Added the ability to prevent example blocks from being loaded

autogpt_platform/backend/.env.example

@@ -205,3 +205,8 @@ ENABLE_CLOUD_LOGGING=false
 ENABLE_FILE_LOGGING=false
 # Use to manually set the log directory
 # LOG_DIR=./logs
+
+# Example Blocks Configuration
+# Set to true to enable example blocks in development
+# These blocks are disabled by default in production
+ENABLE_EXAMPLE_BLOCKS=false

autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/__init__.py

@@ -14,14 +14,26 @@ T = TypeVar("T")
 @functools.cache
 def load_all_blocks() -> dict[str, type["Block"]]:
     from backend.data.block import Block
+    from backend.util.settings import Config
+
+    # Check if example blocks should be loaded from settings
+    config = Config()
+    load_examples = config.enable_example_blocks
 
     # Dynamically load all modules under backend.blocks
     current_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-    modules = [
-        str(f.relative_to(current_dir))[:-3].replace(os.path.sep, ".")
-        for f in current_dir.rglob("*.py")
-        if f.is_file() and f.name != "__init__.py" and not f.name.startswith("test_")
-    ]
+    modules = []
+    for f in current_dir.rglob("*.py"):
+        if not f.is_file() or f.name == "__init__.py" or f.name.startswith("test_"):
+            continue
+        
+        # Skip examples directory if not enabled
+        relative_path = f.relative_to(current_dir)
+        if not load_examples and relative_path.parts[0] == "examples":
+            continue
+            
+        module_path = str(relative_path)[:-3].replace(os.path.sep, ".")
+        modules.append(module_path)
     for module in modules:
         if not re.match("^[a-z0-9_.]+$", module):
             raise ValueError(

autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py

@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ class Config(UpdateTrackingModel["Config"], BaseSettings):
         default=False,
         description="Whether to mark failed scans as clean or not",
     )
+    
+    enable_example_blocks: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="Whether to enable example blocks in production",
+    )
 
     @field_validator("platform_base_url", "frontend_base_url")
     @classmethod