UX-16: Manual testing UX feedback tracker (2026-03-31)

[Chris0Jeky]

Context

Comprehensive manual testing session (2026-03-31) surfaced 8 major areas of feedback across Review, Inbox, Today, Home, Board, Notifications, Chat, and LLM integration. Full analysis: docs/analysis/2026-03-31_manual_testing_ux_feedback.md.

Child Issues

P1 — Core Functionality

• CAP-01: Capture triage — handle natural-language and dash-separated text #614 CAP-01: Capture triage — handle natural-language and dash-separated text
• LLM-01: Chat — fix response truncation and raw JSON display #616 LLM-01: Chat — fix response truncation and raw JSON display

P2 — Usability & Visual Coherence

• UX-17: Review — hide applied proposals by default, add clear/dismiss action #611 UX-17: Review — hide applied proposals, add dismiss action
• UX-18: Starter Pack modal — migrate from hardcoded light Tailwind to design tokens #612 UX-18: Starter Pack modal — migrate to design tokens
• UX-19: Review — improve proposal card action visibility and detail density #613 UX-19: Review — improve proposal card action visibility
• CAP-02: Capture triage — show meaningful error messages for failures #615 CAP-02: Capture triage — show meaningful error messages
• LLM-02: Chat — expand board context with card IDs and structured reference #617 LLM-02: Chat — expand board context with card IDs
• UX-20: Board — fix horizontal scrollbar visibility and column responsiveness #620 UX-20: Board — fix horizontal scrollbar visibility
• UX-22: Today — reduce card density and add visual hierarchy #622 UX-22: Today — reduce card density and visual hierarchy
• UX-24: Inbox — add color-coded status tags and reduce text fatigue #624 UX-24: Inbox — color-coded status tags
• UX-25: Notifications — add type differentiation, grouping, and batch actions #625 UX-25: Notifications — type differentiation and grouping
• UX-26: Review — collapsible detail sections and provenance toggle #626 UX-26: Review — collapsible detail sections
• UX-27: Home — soften Next Step primary action card color #627 UX-27: Home — soften Next Step card color

P3 — Polish & Strategic

• UX-21: Card drag handle — eliminate layout shift on hover #621 UX-21: Card drag handle — eliminate layout shift
• UX-23: Sidebar — keep footer (shortcuts/logout) always visible #623 UX-23: Sidebar — keep footer always visible
• LLM-03: Spike — LLM tool-calling / function-calling architecture for chat #618 LLM-03: Spike — tool-calling / function-calling architecture
• LLM-04: Spike — MCP server for external agent integration #619 LLM-04: Spike — MCP server for external agents

Sequencing

See analysis document §Sequencing Recommendation for wave-based delivery plan.

Related

• UI-00: Frontend premium UI wave tracker (foundations -> primitives -> premium screens) #242 UI-00: Frontend premium UI wave tracker
• UI-07: Inbox premium primitives pass (list/detail state polish and triage clarity) #249 UI-07: Inbox premium primitives pass
• Conversational refinement loop for ambiguous chat proposals #576 Conversational refinement loop
• MVP-03: Secondary MVP follow-through tracker (demoability, harness maturity, productivity) #329 MVP-03: Secondary MVP follow-through

[Chris0Jeky]

All 17 child issues are now closed. UX-16 wave fully delivered. Closing tracker.