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feat(migrated): reference a catalogued image of the target project in place (#995) - #996

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Summary

Refs #995.

On flow.google.com, image i2i --ref <uuid> of an image that gflow generated in an earlier invocation, in the same project is refused with exit 36. Only in_project refs are referenced in place (#913), and in_project was set only for images produced in the current process. The workaround, passing the local file, uploads the image again, and on an account that has not accepted Flow's one-time upload-terms dialog that fails with exit 27.

This PR marks a UUID ref in_project when the local catalog records it in the project being generated in, through one shared predicate, api.image.recorded_in_project:

Surface Change
CLI cli_image._enrich_uuid_refs(..., project_id=project.project_id) sets in_project from asset.flow_project_id
MCP mcp.tools._ref_meta_entry also records the catalog's flow_project_id in ref_meta
worker worker.codec.build_image_request sets in_project when ref_meta[r].flow_project_id == payload["project_id"]

No transport change. The migrated composer's existing in-place path (reference_existing) still enforces every guard:

  • the caption must be searchable (_picker_query);
  • the tile must be in this page's project grid (await_existing_references, reloading within EXISTING_REF_WAIT_S);
  • the option is chosen by /asb/<token> identity;
  • the submit must carry exactly those ids (_image_body_problem).

So the catalog is only a routing hint. A stale or wrong row fails loud (ReferenceNotFoundError, exit 32) and never attaches a different image. A ref from another project, a scratch project, or a ref with no recorded caption behaves exactly as today (exit 36). labs.google never reads in_project, so it is unchanged.

Use case behind it: a t2i → human review → i2i pipeline split across invocations (a desktop app driving gflow), where every reference image was generated by Flow in the same project and there is nothing to upload.

Lifecycle

  • Issue triaged: flow.google.com: image i2i --ref <uuid> of an image already in the target project is refused (exit 36) instead of referenced in place #995. The user reproduced it on the CLI. The MCP path has the same gap by construction (ref_meta had no project), and this PR fixes both.
  • predict verdict recorded: GO (7/10), with one caution. See PREDICT.md.
  • scenario + plan: SCENARIO.md · PLAN.md
  • check green (commands below). CLI↔MCP mirror: both surfaces route the same ref the same way; parity tests pass.
  • MCP twin: no new command or option; the existing generate_image task gains the same behaviour.
  • E2E evidence: not run by me. I have no account to spend on gflow's own e2e suite here. The case to add/run is a tests/e2e/test_migrated_host_e2e.py flow: image t2i --project P, then, in a separate invocation, image i2i --ref <media_name> --project P. Expect migrated.existing_references_attached and no upload. Images spend no credits.
  • Live-verified: no. The in-place path itself is live-verified for refs from the current run (image batch: intra-batch references (ref / reference_entity "batch:N") are parsed and never applied (#317) #913, 2026-10-01). The inference that an earlier run's image in the same project behaves identically is untested against real Flow. Same grid, same picker, same identity match: I expect it, but I have not measured it. Hence Refs #995, not Fixes.
  • Council review: not run (the pr-council-review skill is not available in my environment); happy to address its findings.

Validation

  • Focused tests added (TDD, red first):
    • CLI enrichment: project-scoped _enrich_uuid_refs (same project, other project, no project, uncatalogued project, video asset).
    • CLI call site: passes the resolved --project. This test fails with the call-site change removed.
    • MCP: ref_meta.flow_project_id.
    • Worker codec: in_project from ref_meta and project_id.
  • Documentation: REFERENCE_STRATEGIES (flow.google.com section), USAGE (migrated-host note + exit-36 row), CONFIGURATION, README, llms.txt, CHANGELOG; website/docs regenerated.
  • uv run python scripts/ci/check_doc_links.py, check_repo_hygiene.py, check_website_docs_pii.py, check_council_memory.py, generate_website_docs.py --check
  • uv run ruff check src tests · uv run ruff format --check src tests
  • uv run pyright src → 0 errors
  • uv run python -m pytest -q --cov=gflow_cli --cov-fail-under=80 → 5137 passed, 69 skipped, coverage 91.56%
  • uv run python -m pytest -q tests/mcp/test_cli_parity.py tests/mcp/test_server.py → 61 passed

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  • New Features
    • Use an image UUID reference with image-to-image generation on Flow when the image is recorded in the same project and has a saved Flow caption. The image is attached in place without uploading it.
    • MCP image tasks also support matching in-project references.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified support and failure conditions for image UUID references on Flow. Other UUID references remain unsupported.

… place (ffroliva#995)

On flow.google.com only an `in_project` image ref is referenced in place; it was set
only for images produced in the current process (ffroliva#913), so `image i2i --ref <uuid>` of
an image generated by an earlier invocation in the same project was refused (exit 36)
and the only workaround was re-uploading it (which meets Flow's upload-terms dialog).

Mark a ref `in_project` when the local catalog records it in the project being
generated in, through one shared predicate (`api.image.recorded_in_project`):

- CLI: `_enrich_uuid_refs(..., project_id=project.project_id)`
- MCP: `_ref_meta_entry` carries the catalog's `flow_project_id`
- worker: `build_image_request` compares it with the task's `project_id`

No transport change: the migrated composer's existing guards still apply (searchable
caption, tile present in this page's project grid, exact submit ids), so a stale or
foreign catalog row fails loud instead of attaching the wrong image.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Dicky Indra Asmara <13186704+dickyindra@users.noreply.github.com>
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Catalogued image UUID references are marked in-project when their recorded Flow project matches the generation project. The CLI and MCP worker use this match to route references through the existing in-project path. References from another project or without a recorded caption retain their documented refusal behavior.

Changes: Project-scoped image references

Layer / File(s) Summary
CLI project matching
src/gflow_cli/api/image.py, src/gflow_cli/cli_image.py, tests/cli/*
The i2i CLI passes its resolved project ID to UUID-reference enrichment. Enrichment marks an image reference in-project when its catalog project ID matches. Tests cover matching and non-matching cases, absent project IDs, video references, and CLI wiring.
MCP and worker project metadata
src/gflow_cli/mcp/tools.py, src/gflow_cli/worker/codec.py, tests/mcp/*, tests/worker/*, CHANGELOG.md, README.md, llms.txt, docs/*, website/docs/*
MCP reference metadata includes the catalog project ID. The worker compares it with the task project ID when building an image request. Tests and documentation describe supported matching references and existing failure cases. The plan records an unchecked live test.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 50418

Two narrow MCP edge cases can let unusable or wrongly typed references through instead of failing early. Fix them before or shortly after merge. The main CLI and worker path looks sound, though live reuse across invocations has not been tested.

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- Around line 574-576: Update _enrich_image_refs to include project metadata
only when the catalogued asset has AssetKind.IMAGE; exclude video assets before
adding flow_project_id to ref_meta, matching the CLI image-kind check.
- Around line 574-576: Update _resolve_payload_refs to determine i2v frame
usability from display_name or local_path, not whether _ref_meta_entry returned
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project = getattr(asset, "flow_project_id", None)
if isinstance(project, str) and project:
entry["flow_project_id"] = project

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Exclude video assets from image-reference project matching.

When an MCP image task supplies a catalogued video UUID with a caption, _enrich_image_refs forwards its project ID. The worker then sets ImageRef.in_project=True and bypasses the migrated composer's UUID refusal. The CLI explicitly leaves video assets unmarked. Restrict image-task project metadata to AssetKind.IMAGE before building ref_meta. As per coding guidelines, “gflow ships every capability twice — as a CLI command and an MCP tool”; this path does not mirror the CLI image-kind check.

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Review comment at @src/gflow_cli/mcp/tools.py around lines 574 - 576:
Update _enrich_image_refs to include project metadata only when the catalogued
asset has AssetKind.IMAGE; exclude video assets before adding flow_project_id to
ref_meta, matching the CLI image-kind check.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep project metadata out of the i2v usability decision.

For an i2v frame with a recorded project but no caption or verified local file, _ref_meta_entry now returns a nonempty entry. _resolve_payload_refs therefore skips its “Reference Not Usable” check, although it forwards neither a picker name nor a file. Check for display_name or local_path explicitly before accepting the frame.

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Review comment at @src/gflow_cli/mcp/tools.py around lines 574 - 576:
Update _resolve_payload_refs to determine i2v frame usability from display_name
or local_path, not whether _ref_meta_entry returned a nonempty entry; keep
flow_project_id as metadata without letting it bypass the “Reference Not Usable”
check.

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Thanks @dickyindra, this is a clean, well-scoped fix. It's now merged to develop as #1001 and ships in the next release.

We moved it to a same-repo branch because fork PRs can't run SonarCloud. Your commit is merged unchanged and keeps your authorship. On top of it we added:

  • a BDD e2e on flow.google.com for both surfaces. On the CLI, develop exited 36 and your branch passed. The MCP path also passed, through the tool, the worker and the transport.
  • the spike that measured it.
  • a fix for one regression the council review found: the shared _ref_meta_entry let a video i2v frame skip its "not usable" check.
  • doc updates.

Closing in favour of #1001, which fixes #995. Thank you!

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