# Track manual_ux_validation_20260608_PLACEHOLDER Context

**Status:** Active (proposed 2026-06-08; awaiting Phase 1 user-answers)

- [Specification](./spec.md) — track design + 5 open questions + first target analysis
- [Implementation Plan](./plan.md) — 4 phases, 21 tasks, TDD-style
- [Metadata](./metadata.json) — structured metadata + verification criteria
- [State](./state.toml) — per-task tracking + phase status

## Phase Deliverables (to be created as the track progresses)

- [ ] **Phase 1**: [decisions.md](./decisions.md) — the user's 5 answers to the workflow's open questions
- [ ] **Phase 2**: [designs/discussion_hub_per_entry_v1.md](./designs/discussion_hub_per_entry_v1.md) — the locked design contract
- [ ] **Phase 3**: `src/gui_2.py:3770` (modified) + `tests/test_render_discussion_entry_*.py` (7 new files)
- [ ] **Phase 4**: [next_targets.md](./next_targets.md) — 5-7 candidate panels for future workflow rounds

## Key Design Documents (read in full before Phase 1)

- [ASCII-Sketch UX Workflow](../../../../docs/reports/ascii_sketch_ux_workflow_20260608.md) — 340 lines; the workflow this track promotes
- [SSDL Digest](../../../../docs/reports/computational_shapes_ssdl_digest_20260608.md) — 504 lines; a different vocabulary for the *internal logic* of the redesigned panel (see spec §2.6 for the GUI-ASCII vs SSDL distinction)
- [Discussion System Source of Truth](../../../../docs/guide_discussions.md) — 353 lines; the 23-op matrix A1-A7 + B1-B11 + C1-C5 that the design contract must cover

## First Target

**`src/gui_2.py:3770 render_discussion_entry`** — the per-entry rendering of the Discussion Hub. 100+ lines, currently-shipped, accreted state, user has strong opinions (per nagent_review_20260608 3 rounds of corrections).

## Complementary Track

- [manual_ux_validation_20260302](../manual_ux_validation_20260302/) — the general UX review track (broad; layout/animations/popups). This 2026-06-08 track is *focused* (the ASCII-sketch workflow + first target).

## Related Tracks

- [nagent_review_20260608](../nagent_review_20260608/) — the source of the user's "editable discussions" corrections that this track builds on
- [chunkification_optimization_20260608_PLACEHOLDER](../chunkification_optimization_20260608_PLACEHOLDER/) — the C11 contingency track (referenced in spec §2.6 SSDL cross-reference)
