[9.4] [One Workflow] Deprecate direct AI connector step types in favor of ai.prompt (#263694)#264354
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…i.prompt (elastic#263694) ## Summary Extends the workflow step deprecation mechanism to support **prefix-based matching** and deprecates all direct AI connector step types (`inference.*`, `bedrock.*`, `gen-ai.*`, `gemini.*`) in favor of the purpose-built `ai.prompt` step. - Users were confused by the availability of raw AI connector steps alongside the purpose-built `ai.*` steps ([Slack thread](https://elastic.slack.com/archives/C08U04SUN49/p1776097440515239)) - Deprecated steps are hidden from autocomplete, the Add Action menu, and AI agent discovery - Existing workflows using these step types continue to work — they just show a deprecation warning in the editor ### Changes - Added `DEPRECATED_STEP_PREFIX_METADATA` to `@kbn/workflows` for prefix-based deprecation matching - Updated `getDeprecatedStepMetadata()` to check prefix matches after exact matches - Migrated all deprecation consumers from direct map access (`deprecatedMap[key]`) to function calls (`getDeprecatedStepMetadata(key)`) - Updated the agent builder tool to detect prefix deprecation on dynamic connector steps ### Screenshots **Editor deprecation warnings** — `inference.completion` and `bedrock.invokeAI` now show deprecation squiggles and hover tooltip: | Before (main) | After | |---|---| |  |  | **Deprecation hover tooltip** — hovering on a deprecated AI connector step shows the replacement suggestion:  **Autocomplete** — typing `inference` shows "No suggestions" (all `inference.*` steps are filtered):  **Add Action menu** — searching for "inference" or "bedrock" returns no options:  **`ai.prompt` not affected** — searching "ai" in the actions menu still shows AI Prompt, AI Classify, AI Summarize:  **Exact-match deprecation still works** — `kibana.createCase` still shows deprecation warning (existing behavior preserved):  Closes elastic/security-team#16816 ## Test plan - [x] Verify `inference.*`, `bedrock.*`, `gen-ai.*`, `gemini.*` steps no longer appear in autocomplete suggestions - [x] Verify these steps no longer appear in the Add Action menu - [x] Verify existing workflows using these steps show a deprecation warning in the editor - [x] Verify `ai.prompt` step is not affected by the deprecation - [x] Verify `kibana.*` Cases steps still show exact-match deprecation warnings 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> (cherry picked from commit 9af9077)
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