From baee57589bc71da1d6b4e8830a924cc2c74d075e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Dobson <jon.m.dobson@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:10:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add tooltip text regarding current_value in loop iterations
 (#3047)

---
 .../src/routes/workflows/editor/helpContent.ts         |  2 +-
 .../workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx     | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/helpContent.ts b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/helpContent.ts
index c17713ba..c1eb9f9a 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/helpContent.ts
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/helpContent.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const helpTooltips = {
   loop: {
     ...baseHelpTooltipContent,
     loopValue:
-      "Define this parameterized field with a parameter key to let Skyvern know the core value you're iterating over.",
+      "Define this parameterized field with a parameter key to let Skyvern know the core value you're iterating over. Use {{ current_value }} elsewhere in the loop to get the current value for a given iteration.",
   },
   sendEmail: {
     ...baseHelpTooltipContent,
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx
index 8a33f48f..27868ad4 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ function StartNode({ id, data }: NodeProps<StartNode>) {
       />
       <div className="w-[30rem] rounded-lg bg-slate-elevation3 px-6 py-4 text-center">
         Start
+        <div className="mt-4 flex gap-3 rounded-md bg-slate-800 p-3">
+          <span className="rounded bg-slate-700 p-1 text-lg">💡</span>
+          <div className="space-y-1 text-left text-xs text-slate-400">
+            Use{" "}
+            <code className="text-white">
+              &#123;&#123;&nbsp;current_value&nbsp;&#125;&#125;
+            </code>{" "}
+            to get the current loop value for a given iteration.
+          </div>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );