fix(viewer): simplify the Save-as-template UI (drop the AI-jargon scaffold)#182
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User feedback: the templates popover was confusing — it dumped a
`WHAT:/DATA SLOTS:/ADAPT:/KEEP:` scaffold into the hints box and never explained
what a template is or what to do after saving ("not sure how to use this").
Simplified the save flow:
- A one-line explainer at the top: "Save this board's design — its layout and
styling, not the data — so you or an agent can rebuild it later with new data."
- The hints field is now a plain, OPTIONAL "Note for your agent" with a
natural-language placeholder example (no prefilled jargon scaffold). Saving
with an empty note works.
- After saving, show what to DO with it: "✓ Saved. To reuse it, give your agent
this id:" + the copyable id (auto-copied) — instead of a terse "Saved tpl_…".
- Row action "Hints" → "Note"; "Copy ID" → "Copy id".
The agent-facing contract is unchanged (the `hints` field still carries the
note; the CLI/docs still recommend the WHAT/DATA-SLOTS structure for agents that
want it). Client-only; server/CLI untouched.
e2e updated: asserts the note defaults empty, save surfaces the id + reuse
instruction, and the note expands inline. Full chain: rich 62, board-sort 12,
template 15.
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Problem (user feedback)
The Templates popover was confusing — it pre-filled the hints box with a
WHAT: / DATA SLOTS: / ADAPT: / KEEP:scaffold (AI-facing jargon dumped on a human) and never explained what a template is or what to do after saving. "not sure how to use this. make it simpler."Simpler now
Saved tpl_….WHAT:/DATA SLOTS:/ADAPT:/KEEP:dumped in the box, no guidanceThe agent-facing contract is unchanged — the
hintsfield still carries the note, and the CLI/docs still recommend the structured WHAT/DATA-SLOTS form for agents that want it. Client-only; server/CLI untouched.Verification
template.e2e) updated + passing 15/15: note defaults empty, save surfaces the id + reuse instruction, note expands inline. rich 62, board-sort 12. Build exit 0; NUL-byte check clean. Screenshotted the new form + saved state.