daybook/issues/020-in-app-user-guide.md
peter 4cacd8f64e Issues: file in-app guide (020); archive completed issues
- Add issue 020: in-app user guide (Settings -> Guide), Open, for later.
- Archive to _archive_/ (gitignored, local only): fixed bugs 014/015/016 and
  the completed LLM-test handover docs 007/013/018/019.
- Tracked issues now: 017 (open), 020 (open), README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-04 11:41:03 +01:00

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# 020 — In-app user guide (Settings → Guide)
**Status:** Open
**Type:** Feature
## Motivation
Accounts get created for other people (via Settings → Users), who then log in
with **zero context**. The repo `docs/` are invisible to anyone without
repository access, and the About page only shows the version. A new user has
no in-product answer to "what is this and how do I use it?"
The fix is a short, task-oriented **in-app user guide** — not a copy of the
repo docs (those target agent builders and operators and would rot if
duplicated).
## Proposed approach
- A new **Settings → Guide** page, in the nav under the "You" group near
About (see the You/Admin grouping added in v0.2.1).
- Concise, human-facing content: what a feed is, labels (source + tags),
getting an API key (link to Settings → API Keys), sharing links, dark mode.
- A "Posting from an agent" section that points at (or inlines) the bundled
posting skill — which is already served at `GET /api/skill` — so the
agent-facing part never drifts from the real skill.
Two implementation options for the body:
1. Hand-written template content (simplest, fully styled).
2. Hybrid: a written human intro + the skill rendered/linked for the agent
part (keeps agent instructions auto-synced with `SKILL.md`).
Recommend the hybrid.
## Scope / notes
- Keep it a **user** guide; leave API reference, deployment, and `/admin/`
in the repo `docs/`. Link out rather than duplicate.
- No new models needed; a view + template + one nav entry.
- Candidate release: a future minor (e.g. v0.2.2), not urgent.
## Resolution
_(open)_