Added the option to create an assistants plugin that just opens a chat in a specific workspace

app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/I18N/allTexts.lua

@@ -7516,6 +7516,12 @@ UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::DATAMODEL::ASSISTANT
 -- Button
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::DATAMODEL::ASSISTANTCOMPONENTTYPEEXTENSIONS::T864557713"] = "Button"
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an invalid LaunchBehavior value.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T109828905"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains an invalid LaunchBehavior value."
+
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an unsupported LaunchBehavior value.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T1194373781"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains an unsupported LaunchBehavior value."
+
 -- Failed to parse the UI render tree from the ASSISTANT lua table.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T1318499252"] = "Failed to parse the UI render tree from the ASSISTANT lua table."
 
@@ -7531,12 +7537,18 @@ UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T2
 -- The ASSISTANT lua table does not exist or is not a valid table.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3017816936"] = "The ASSISTANT lua table does not exist or is not a valid table."
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an empty WorkspaceName for LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3233001282"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains an empty WorkspaceName for LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'."
+
 -- The provided ASSISTANT lua table does not contain a valid system prompt.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3402798667"] = "The provided ASSISTANT lua table does not contain a valid system prompt."
 
 -- The ASSISTANT table does not contain a valid system prompt.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3723171842"] = "The ASSISTANT table does not contain a valid system prompt."
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains the LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME' but no valid WorkspaceName.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T4215554842"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains the LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME' but no valid WorkspaceName."
+
 -- ASSISTANT.BuildPrompt exists but is not a Lua function or has invalid syntax.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T683382975"] = "ASSISTANT.BuildPrompt exists but is not a Lua function or has invalid syntax."
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/AssistantBlock.razor

@@ -24,9 +24,18 @@
         <MudCardActions>
             <MudStack Row="@true" AlignItems="AlignItems.Center" Justify="Justify.SpaceBetween" Style="width: 100%;">
                 <MudButtonGroup Variant="Variant.Outlined">
-                    <MudButton Size="Size.Large" Variant="Variant.Filled" StartIcon="@this.Icon" Color="Color.Default" Href="@this.Link" Disabled="@this.Disabled">
+                    @if (this.HasStartAction)
-                        @this.ButtonText
+                    {
-                    </MudButton>
+                        <MudButton Size="Size.Large" Variant="Variant.Filled" StartIcon="@this.Icon" Color="Color.Default" OnClick="@this.OnClick" Disabled="@this.Disabled">
+                            @this.ButtonText
+                        </MudButton>
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        <MudButton Size="Size.Large" Variant="Variant.Filled" StartIcon="@this.Icon" Color="Color.Default" Href="@this.Link" Disabled="@this.Disabled">
+                            @this.ButtonText
+                        </MudButton>
+                    }
                     @if (this.HasSettingsPanel)
                     {
                         <MudIconButton Variant="Variant.Text" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Settings" Color="Color.Default" OnClick="@this.OpenSettingsDialog"/>

app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/AssistantBlock.razor.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ public partial class AssistantBlock<TSettings> : MSGComponentBase where TSetting
     [Parameter]
     public string Link { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+    [Parameter]
+    public EventCallback OnClick { get; set; }
+
     [Parameter]
     public bool Disabled { get; set; }
 
@@ -61,4 +64,6 @@ public partial class AssistantBlock<TSettings> : MSGComponentBase where TSetting
     private bool IsVisible => this.SettingsManager.IsAssistantVisible(this.Component, assistantName: this.Name, requiredPreviewFeature: this.RequiredPreviewFeature);
 
     private bool HasSettingsPanel => typeof(TSettings) != typeof(NoSettingsPanel);
+
+    private bool HasStartAction => this.OnClick.HasDelegate;
 }

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Assistants.razor

@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@
                 @foreach (var assistantPlugin in this.AssistantPlugins)
                 {
                     var securityState = PluginAssistantSecurityResolver.Resolve(this.SettingsManager, assistantPlugin);
+                    var launchLink = assistantPlugin.StartsChatDirectly ? string.Empty : $"{Routes.ASSISTANT_DYNAMIC}?assistantId={assistantPlugin.Id}";
                     <AssistantBlock TSettings="NoSettingsPanel"
                                     Name="@T(assistantPlugin.AssistantTitle)"
                                     Description="@T(assistantPlugin.Description)"
                                     Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.FindInPage"
                                     Disabled="@(!securityState.CanStartAssistant)"
-                                    Link="@($"{Routes.ASSISTANT_DYNAMIC}?assistantId={assistantPlugin.Id}")">
+                                    Link="@launchLink"
+                                    OnClick="@(() => this.StartAssistantPluginAsync(assistantPlugin))">
                         <SecurityBadge>
                             <AssistantPluginSecurityCard Plugin="@assistantPlugin" Compact="@true" />
                         </SecurityBadge>

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Assistants.razor.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using AIStudio.Chat;
 using AIStudio.Components;
 using AIStudio.Agents.AssistantAudit;
 using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem;
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ public partial class Assistants : MSGComponentBase
 
     [Inject]
     private AssistantPluginAuditService AssistantPluginAuditService { get; init; } = null!;
+
+    [Inject]
+    private NavigationManager NavigationManager { get; init; } = null!;
+
+    [Inject]
+    private ILogger<Assistants> Logger { get; init; } = null!;
     
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
@@ -81,6 +88,50 @@ public partial class Assistants : MSGComponentBase
             audits.Add(audit);
     }
 
+    private async Task StartAssistantPluginAsync(PluginAssistants assistantPlugin)
+    {
+        var securityState = PluginAssistantSecurityResolver.Resolve(this.SettingsManager, assistantPlugin);
+        if (!securityState.CanStartAssistant)
+            return;
+
+        if (!assistantPlugin.StartsChatDirectly)
+        {
+            this.NavigationManager.NavigateTo($"{Routes.ASSISTANT_DYNAMIC}?assistantId={assistantPlugin.Id}");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var chatThread = await this.TryCreateDirectChatThreadAsync(assistantPlugin);
+        if (chatThread is null)
+            return;
+
+        MessageBus.INSTANCE.DeferMessage(this, Event.SEND_TO_CHAT, chatThread);
+        this.NavigationManager.NavigateTo(Routes.CHAT);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ChatThread?> TryCreateDirectChatThreadAsync(PluginAssistants assistantPlugin)
+    {
+        var workspaceId = await WorkspaceBehaviour.ResolveOrCreateWorkspaceIdByNameAsync(assistantPlugin.LaunchWorkspaceName);
+        if (workspaceId == Guid.Empty)
+        {
+            this.Logger.LogWarning("Assistant plugin '{PluginName}' could not resolve or create workspace '{WorkspaceName}'.", assistantPlugin.Name, assistantPlugin.LaunchWorkspaceName);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new ChatThread
+        {
+            IncludeDateTime = true,
+            SelectedProvider = string.Empty,
+            SelectedProfile = string.Empty,
+            SelectedChatTemplate = string.Empty,
+            SystemPrompt = SystemPrompts.DEFAULT,
+            WorkspaceId = workspaceId,
+            ChatId = Guid.NewGuid(),
+            Name = assistantPlugin.AssistantTitle,
+            DataSourceOptions = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.Chat.PreselectedDataSourceOptions.CreateCopy(),
+            Blocks = [],
+        };
+    }
+
     protected override async Task ProcessIncomingMessage<T>(ComponentBase? sendingComponent, Event triggeredEvent, T? data) where T : default
     {
         if (triggeredEvent is Event.PLUGINS_RELOADED)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/assistants/README.md

@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Each assistant plugin lives in its own directory under the assistants plugin roo
 
 ## Structure
 - `ASSISTANT` is the root table. It must contain `Title`, `Description`, `SystemPrompt`, `SubmitText`, `AllowProfiles`, and the nested `UI` definition.
+- `ASSISTANT` may optionally define direct-launch metadata for assistant tiles:
+  - `LaunchBehavior = "OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME"`
+  - `WorkspaceName = "<target workspace name>"`
 - `UI.Type` is always `"FORM"` and `UI.Children` is a list of component tables.
 - Each component table declares `Type`, an optional `Children` array, and a `Props` table that feeds the component’s parameters.
 
@@ -92,6 +95,8 @@ ASSISTANT = {
     ["SystemPrompt"] = "",
     ["SubmitText"] = "",
     ["AllowProfiles"] = true,
+    ["LaunchBehavior"] = "OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME",
+    ["WorkspaceName"] = "",
     ["UI"] = {
         ["Type"] = "FORM",
         ["Children"] = {
@@ -101,6 +106,29 @@ ASSISTANT = {
 }
 ```
 
+## Direct Launch to Workspace Chat
+Assistant plugins can optionally skip the normal assistant page and open a chat directly from the tile.
+
+```lua
+ASSISTANT = {
+    ["Title"] = "Open Chat",
+    ["Description"] = "Open a new chat in the XXX workspace.",
+    ["SystemPrompt"] = "",
+    ["SubmitText"] = "Start",
+    ["AllowProfiles"] = true,
+    ["LaunchBehavior"] = "OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME",
+    ["WorkspaceName"] = "XXX",
+    ["UI"] = {
+        ["Type"] = "FORM",
+        ["Children"] = {}
+    }
+}
+```
+
+- `WorkspaceName` is resolved case-insensitively after trimming.
+- If the workspace does not exist yet, AI Studio creates it automatically.
+- The opened chat uses the normal default chat settings of AI Studio.
+
 
 #### Supported types (matching the Blazor UI components):
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/assistants/plugin.lua

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ ASSISTANT = {
     ["SystemPrompt"] = "<prompt that fundamentally changes behaviour, personality and task focus of your assistant. Invisible to the user>", -- required
     ["SubmitText"] = "<label for submit button>", -- required
     ["AllowProfiles"] = true, -- if true, allows AiStudios profiles; required
+    ["LaunchBehavior"] = "<NONE|OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME>", -- optional; when set to OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME the tile opens a chat directly
+    ["WorkspaceName"] = "<name of the workspace to open or create>", -- optional; required for OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME
     ["UI"] = {
         ["Type"] = "FORM",
         ["Children"] = {

app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/de-de-43065dbc-78d0-45b7-92be-f14c2926e2dc/plugin.lua

@@ -7518,6 +7518,12 @@ UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::DATAMODEL::ASSISTANT
 -- Button
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::DATAMODEL::ASSISTANTCOMPONENTTYPEEXTENSIONS::T864557713"] = "Schaltfläche"
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an invalid LaunchBehavior value.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T109828905"] = "Die Tabelle ASSISTANT enthält einen ungültigen Wert für LaunchBehavior."
+
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an unsupported LaunchBehavior value.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T1194373781"] = "Die ASSISTANT-Tabelle enthält einen nicht unterstützten LaunchBehavior-Wert."
+
 -- Failed to parse the UI render tree from the ASSISTANT lua table.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T1318499252"] = "Der UI-Render-Baum konnte nicht aus der ASSISTANT-Lua-Tabelle geparst werden."
 
@@ -7533,12 +7539,18 @@ UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T2
 -- The ASSISTANT lua table does not exist or is not a valid table.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3017816936"] = "Die Lua-Tabelle **ASSISTANT** existiert nicht oder ist keine gültige Tabelle."
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an empty WorkspaceName for LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3233001282"] = "Die ASSISTANT-Tabelle enthält einen leeren Arbeitsbereichsnamen für das LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'."
+
 -- The provided ASSISTANT lua table does not contain a valid system prompt.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3402798667"] = "Die bereitgestellte ASSISTANT-Lua-Tabelle enthält keine gültige Systemaufforderung."
 
 -- The ASSISTANT table does not contain a valid system prompt.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3723171842"] = "Die Tabelle **ASSISTANT** enthält keine gültige Systemanweisung."
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains the LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME' but no valid WorkspaceName.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T4215554842"] = "Die ASSISTANT-Tabelle enthält das LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME', aber keinen gültigen WorkspaceNamen."
+
 -- ASSISTANT.BuildPrompt exists but is not a Lua function or has invalid syntax.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T683382975"] = "`ASSISTANT.BuildPrompt` ist vorhanden, aber keine Lua-Funktion oder hat eine ungültige Syntax."
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Plugins/languages/en-us-97dfb1ba-50c4-4440-8dfa-6575daf543c8/plugin.lua

@@ -7518,6 +7518,12 @@ UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::DATAMODEL::ASSISTANT
 -- Button
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::DATAMODEL::ASSISTANTCOMPONENTTYPEEXTENSIONS::T864557713"] = "Button"
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an invalid LaunchBehavior value.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T109828905"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains an invalid LaunchBehavior value."
+
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an unsupported LaunchBehavior value.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T1194373781"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains an unsupported LaunchBehavior value."
+
 -- Failed to parse the UI render tree from the ASSISTANT lua table.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T1318499252"] = "Failed to parse the UI render tree from the ASSISTANT lua table."
 
@@ -7533,12 +7539,18 @@ UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T2
 -- The ASSISTANT lua table does not exist or is not a valid table.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3017816936"] = "The ASSISTANT lua table does not exist or is not a valid table."
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains an empty WorkspaceName for LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3233001282"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains an empty WorkspaceName for LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'."
+
 -- The provided ASSISTANT lua table does not contain a valid system prompt.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3402798667"] = "The provided ASSISTANT lua table does not contain a valid system prompt."
 
 -- The ASSISTANT table does not contain a valid system prompt.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T3723171842"] = "The ASSISTANT table does not contain a valid system prompt."
 
+-- The ASSISTANT table contains the LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME' but no valid WorkspaceName.
+UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T4215554842"] = "The ASSISTANT table contains the LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME' but no valid WorkspaceName."
+
 -- ASSISTANT.BuildPrompt exists but is not a Lua function or has invalid syntax.
 UI_TEXT_CONTENT["AISTUDIO::TOOLS::PLUGINSYSTEM::ASSISTANTS::PLUGINASSISTANTS::T683382975"] = "ASSISTANT.BuildPrompt exists but is not a Lua function or has invalid syntax."
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataAssistantPluginAudit.cs

@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ public sealed class DataAssistantPluginAudit(Expression<Func<Data, DataAssistant
     /// <summary>
     /// If true, the security audit will be hidden from the user and done in the background
     /// </summary>
-    public bool AutomaticallyAuditAssistants { get; set; } = ManagedConfiguration.Register(configSelection, n => n.AutomaticallyAuditAssistants, false);
+    public bool AutomaticallyAuditAssistants { get; set; } = ManagedConfiguration.Register(configSelection, n => n.AutomaticallyAuditAssistants, true);
 }

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem.Assistants;
+
+public enum AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior
+{
+    NONE,
+    OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME,
+}

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/PluginAssistants.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public sealed class PluginAssistants(bool isInternal, LuaState state, PluginType
     public bool AllowProfiles { get; private set; } = true;
     public bool HasEmbeddedProfileSelection { get; private set; }
     public bool HasCustomPromptBuilder => this.buildPromptFunction is not null;
+    public AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior LaunchBehavior { get; private set; }
+    public string LaunchWorkspaceName { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
+    public bool StartsChatDirectly => this.LaunchBehavior is AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior.OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME;
     public const int TEXT_AREA_MAX_VALUE = 524288;
 
     private LuaFunction? buildPromptFunction;
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ public sealed class PluginAssistants(bool isInternal, LuaState state, PluginType
         message = string.Empty;
         this.HasEmbeddedProfileSelection = false;
         this.buildPromptFunction = null;
+        this.LaunchBehavior = AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior.NONE;
+        this.LaunchWorkspaceName = string.Empty;
 
         this.RegisterLuaHelpers();
         
@@ -123,6 +128,12 @@ public sealed class PluginAssistants(bool isInternal, LuaState state, PluginType
         this.SubmitText = assistantSubmitText;
         this.AllowProfiles = assistantAllowProfiles;
 
+        if (!this.TryReadLaunchConfiguration(assistantTable, out var launchConfigIssue))
+        {
+            message = launchConfigIssue;
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // Ensure that the UI table exists nested in the ASSISTANT table and is a valid Lua table:
         if (!assistantTable.TryGetValue("UI", out var uiVal) || !uiVal.TryRead<LuaTable>(out var uiTable))
         {
@@ -140,6 +151,51 @@ public sealed class PluginAssistants(bool isInternal, LuaState state, PluginType
         return true;
     }
 
+    private bool TryReadLaunchConfiguration(LuaTable assistantTable, out string message)
+    {
+        message = string.Empty;
+
+        if (!assistantTable.TryGetValue("LaunchBehavior", out var launchBehaviorValue))
+            return true;
+
+        if (!launchBehaviorValue.TryRead<string>(out var launchBehaviorText) ||
+            !Enum.TryParse<AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior>(launchBehaviorText, true, out var launchBehavior))
+        {
+            message = TB("The ASSISTANT table contains an invalid LaunchBehavior value.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        this.LaunchBehavior = launchBehavior;
+        if (launchBehavior is AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior.NONE)
+            return true;
+
+        switch (launchBehavior)
+        {
+            case AssistantPluginLaunchBehavior.OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME:
+                if (!assistantTable.TryGetValue("WorkspaceName", out var workspaceNameValue) ||
+                    !workspaceNameValue.TryRead<string>(out var workspaceName))
+                {
+                    message = TB("The ASSISTANT table contains the LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME' but no valid WorkspaceName.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                workspaceName = workspaceName.Trim();
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(workspaceName))
+                {
+                    message = TB("The ASSISTANT table contains an empty WorkspaceName for LaunchBehavior 'OPEN_WORKSPACE_CHAT_BY_NAME'.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                this.LaunchWorkspaceName = workspaceName;
+
+                return true;
+
+            default:
+                message = TB("The ASSISTANT table contains an unsupported LaunchBehavior value.");
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     public async Task<string?> TryBuildPromptAsync(LuaTable input, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         if (this.buildPromptFunction is null)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/WorkspaceBehaviour.cs

@@ -617,6 +617,46 @@ public static class WorkspaceBehaviour
         }
     }
 
+    public static async Task<Guid> ResolveOrCreateWorkspaceIdByNameAsync(string workspaceName)
+    {
+        var normalizedWorkspaceName = NormalizeWorkspaceName(workspaceName);
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(normalizedWorkspaceName))
+            return Guid.Empty;
+
+        await WORKSPACE_TREE_CACHE_SEMAPHORE.WaitAsync();
+        try
+        {
+            await EnsureTreeShellLoadedCoreAsync();
+
+            var existingWorkspace = WORKSPACE_TREE_CACHE.Workspaces.Values.FirstOrDefault(workspace =>
+                string.Equals(workspace.WorkspaceName.Trim(), normalizedWorkspaceName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            if (existingWorkspace is not null)
+                return existingWorkspace.WorkspaceId;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            WORKSPACE_TREE_CACHE_SEMAPHORE.Release();
+        }
+
+        var result = await TryCreateWorkspaceAsync(normalizedWorkspaceName);
+        if (result.Success)
+            return result.Workspace.WorkspaceId;
+
+        await WORKSPACE_TREE_CACHE_SEMAPHORE.WaitAsync();
+        try
+        {
+            await EnsureTreeShellLoadedCoreAsync();
+
+            var existingWorkspace = WORKSPACE_TREE_CACHE.Workspaces.Values.FirstOrDefault(workspace =>
+                string.Equals(workspace.WorkspaceName.Trim(), normalizedWorkspaceName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            return existingWorkspace?.WorkspaceId ?? Guid.Empty;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            WORKSPACE_TREE_CACHE_SEMAPHORE.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
     public static async Task<TryCreateWorkspaceResult> TryCreateWorkspaceAsync(string workspaceName)
     {
         var normalizedWorkspaceName = NormalizeWorkspaceName(workspaceName);
@@ -889,4 +929,4 @@ public static class WorkspaceBehaviour
     public static async Task EnsureBiasWorkspace() => await EnsureWorkspace(KnownWorkspaces.BIAS_WORKSPACE_ID, "Bias of the Day");
 
     public static async Task EnsureERIServerWorkspace() => await EnsureWorkspace(KnownWorkspaces.ERI_SERVER_WORKSPACE_ID, "ERI Servers");
-}
+}