Explore View Consolidation - Phase 1
August 19, 2025 | v0.0.3.1
The first major phase of consolidating exploration workflows into a unified, context-aware experience that reduces page switching and enhances question discovery.
🔗Reflections Integrated into Explore
Reflections now appear directly within the Explore view as a collapsible streaming section above the question list, connected by a continuous visual rail. This eliminates the need to navigate to separate pages for reflective content.
- Streaming Integration: Real-time musing generation
- Collapsible Sections: Expand/collapse both musing and question list sections independently
- Preference Controls: Settings to skip automatic musing generation when desired
- Visual Continuity: Single rail (or gutter) design connecting musings to related questions beneath the anchor question
💡"Explore Further" Tool
New tool in the musing section that generates additional questions directly from musing content, automatically adding them to the question list with clear "Reflections" labeling and lightbulb icons.
- Contextual Generation: Creates alternative questions based on musing content
- Smart Prioritization: Reflections-sourced questions appear at the top of the list
📋Enhanced Question List
Comprehensive overhaul of the question list with advanced filtering, visual improvements, and bulk operations to support larger question sets efficiently.
Filtering & Search
- Text Search: Real-time filtering across question content
- Dynamic Source Filters: Filter by origin (currently Explore or Reflections)
Visual & UX Improvements
- Source Icons: Question source indicators (Compass, Lightbulb, etc.)
- Hamburger Menu: Toggle icon label visibility and see prompt versions via dropdown
- Parent-Child Hierarchy: Indented layout with continuous gutter guides
- Mobile Responsive: Optimized layouts for all screen sizes
Multiselect & Merge Operations
- Hover-Only Selection: Consolidated selection UX into the default view (press the Compass or Lightbulb icons to show checkboxes on mobile)
- Smart Combine: AI-assisted merging of related questions
- Simple Concatenate: Basic text combination for quick workflows
- Bulk Operations: Copy only selected questions to clipboard
🃏V3 Question Cards
Complete upgrade to Question Card components with enhanced functionality, better accessibility, and improved mobile experience.
- Display Mode: Read-only rendering for anchor questions and generated questions in explore views. Add-to-Draft buttons for using the question to draft a new one.
- Integrated Tools: Labs, search, copy, and action buttons embedded in card headers
- Performance: Code-splitting and lazy loading to reduce initial bundle size
⚙️Preference Settings
User controls to customize the exploration experience and skip automatic generation when desired.
- Reflections Generation: Option to disable automatic musing creation
- Visual Preferences: Control icon label visibility and layout density
🔄Migration & Compatibility
Smooth transition path with backward compatibility and clear migration guidance.
Legacy Tools Available
During the transition, legacy pages remain accessible via Labs tool within question cards: Reflections • Stream-of-Curiosity • Build
- URL Preservation: Existing links continue to work during transition
- Feature Parity: All existing functionality (minus direct header links to legacy pages) maintained in new interfaces
🎯Impact & Benefits
- Reduced Context Switching: Fewer page navigations in typical workflows
- Enhanced Discoverability: Related content and tools more visible and accessible
- Future-Ready Architecture: Foundation for continued consolidation in Phase 2
🚀What's Next: Phase 2
Phase 1 establishes the foundation. Future phases will complete the consolidation by:
- Full integration of Build scaffolding tools into the Input cards
- Sorting in Question Lists
- Question Labs directly integrated within the Explore page view and Question Lists
- Re-imagined Stream-of-Curiosity
- Adjustable text difficulty in Reflections