Copilot 4663066e65 feat(blocks): Implement AI Condition Block for natural language condition evaluation (#10996)
This PR implements the AI Condition Block as requested in issue
AUTOMAT-60. The new block enables users to define conditional logic
using natural language descriptions instead of traditional comparison
operators, while maintaining the same yes/no data pass-through
functionality as the existing ConditionBlock.

## Overview

The AI Condition Block uses Large Language Models to evaluate conditions
written in plain English, such as:
- "the input is the body of an email"
- "the input is a City in the USA"
- "the input is an error or a refusal"

## Key Features

**Natural Language Processing**: Users can express complex conditions in
everyday English rather than programming logic, making agent workflows
more intuitive and accessible.

**Consistent Interface**: Maintains the same input/output schema as the
standard ConditionBlock:
- Boolean `result` output indicating condition evaluation
- `yes_output` and `no_output` for conditional data flow
- Optional custom values for yes/no cases

**Robust Error Handling**: Defaults to `false` on AI evaluation failures
to ensure safe operation and prevent workflow interruption.

**Performance Optimized**: Uses minimal token limits (10 tokens) for
true/false responses to reduce latency and API costs.

## Implementation Details

The block is implemented as `AIConditionBlock` in
`backend/blocks/ai_condition.py` and inherits from `AIBlockBase`
following established platform patterns. It includes:

- Proper LLM integration with credential management
- Token usage tracking and statistics
- Comprehensive test mocking for reliable CI/CD
- Full documentation with examples and use cases

## Use Cases

This block enables more sophisticated conditional logic for:
- **Content Classification**: Automatically categorize text, emails, or
documents
- **Data Validation**: Validate inputs using natural language rules
- **Smart Routing**: Route data based on AI-evaluated conditions
- **Error Detection**: Identify and handle error messages or problematic
inputs
- **Quality Control**: Check content against flexible quality standards

## Testing

The implementation includes comprehensive testing that integrates with
the existing platform test suite. All tests pass, including:
- Unit tests with proper LLM response mocking
- Code quality checks (linting, formatting, type checking)
- Security analysis via CodeQL
- Integration testing to ensure proper block discovery and loading

The block is automatically discovered by the platform's block loading
system and is immediately available for use in agent workflows.

## PR Checklist

- [x] **Have you listed your changes in the description?**
  - Added new `AIConditionBlock` in `backend/blocks/ai_condition.py`
- Added comprehensive documentation in
`docs/content/platform/blocks/ai_condition.md`
  - Implemented natural language condition evaluation using LLMs

- [x] **Have you included a test plan?**
  - Unit tests with mocked LLM responses
  - Integration tests for block discovery and loading
  - Error handling validation
  - Token usage tracking verification

- [x] **Have you tested your changes according to the test plan?**
  - All existing tests pass
  - Linting and formatting checks pass
  - Type checking passes
  - Security analysis via CodeQL passes
- Fixed `json_format` parameter to `force_json_output` per recent API
changes

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> Issue Title: AI Condition Block
> Issue Description: A version of the condition/if block that uses an AI
powered condition.
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> It should have the same yes/no data pass throughs, as well as
outputting a result Boolean.
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> The condition is plaintext English, provided by the user, and could be
anything.
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> e.g
> If `[the input] is the body of an email`
> If `[the input] is a City in the USA`
> If `[the input] is an error or a refusal`
> Fixes https://linear.app/autogpt/issue/AUTOMAT-60/ai-condition-block
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> [!NOTE]
> Introduces `AIConditionBlock` that uses an LLM to evaluate
natural-language conditions and outputs boolean result with yes/no
pass-through, plus accompanying documentation.
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> - **Backend**:
>   - **New block**: `backend/blocks/ai_condition.py`
> - Evaluates natural-language conditions via `llm_call` using
selectable `LlmModel` and credentials.
> - Parses strict true/false responses (with fallback token matching),
yields `result`, `yes_output`/`no_output`, and `error` on
ambiguity/failure.
> - Tracks token usage via `NodeExecutionStats`; includes test
inputs/mocks and `force_json_output=False`.
> - **Docs**:
> - Adds `docs/content/platform/blocks/ai_condition.md` with usage,
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