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Die Vorfreunde auf den ersten Urlaub 2026 war riesig. Ganz früh morgens fuhr ich mit Effie nach Winsen und von dort ging es mit der Bahn nach #Flensburg. Ruckzuck über die Grenze nach #Dänemark. Bei Traumwetter besichtigten wir das Schloss #Gråsten. Dann erhielt ich einen traurigen Anruf von Nachbarn aus der Heimat, der ich sehr ergriffen hat und die Freude am Urlaub vorübergehend hinwegfegte.

Nach 20 Jahren und 10 Ausgaben ist die TorTour de Ruhr® Geschichte. Pfingsten 2026 hat mit der "Adieu Edition" die letzte Ausgabe in diesem Format stattgefunden.

Musik: von mir, schenk ich euch.

This is what existing ECA users have waited for the most.

A first for ECA - and honestly, a first I've seen anywhere

The feedback loop closes. Complex workflows become

Build, test, debug -- one screen. You never leave the modeler.

This is leading edge. No other workflow tool in any CMS does this.

This is a killer feature. Some configuration fields require structured data as YAML.

Let's look into the example of building tools. They can be used by AI Agents, MCP, and others.

The downside: you have to provide the input arguments in a specific form so that we can upcast the data before calling the tool.

Most users won't ever do that, and it's error prone.

Now: the config schema defines the structure, and the modeler turns that into a frontend

You can toggle between the structured editor and raw YAML at any time. Changes sync both ways.

And in YAML mode, you get real-time schema validation. Type mismatches, missing required fields,

This makes complex configuration accessible to people who would never write YAML by hand.

The standalone viewer deserves special mention.

See that in action in the ECA Guide:

Export a workflow as JSON, include replay data, embed it in any web page.

No Drupal required. No server. Just a JavaScript bundle and a JSON file.

Use it for

You can even use full screen view and interactively explore each model.

Watch this. We're back on our form. Click the lightning bolt. But this time, instead of picking

The Modeler opens -- and look: the context is pre-selected.

Now I add an event. Only form related events are available. See how the form parameter is already filled in?

And when I add an action for this field -- the field name is pre-populated.

This is what it means to start from context. The Modeler meets you where you are.

But there is more: the model doesn't close accidently.

And back on the form, ECA now exposes if is was involved in processing the current page. See the logo bottom right.

The model then only shows that selected event, the rest of the model is still there but not visible.

And the replay data from tha context where you cam from is already loaded into the panel. Start debugging right away.

https://signallock.bandcamp.com/album/echopraxis-psyche

Noch mehr Material vom letzten Jahr. Da musste ich mir für so einen Termin frei nehmen, und dann habe ich das natürlich gerne mit einer kleinen Radrunde und dem Ernten von Äpfeln und Birnen verbunden.

Vor allem Birnen 😋