🔧 Agent Studio Office Hours – Data Mappers, Output Mapping Tricks & Roadmap Sneak Peeks

Hey builders!

Ryan and I had a packed session today – we went deep on data mappers in HTTP actions, tackled some gnarly edge cases around webhook security and output mapping, and dropped some roadmap previews for what's coming in the next few months.

Here's the recap of what we covered:

1. Data Mappers in HTTP Action Bodies – Your New Best Friend for Transformations
   → You can now use YAML-based data mappers instead of raw JSON with mustache syntax in your HTTP action bodies.
   → The real win: use DSL functions directly – uppercase, map, inline transformations – without wrestling with triple braces or escaping JSON strings.
   → Perfect for abstracting transformation logic out of your conversational process. Ryan called out Outlook meeting booking as a prime use case – get a list of attendees, pass it to the action, let the action body handle the restructuring.
   → Docs: Data Mapper in HTTP Actions
2. Output Mapping to Control What the Bot Shows
   → When using dynamic resolvers and the API returns more fields than you want users to see when picking choices, use the output mapper with map() to prune the response.
   → Create a new object with only the fields you need (ID, name) and drop the rest (status, device info). Keeps sensitive internal statuses hidden from end users.
   → Our attendee got unblocked by Agent Architect on this one – if you're wrestling with the bot being "too helpful" and showing data you don't want, output mapping is your fix.
3. Webhook Listeners – Cherry-Picking Unsecured Listeners
   → You can have specific listeners unsecured while keeping everything else locked down. This is configured in Moveworks Setup under Security & Privacy Settings, not in Agent Studio.
   → Useful when an external system (like a status page webhook) can't send auth headers and you just need to receive a payload.
   → Rate limits still apply
   → Docs: Security and Privacy Settings
4. LLM Actions for Automation vs Human Review
   → Use LLM actions as helpers for understanding unstructured data – checking expense reports against policies, parsing compliance rules, etc.
   → Don't use them for critical decision-making. Route to a human when the stakes are high.
   → Pattern: LLM checks compliance → branch on result → auto-approve OR send to manager for review.
5. Roadmap Sneak Peeks
   → Version Control – No native version control yet, but the team is actively looking into it. Go upvote if this matters to you: Version Control for Agent Studio
   → Sharing & Permissions – Role-based governance coming so teams don't step on each other's toes. Define who can see which connectors, plugins, and resources.
   → Specialized Assistants (March 2026) – More accessible for non-technical users to create focused assistants without wiring APIs.
   → Full roadmap: Community Roadmap

Here's the recording to revisit any part of the session or share it with your team: Recording link

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Stay warm out there – it went from 70 degrees to 19 here in Texas over the weekend. Brutal. See you next time 🤖