chore(conductor): Add new track 'Advanced Workspace Docking & Layout Profiles'

conductor/tracks.md

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    *Link: [./tracks/agent_personas_20260309/](./tracks/agent_personas_20260309/)*
    *Goal: Consolidate model settings, prompts, and tool presets into a unified "Persona" model with granular MMA assignment.*
 
+5. [ ] **Track: Advanced Workspace Docking & Layout Profiles**
+   *Link: [./tracks/workspace_profiles_20260310/](./tracks/workspace_profiles_20260310/)*
+   *Goal: Expand layout preset logic to allow users to save and switch between named workspace configurations.*
+
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 ### Model Providers

conductor/tracks/workspace_profiles_20260310/index.md

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+# Track workspace_profiles_20260310 Context
+
+- [Specification](./spec.md)
+- [Implementation Plan](./plan.md)
+- [Metadata](./metadata.json)

conductor/tracks/workspace_profiles_20260310/metadata.json

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+{
+  "track_id": "workspace_profiles_20260310",
+  "type": "feature",
+  "status": "new",
+  "created_at": "2026-03-10T00:30:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-03-10T00:30:00Z",
+  "description": "Expand layout preset logic to allow users to save and switch between named workspace configurations."
+}

conductor/tracks/workspace_profiles_20260310/plan.md

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+# Implementation Plan: Advanced Workspace Docking & Layout Profiles
+
+## Phase 1: Data Model & Persistence Engine
+- [ ] Task: Create a `WorkspaceProfile` dataclass in `src/models.py` to store INI string, `show_windows` dict, and panel states.
+- [ ] Task: Implement `WorkspaceManager` (similar to `PresetManager`) to handle saving/loading profiles from `config.toml` and `project.toml`.
+- [ ] Task: Write Tests: Verify the manager correctly merges global and project profiles and serializes the ImGui INI string properly.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 1: Data Model & Persistence Engine' (Protocol in workflow.md)
+
+## Phase 2: ImGui State Extraction & Restoration
+- [ ] Task: Implement methods in `src/gui_2.py` (or a helper module) to safely capture the current ImGui layout (`imgui.save_ini_settings_to_memory()`).
+- [ ] Task: Implement methods to safely restore layout (`imgui.load_ini_settings_from_memory()`) and apply the associated `show_windows` state.
+- [ ] Task: Write Tests: Verify using `live_gui` that saving a layout and loading it back does not cause crashes or assertion failures in the ImGui render loop.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 2: ImGui State Extraction & Restoration' (Protocol in workflow.md)
+
+## Phase 3: GUI Menu Integration
+- [ ] Task: Add a "Layout Profiles" menu under the main "Windows" or "View" menu bar in `src/gui_2.py`.
+- [ ] Task: Implement "Save Current Layout" modal (prompting for name and scope: Global/Project).
+- [ ] Task: Populate the menu with a dynamically generated list of available profiles to load.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 3: GUI Menu Integration' (Protocol in workflow.md)
+
+## Phase 4: Contextual Auto-Switch (Experimental)
+- [ ] Task: Add UI in "AI Settings" or "Operations Hub" to enable "Experimental: Auto-switch layout by Tier".
+- [ ] Task: Add UI to bind specific profiles to Tiers 1 through 4.
+- [ ] Task: Implement the event hook in `AppController` so that when the `active_tier` changes, the bound profile is automatically loaded if the feature is enabled.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 4: Contextual Auto-Switch (Experimental)' (Protocol in workflow.md)

conductor/tracks/workspace_profiles_20260310/spec.md

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+# Specification: Advanced Workspace Docking & Layout Profiles
+
+## Overview
+Expand the existing GUI window management to support named "Workspace Profiles." This will allow users to save, manage, and instantly switch between complex multi-window, multi-viewport docking arrangements.
+
+## Functional Requirements
+- **Comprehensive State Capture:**
+  - A Workspace Profile must capture:
+    - ImGui layout data (positions, sizes, docking nodes) usually stored in `imgui.ini`.
+    - Window visibility toggles (the `show_windows` dict and popout panel booleans).
+    - Relevant internal panel state (e.g., active tabs, split sizes if applicable).
+- **Storage & Scope:**
+  - Profiles follow a **Global + Project** inheritance model (similar to prompt presets). Global profiles are stored in `config.toml`, while project-specific profiles are stored in `manual_slop.toml` and can override global ones.
+  - The system starts blank (no pre-loaded templates).
+- **Trigger Mechanisms:**
+  - **Manual Menu:** A dedicated "Layout Profiles" sub-menu in the main menu bar (under "Windows" or "View") to save, load, and manage profiles.
+  - **Contextual Auto-Switch (Experimental):** An opt-in setting that automatically switches to a designated profile based on the active MMA Tier or task context (e.g., switching to a "QA" layout when a Tier 4 worker spawns).
+
+## Non-Functional Requirements
+- **ImGui INI Management:** Safely loading and saving raw ImGui INI strings using `imgui.load_ini_settings_from_memory` and `imgui.save_ini_settings_to_memory` without corrupting the active render frame.
+- **Graceful Fallback:** If a profile references a window that no longer exists, the layout engine should recover gracefully without crashing.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+- [ ] A user can arrange windows, dock them, and save the current state as a named Workspace Profile.
+- [ ] Selecting a saved profile instantly re-arranges windows, updates visibility toggles, and restores internal tab states.
+- [ ] Profiles can be scoped globally or to a specific project.
+- [ ] An experimental toggle allows binding profiles to specific MMA Tiers for automatic switching.
+
+## Out of Scope
+- Creating default templates (users will build their own).
+- Synchronizing layouts across different monitor resolutions (ImGui docking handles this best-effort, but pixel-perfect restoration on different hardware is out of scope).