From a69d6070f83b0f8b9459b2bc7faeb2046f20a74e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciregenz <ciregenz@berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:18:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [eric] onboarding: stop auto-typing+sending canned prompts
 (no forced pdf app); steps 5/6/8 guide and let the user send their own task

---
 .../Onboarding/steps/step05_agentUseBrowser.ts  | 15 +++++++++------
 .../steps/step06_agentControlAgents.ts          | 17 +++++++----------
 .../Onboarding/steps/step08_makeApp.ts          | 16 ++++++----------
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step05_agentUseBrowser.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step05_agentUseBrowser.ts
index 4ca5b53e..47a4cd20 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step05_agentUseBrowser.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step05_agentUseBrowser.ts
@@ -39,15 +39,18 @@ export const step05: OnboardingStep = {
       condition: { kind: 'event_bus', event: 'agent:attached_to_browser' },
       timeoutMs: 90000,
     },
+    // Guide, don't commandeer: invite the user to ask for any web task in their
+    // own words instead of typing + sending a canned prompt for them.
     { kind: 'move_to', target: S.chatInput },
     {
-      kind: 'type_into',
-      target: S.chatInput,
-      text: 'Pull up the open swarm website (openswarm.com) and find the docs',
-      speedMs: 12,
+      kind: 'popup',
+      text: 'Now ask it to do something on the web in your own words, then send.',
+    },
+    {
+      kind: 'wait_user',
+      condition: { kind: 'event_bus', event: 'chat:message_sent' },
+      timeoutMs: 180000,
     },
-    { kind: 'move_to', target: S.chatSendButton },
-    { kind: 'click', target: S.chatSendButton, simulate: true },
     // Inline canvas-controls tour (hover + popup, no waits/clicks expected).
     { kind: 'move_to', target: S.canvasFitToView },
     { kind: 'popup', text: 'Heads up! This snaps everything back into view.' },
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step06_agentControlAgents.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step06_agentControlAgents.ts
index 15425989..d80f0d83 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step06_agentControlAgents.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step06_agentControlAgents.ts
@@ -44,25 +44,22 @@ export const step06: OnboardingStep = {
       condition: { kind: 'event_bus', event: 'agent:attached_to_browser' },
       timeoutMs: 90000,
     },
+    // Guide, don't commandeer: let the user tell the boss chat what to do with
+    // the helper, in their own words, instead of auto-typing + sending for them.
     { kind: 'move_to', target: S.chatInput },
     {
-      kind: 'type_into',
-      target: S.chatInput,
-      // Source-agnostic; works for either step 3 prompt.
-      text: 'Turn what it dug up into a PDF report and save it to my downloads.',
-      speedMs: 12,
+      kind: 'popup',
+      text: 'Tell the boss chat what to have its helper do, your words, then send.',
     },
-    { kind: 'move_to', target: S.chatSendButton },
-    { kind: 'click', target: S.chatSendButton, simulate: true },
-    // Confirm message went out; don't wait for the orchestrator to finish (legitimately runs minutes).
+    // Confirm a message went out; don't wait for the orchestrator to finish (legitimately runs minutes).
     {
       kind: 'wait_user',
       condition: { kind: 'event_bus', event: 'chat:message_sent' },
-      timeoutMs: 30000,
+      timeoutMs: 180000,
     },
     {
       kind: 'popup',
-      text: "On it! Your PDF will pop into Downloads when everyone's done. Go poke around in the meantime.",
+      text: "On it! The helper gets to work and reports back to the boss. Go poke around in the meantime.",
     },
     { kind: 'delay', ms: 4000 },
     { kind: 'outro' },
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step08_makeApp.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step08_makeApp.ts
index 53e16075..f95b1210 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step08_makeApp.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/steps/step08_makeApp.ts
@@ -33,22 +33,18 @@ export const step08: OnboardingStep = {
       timeoutMs: 60000,
     },
     { kind: 'delay', ms: 350 },
+    // Guide, don't commandeer: point at the chat input and let the user describe
+    // their OWN app. We never type a canned prompt or auto-send, so the tour
+    // doesn't spend a run building something the user didn't choose.
     { kind: 'move_to', target: S.chatInput },
     {
-      kind: 'type_into',
-      target: S.chatInput,
-      text: 'Make me a pdf previewer app',
-      speedMs: 12,
+      kind: 'popup',
+      text: 'Describe any app you want, a tracker, a viewer, a game, type it here and send.',
     },
-    // 120ms pause lets onInput's draft-state commit before clicking; send-button is disabled-while-empty.
-    { kind: 'delay', ms: 120 },
-    { kind: 'move_to', target: S.chatSendButton },
-    { kind: 'click', target: S.chatSendButton, simulate: true },
-    // chat:message_sent only; app:generation_done has too many legitimate completion shapes.
     {
       kind: 'wait_user',
       condition: { kind: 'event_bus', event: 'chat:message_sent' },
-      timeoutMs: 30000,
+      timeoutMs: 180000,
     },
     {
       kind: 'popup',