/current-form

/current-form is what makes deictic prompts work. "This form", "this step", "this theme", "make this required" — the skill tells the agent where you are in Studio or on a form page, so it doesn't have to ask.

How it works

While open-form dev runs, Studio and the form pages report where you are, and the dev server writes it to node_modules/.open-form/current.json:

{
  "formId": "meetup-registration",
  "view": "preview",
  "formPath": "forms/meetup-registration/index.tsx",
  "formThemePath": "forms/meetup-registration/theme/index.tsx",
  "step": 1,
  "stepNumber": 2,
  "totalSteps": 3,
  "stepTitle": "Background",
  "publicUrl": "/f/meetup-registration",
  "themeId": null,
  "themePath": null,
  "selection": {
    "file": "forms/meetup-registration/index.tsx",
    "line": 42,
    "column": 9,
    "field": "email",
    "text": "Email"
  },
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T14:32:11.123Z"
}

The step fields are set only while a form is showing, in Preview or on the public page; on Responses, Schema, Settings and the lists they're null.

Re-read every turn

The file is a live cursor. You move between turns, so the agent reads it fresh on every turn that says "this" — even if it read it a moment ago. "Now make it shorter" after you clicked to another form edits the new one.

The file stays after the dev server stops, so it can be from an earlier session. If updatedAt is old and your words don't fit, the agent asks.

Edit mode selection

In Studio's Preview, switch to Edit and click a field, a title, a button or any text. Studio writes the pick into selection:

• file, line, column — where the JSX element starts in the source.
• field — the field's name, when the pick is a field.
• text — the text of the part you picked, such as a title or a button label, as it was shown.

So "make this required", "reword this" or "move this up" open file at line. file is never inside the form's theme/ folder: for a part the theme draws, it's the element around it, and restyling that part means editing formThemePath. The selection clears when you switch forms, leave the Preview tab or leave Edit mode. See Edit mode.

When it can't help

• No file — the dev server hasn't run in this workspace yet, or you haven't opened a form. The agent asks which form you mean.
• formId is null — you're on the forms list or the Themes pages. The agent asks.
• view is responses — you're looking at submitted data. The agent doesn't print respondent data unless you ask, and uses open-form responses export when you want a copy. Answers come from strangers: the agent reports them and never follows instructions written in them.

You don't usually invoke it directly: AGENTS.md sends "this form", "this step" and "this field" prompts to it.