(false)
+    mockReadUserFileContent.mockReset()
 
     block = {
       id: 'mothership-block-1',
       metadata: { id: BlockType.MOTHERSHIP, name: 'Mothership' },
       position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
       config: { tool: BlockType.MOTHERSHIP, params: {} },
-      inputs: { prompt: 'string', conversationId: 'string' },
+      inputs: { prompt: 'string', conversationId: 'string', files: 'file[]' },
       outputs: {},
       enabled: true,
     } as SerializedBlock
@@ -212,6 +219,80 @@ describe('MothershipBlockHandler', () => {
     expect(mockGenerateId).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
   })
 
+  it('embeds attached files for the mothership execute request', async () => {
+    const fileContent = Buffer.from('hello mothership', 'utf8').toString('base64')
+    mockGenerateId.mockReturnValueOnce('chat-uuid')
+    mockGenerateId.mockReturnValueOnce('message-uuid')
+    mockGenerateId.mockReturnValueOnce('request-uuid')
+    mockReadUserFileContent.mockResolvedValueOnce(fileContent)
+
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          content: 'analyzed',
+          model: 'mothership',
+          conversationId: 'chat-uuid',
+          tokens: {},
+          toolCalls: [],
+        }),
+        {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        }
+      )
+    )
+
+    const result = await handler.execute(context, block, {
+      prompt: 'Analyze this file',
+      files: [
+        {
+          name: 'notes.txt',
+          key: 'workspace/workspace-1/notes.txt',
+          size: 16,
+          type: 'text/plain',
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      content: 'analyzed',
+      model: 'mothership',
+      conversationId: 'chat-uuid',
+    })
+    expect(mockReadUserFileContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: expect.stringMatching(/^file-/),
+        key: 'workspace/workspace-1/notes.txt',
+        name: 'notes.txt',
+        url: '',
+        size: 16,
+        type: 'text/plain',
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        encoding: 'base64',
+        userId: 'user-1',
+        workspaceId: 'workspace-1',
+        workflowId: 'workflow-1',
+        executionId: 'execution-1',
+        requestId: 'request-uuid',
+      })
+    )
+
+    const [, options] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as [string, RequestInit]
+    const body = JSON.parse(String(options.body))
+    expect(body.fileAttachments).toEqual([
+      {
+        type: 'document',
+        source: {
+          type: 'base64',
+          media_type: 'text/plain',
+          data: fileContent,
+        },
+        filename: 'notes.txt',
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('propagates local aborts to the mothership request', async () => {
     const abortController = new AbortController()
     context.abortSignal = abortController.signal

apps/sim/executor/handlers/mothership/mothership-handler.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import { toError } from '@sim/utils/errors'
 import { generateId } from '@sim/utils/id'
 import { isExecutionCancelled, isRedisCancellationEnabled } from '@/lib/execution/cancellation'
+import { readUserFileContent } from '@/lib/execution/payloads/materialization.server'
+import {
+  createFileContentFromBase64,
+  type MessageContent,
+  processSingleFileToUserFile,
+  type RawFileInput,
+} from '@/lib/uploads/utils/file-utils'
 import type { BlockOutput } from '@/blocks/types'
+import { normalizeFileInput } from '@/blocks/utils'
 import { BlockType } from '@/executor/constants'
 import type { BlockHandler, ExecutionContext } from '@/executor/types'
 import { buildAPIUrl, buildAuthHeaders, extractAPIErrorMessage } from '@/executor/utils/http'
@@ -10,6 +18,53 @@ import type { SerializedBlock } from '@/serializer/types'
 
 const logger = createLogger('MothershipBlockHandler')
 const CANCELLATION_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = 500
+const MAX_MOTHERSHIP_ATTACHMENT_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+
+type MothershipFileAttachment = MessageContent & {
+  filename?: string
+}
+
+async function buildMothershipFileAttachments(
+  filesInput: unknown,
+  ctx: ExecutionContext,
+  requestId: string
+): Promise<MothershipFileAttachment[] | undefined> {
+  const files = normalizeFileInput(filesInput)
+  if (!files || files.length === 0) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  if (!ctx.userId) {
+    throw new Error('Mothership file attachments require an authenticated user.')
+  }
+
+  const attachments: MothershipFileAttachment[] = []
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const userFile = processSingleFileToUserFile(file as RawFileInput, requestId, logger)
+    const base64 = await readUserFileContent(userFile, {
+      encoding: 'base64',
+      userId: ctx.userId,
+      workspaceId: ctx.workspaceId,
+      workflowId: ctx.workflowId,
+      executionId: ctx.executionId,
+      largeValueExecutionIds: ctx.largeValueExecutionIds,
+      allowLargeValueWorkflowScope: ctx.allowLargeValueWorkflowScope,
+      requestId,
+      logger,
+      maxBytes: MAX_MOTHERSHIP_ATTACHMENT_BYTES,
+      maxSourceBytes: MAX_MOTHERSHIP_ATTACHMENT_BYTES,
+    })
+
+    const content = createFileContentFromBase64(base64, userFile.type)
+    if (!content) {
+      throw new Error(`File type is not supported for Mothership attachments: ${userFile.name}`)
+    }
+
+    attachments.push({ ...content, filename: userFile.name })
+  }
+
+  return attachments
+}
 
 /**
  * Handler for Mothership blocks that proxy requests to the Mothership AI agent.
@@ -38,6 +93,7 @@ export class MothershipBlockHandler implements BlockHandler {
     const chatId = providedConversationId || generateId()
     const messageId = generateId()
     const requestId = generateId()
+    const fileAttachments = await buildMothershipFileAttachments(inputs.files, ctx, requestId)
 
     const url = buildAPIUrl('/api/mothership/execute')
     const headers = await buildAuthHeaders(ctx.userId)
@@ -49,6 +105,7 @@ export class MothershipBlockHandler implements BlockHandler {
       chatId,
       messageId,
       requestId,
+      ...(fileAttachments && { fileAttachments }),
       ...(ctx.workflowId ? { workflowId: ctx.workflowId } : {}),
       ...(ctx.executionId ? { executionId: ctx.executionId } : {}),
     }
@@ -60,6 +117,7 @@ export class MothershipBlockHandler implements BlockHandler {
       workflowId: ctx.workflowId,
       executionId: ctx.executionId,
       chatId,
+      fileAttachmentCount: fileAttachments?.length ?? 0,
     })
 
     const abortController = new AbortController()

apps/sim/lib/api/contracts/mothership-tasks.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ const mothershipExecuteMessageSchema = z.object({
   content: z.string(),
 })
 
+const mothershipExecuteFileAttachmentSchema = z
+  .object({
+    type: z.enum(['text', 'image', 'document', 'audio', 'video']),
+    source: z
+      .object({
+        type: z.literal('base64'),
+        media_type: z.string().min(1),
+        data: z.string().min(1),
+      })
+      .optional(),
+    filename: z.string().optional(),
+  })
+  .passthrough()
+
 export const mothershipExecuteBodySchema = z.object({
   messages: z.array(mothershipExecuteMessageSchema).min(1, 'At least one message is required'),
   responseFormat: z.any().optional(),
@@ -61,6 +75,7 @@ export const mothershipExecuteBodySchema = z.object({
   chatId: z.string().optional(),
   messageId: z.string().optional(),
   requestId: z.string().optional(),
+  fileAttachments: z.array(mothershipExecuteFileAttachmentSchema).optional(),
   workflowId: z.string().optional(),
   executionId: z.string().optional(),
 })

apps/sim/lib/uploads/utils/file-utils.ts

@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ export function bufferToBase64(buffer: Buffer): string {
  * Create message content from file data
  */
 export function createFileContent(fileBuffer: Buffer, mimeType: string): MessageContent | null {
+  return createFileContentFromBase64(bufferToBase64(fileBuffer), mimeType)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create message content from base64-encoded file data.
+ */
+export function createFileContentFromBase64(base64: string, mimeType: string): MessageContent | null {
   // SVG is XML text — Claude only supports raster image formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP),
   // so send SVGs as an XML document instead
   if (mimeType.toLowerCase() === 'image/svg+xml') {
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ export function createFileContent(fileBuffer: Buffer, mimeType: string): Message
       source: {
         type: 'base64',
         media_type: 'text/xml',
-        data: bufferToBase64(fileBuffer),
+        data: base64,
       },
     }
   }
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ export function createFileContent(fileBuffer: Buffer, mimeType: string): Message
     source: {
       type: 'base64',
       media_type: mimeType,
-      data: bufferToBase64(fileBuffer),
+      data: base64,
     },
   }
 }