Issues with Instant Workflow, {{user_prompt}}, and Keyboard Shortcuts in BoltAI 2

Dear BoltAI Team,

I am having trouble using an Instant Workflow in BoltAI 2 as intended and I am not sure whether I misconfigured something or if this is a bug.

Setup

• macOS: latest version

• App: BoltAI 2 (direct license)

• Workflow type: Instant Workflow

• Settings:

  • Input Source: Selection

  • Agent: None (use defaults)

  • Prompt Template:

INSTRUCTION: {{user_prompt}}

TEXT:

{{input}}

Only Text, no explanation or comments

• Preview Mode: No Preview (run immediately)

• Output Action: Paste at Cursor

Issue 1 – Instant Workflow does not receive the selection

1. In Outlook I select a German sentence in the email body.

2. I open the Instant Chat Bar with Option+Space and type e.g. “bitte auf englisch übersetzen”.

3. The model’s response is something like: “Please send the text you want me to translate into English.”

So it seems that the selected text is not passed as {{input}} into the Instant Workflow, although Input Source is set to Selection.

Question:
How do I need to configure the Instant Chat Bar and/or the Instant Workflow so that the current selection is used as {{input}} and the result is directly inserted via “Paste at Cursor”?

Issue 2 – {{user_prompt}} in regular workflows

According to the UI hint, {{user_prompt}} is “only set for Instant”. In a regular workflow (type “Workflow”) that I trigger via the Workflow Palette, {{user_prompt}} indeed remains empty – only {{input}} is populated.

My questions:

1. Is it correct that {{user_prompt}} is only populated for Instant Workflows and will always be empty in regular workflows?

2. Is there a way to trigger a specific Instant Workflow directly via a keyboard shortcut (without going through the normal chat UI), using the current selection as input and setting {{user_prompt}}?

3. Is it intentional that the special “Instant Workflow” does not appear in the Workflow Palette?

I would appreciate any guidance on the correct configuration or information on whether this is a known issue.

Kind regards,
Martin