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🤖 feat: add symbol-shortcut tip to placeholder carousel #3440

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feat: add symbol-shortcut tip to placeholder carousel
ammar-agent Jun 2, 2026
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tests: drop tautological tip-format assertion per review
ammar-agent Jun 2, 2026
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6 changes: 0 additions & 6 deletions src/browser/features/ChatInput/placeholderTips.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ interface StorybookGlobal {
const TWENTY_MIN_MS = 20 * 60 * 1000;

describe("PLACEHOLDER_TIPS", () => {
test("every tip references a slash command", () => {
for (const tip of PLACEHOLDER_TIPS) {
expect(tip).toMatch(/\/[A-Za-z+]/);
}
});

test("tips are unique", () => {
const unique = new Set(PLACEHOLDER_TIPS);
expect(unique.size).toBe(PLACEHOLDER_TIPS.length);
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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions src/browser/features/ChatInput/placeholderTips.ts
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* same bucket and you still see the same tip. The bucket boundary is the
* only thing that advances the carousel.
*
* Every tip in this list must be wired up as a real slash command (registry
* or built-in skill) AND ungated by experiments (no `experimentGate` on the
* command definition). Advertising an unimplemented or feature-flag-locked
* command sends the user into an unknown-command / experiment-required dead
* end the moment they follow the suggestion. When adding a tip, grep
* Every tip in this list must surface a real, always-available input feature:
* either a slash command (registry or built-in skill) that is ungated by
* experiments (no `experimentGate` on the command definition), or a backslash
* symbol shortcut (see `symbolShortcuts.ts`, which is always on). Advertising
* an unimplemented or feature-flag-locked command sends the user into an
* unknown-command / experiment-required dead end the moment they follow the
* suggestion. When adding a slash-command tip, grep
* `src/browser/utils/slashCommands/registry.ts` for `experimentGate` to make
* sure the command you're surfacing isn't gated.
*/
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"Try /clear --soft to reset context while keeping the chat visible",
"Try /new <start> to start a fresh workspace from the trunk branch",
"Try /vim to toggle vim keybindings in the chat input",
"Try \\alpha or \\sum to insert LaTeX-style symbols like α and ∑ as you type",
];

/**
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