AI Chatbot does not correct copy fields from one content type to another

I've tried to recreate this issue on the Drupal CMS, asking the AI first to create a Test content type and subsequently giving the request:

Can you copy the featured image field from the Blog post to the Test content type?

This is a media reference field provided by the Blog recipe in Drupal CMS. The Chatbot responded with:

Here's what I'll do:

Identify the Featured Image Field: I will find the featured image field from the Blog post content type.
Copy to Test Content Type: I will create a similar field in the Test content type with the same configuration as the featured image field from the Blog post.
Configure Form and View Display: I will set up the form display to use the Media Library widget and configure the view display to render the media entity.
Would you like me to proceed with this plan?

and when asked to proceed it reported:

I have successfully copied the "Featured Image" field from the Blog post content type to the Test content type. Here are the details of what I've done:

Field Configuration Created: A new field named "Featured Image" has been created in the Test content type using the same settings as the Blog post. You can manage it by visiting Test Content Type Field Configuration.
Form Display Configuration: The form display for the Test content type has been set to use the Media Library widget for the Featured Image. You can view/manage this at Test Content Type Form Display.
View Display Configuration: The view display has been configured to render the media entity for the Featured Image. Check it at Test Content Type View Display.
If you need any further assistance or modifications, feel free to ask!

Checking the Test content type, it has correctly created a Media Reference field as reported.

At the minute I can't recreate this bug: hopefully @zengenuity can add steps to recreate (including whether the set-up of the Chatbot came from the Drupal CMS or whether it is using custom configuration) so we can investigate again.

Here's what I did:

Installed Drupal CMS, including the Case Studies recipe during install.

Installed AI Assistant recipe. Added OpenAI API key.

Had the AI assistant create a new content type called Project. This works fine.

Asked the AI assistant: "Copy the Client logo field from the Case Study content type to the Project content type."

Assistant responded: "To copy the "Client Logo" field from the "Case Study" content type to the "Project" content type, I will:

1. Identify the Client Logo Field: Determine the settings and configuration of the "Client Logo" field in the "Case Study" content type.
2. Create the Field: Add a new field named "Client Logo" to the "Project" content type using the same settings.
3. Configure Display Settings: Ensure the form display and view display settings for the "Client Logo" field in the "Project" content type match those in the "Case Study" content type.

Would you like me to execute this plan?"

I responded "yes".

Assistent responded: "I've successfully copied the "Client Logo" field from the "Case Study" content type to the "Project" content type. Here's a summary of the actions taken:

• Field Creation: The "Client Logo" field has been added to the "Project" content type. You can view and manage this field's configuration here.
• Form Display Configuration: The form display settings for the "Client Logo" field in the "Project" content type have been configured to match those from the "Case Study". Check the form display settings here.
• View Display Configuration: Similarly, the view display settings have been set to match. You can review these settings here.

Feel free to check these configurations and let me know if you need further assistance!"

The result of this was a new Image field called "Client Logo" (field_client_logo) on the Project content type. Form and Display settings are the defaults for the image field type. The original "Client logo" field on the Case Study content type (field_case_study__client_logo) is an entity reference to image media.

Yep, I can recreate the issue using those instructions. Interestingly, if I recreate MY test, the Featured Image field is correctly copied across as a media reference field.

What I notice going through the code itself that that the FieldType Agent does not provide details of existing fields to the AI when it makes its initial assessment of how to respond to the query. In fact the FieldType agent is never given details of existing fields, which means it is very unlikely that it is using existing settings to create the new field: it looks like my original test may have accidentally passed because for unknown reasons the AI determined in this case that a Media Entity Reference field was required and it was just coincidence that it was right.

It may be that the simplest fix for this would be to provide the AI with details of existing fields along with the rest of the context, but that may be too much data for most use cases. Possibly we might be better to create a "copyField" Agent that the AI can use when it is asked to copy fields.

Either way, this looks to be an issue at the AI Agent level so we'll need to move this issue over there at some point, but I'll leave it here for now to give the maintainers a chance to pitch in on possible solutions.

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Thank you for your very thourough explanation on how to generate this issue. Most of this can be fixed via the linked issue, but it might be that we need to do changes to the assistant to be able to solve such a use case as well, so we have both issues open.

We have a planning agent in the works ( ✨ Add a planning agent Active ), but Pauls idea of a copy field agent might be a solution as well,.

The planning agent sounds like it would be the first place to start. I think both those tickets though should cover the issue raised here and since the issue is with a separate module, we might be best to close this issue now.