orbeon-builder

Design

How to use the Orbeon MCP to create Orbeon Form Builder forms

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Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/orbeon/SKILL.md

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To create a new form, start with the form_new MCP call.
To edit an existing form, use the form_edit MCP call. You need a document id for that.
Before creating/making changes to controls in a form, start by calling list_available_toolbox_form_controls to know what form controls are available to use.
If editing a form, or as a checkpoint, use the form_get_structure MCP call to learn about what's in the form.
- A form is structurally made of sections, grids, and form controls.
- Sections can be nested within sections.
  - Simple forms do not require nesting of sections.
- Grids are always nested within a section, and cannot be at the top-level.
- Within a section, there can be a combination of nested grids and sections.
- Controls are always within a grid.
- A grid is made or rows (initially one) and columns (12 as a strandard, with an option to change to 24).
- Form controls take space in a grid.
  - Controls naturally take more or less width. 4 or 6 columns width are good defaults.
  - Normally, all controls fit on a single row and do not need to span multiple rows.
  - Taller form controls like textareas will expand the row vertically if needed.
  - But if rows are shared by tall form controls an short ones, then it can make sense to have the tall one span rows.
form_new creates an empty form containing a section called section-1 and a nested grid called grid-1, with a single row.
- This means that for the first section and first grid, you must not call section_insert and grid_insert.
- Instead, use section_grid_control_rename to rename the first section and first grid appropriately if desired.
For subsequent sections and grids, use section_insert and grid_insert.
- The section_insert function inserts a section AND a nested grid with a single row. The automatic grid name is returned.
- Use section_grid_control_rename to rename the nested grid appropriately if desired.
For inserting form controls, use control_insert.`
- For email fields, use the Email form control.
- For US phone number fields, use the US Phone Number form control.
- For selection controls (Dropdowns, Checkboxes, etc.) set items separately with control_set_items.
- For simple use cases, just insert form controls without specifying a position/size.
- For more complex use cases, you can specify the x, y, width, and height position of the form control to insert. Remember, it must fit in the grid.
To persist the form, use form_save. This can be called multiple times during the creation/update of the form if desired.
When done with a form session, call form_close.