Create Block: Support Custom Prompts in External Templates

packages/create-block/lib/index.js

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ program
 
 					const filterOptionsProvided = ( { name } ) =>
 						! Object.keys( optionsValues ).includes( name );
+
+					// Get all prompts in one call
 					const blockPrompts = getPrompts(
 						pluginTemplate,
 						[
@@ -159,9 +161,11 @@ program
 							'description',
 							'dashicon',
 							'category',
+							...(pluginTemplate.customPrompts ? Object.keys(pluginTemplate.customPrompts) : [])
 						],
 						variant
 					).filter( filterOptionsProvided );
+
 					const blockAnswers = await inquirer.prompt( blockPrompts );
 
 					const pluginAnswers = plugin
@@ -189,6 +193,7 @@ program
 											'domainPath',
 											'updateURI',
 										],
+										...(pluginTemplate.customPrompts ? Object.keys(pluginTemplate.customPrompts) : []),
 										variant
 									).filter( filterOptionsProvided );
 									const result =

packages/create-block/lib/scaffold.js

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module.exports = async (
 		customBlockJSON,
 		example,
 		transformer,
+		...customPromptValues
 	}
 ) => {
 	slug = slug.toLowerCase();
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ module.exports = async (
 		example,
 		textdomain: slug,
 		rootDirectory,
+		...customPromptValues
 	} );
 
 	const view = {

packages/create-block/lib/templates.js

@@ -124,12 +124,24 @@ const configToTemplate = async ( {
 	assetsPath,
 	defaultValues = {},
 	variants = {},
+	customPrompts = {},
 	...deprecated
 } ) => {
 	if ( defaultValues === null || typeof defaultValues !== 'object' ) {
 		throw new CLIError( 'Template found but invalid definition provided.' );
 	}
 
+	if (customPrompts !== null && typeof customPrompts !== 'object') {
+		throw new CLIError( 'Invalid custom prompts definition provided.' );
+	}
+
+	// Validate custom prompts format
+	for (const [name, prompt] of Object.entries(customPrompts)) {
+		if (!prompt.type || !prompt.name || !prompt.message) {
+			throw new CLIError(`Invalid custom prompt "${name}". Each prompt must have type, name, and message properties.`);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if ( deprecated.templatesPath ) {
 		pluginTemplatesPath = deprecated.templatesPath;
 		defaultValues = {
@@ -154,6 +166,7 @@ const configToTemplate = async ( {
 		outputAssets: assetsPath ? await getOutputAssets( assetsPath ) : {},
 		defaultValues,
 		variants,
+		customPrompts,
 	};
 };
 
@@ -225,6 +238,14 @@ const getPluginTemplate = async ( templateName ) => {
 };
 
 const getDefaultValues = ( pluginTemplate, variant ) => {
+	// Get custom prompt default values
+	const customPromptDefaults = {};
+	if (pluginTemplate.customPrompts) {
+		for (const [name, prompt] of Object.entries(pluginTemplate.customPrompts)) {
+			customPromptDefaults[name] = prompt.default || '';
+		}
+	}
+
 	return {
 		$schema: 'https://schemas.wp.org/trunk/block.json',
 		apiVersion: 3,
@@ -243,6 +264,7 @@ const getDefaultValues = ( pluginTemplate, variant ) => {
 		editorStyle: 'file:./index.css',
 		style: 'file:./style-index.css',
 		transformer: ( view ) => view,
+		...customPromptDefaults,
 		...pluginTemplate.defaultValues,
 		...pluginTemplate.variants?.[ variant ],
 		variantVars: getVariantVars( pluginTemplate.variants, variant ),
@@ -251,12 +273,29 @@ const getDefaultValues = ( pluginTemplate, variant ) => {
 
 const getPrompts = ( pluginTemplate, keys, variant ) => {
 	const defaultValues = getDefaultValues( pluginTemplate, variant );
-	return keys.map( ( promptName ) => {
-		return {
-			...prompts[ promptName ],
-			default: defaultValues[ promptName ],
-		};
-	} );
+	let allPrompts = [];
+
+	// Add built-in prompts if keys are provided
+	if (keys && keys.length > 0) {
+		for (const key of keys) {
+			// If it's a built-in prompt
+			if (prompts[key]) {
+				allPrompts.push({
+					...prompts[key],
+					default: defaultValues[key],
+				});
+			}
+			// If it's a custom prompt
+			else if (pluginTemplate.customPrompts?.[key]) {
+				allPrompts.push({
+					...pluginTemplate.customPrompts[key],
+					default: defaultValues[key] || pluginTemplate.customPrompts[key].default || '',
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return allPrompts;
 };
 
 const getVariantVars = ( variants, variant ) => {