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Summary

Phase 1 of 2

Standardizes Studio empty states behind one shared primitive. Adds an EntityEmptyState component + entity registry in @nemo/common and wires the guardrails list onto it. Scoped intentionally to /workspaces/:name/guardrails to verify the pattern in one place before migrating the remaining ~27 callsites.

Also adds a ui-design agent skill (under web/.agents/skills/) whose empty-states reference documents the pattern.

  • Before: guardrails used a hand-rolled TableEmptyState with ad-hoc icon sizing and title-case copy, and the first-use state rendered no create CTA.
  • After: a standardized empty state with a create CTA and a filters-aware no-results state.

Screenshots

first-use no-results
entity-empty-state-first-use entity-empty-state-no-results

Related Issue

Linear: ASTD-394 (no linked GitHub issue).

Changes

  • Add EntityEmptyState component + ENTITY_EMPTY_STATES registry in @nemo/common (first-use / no-results variants; registry-driven copy, icon, CLI command, and skill prompt; "nemo CLI · Ask an Agent" CodeSnippet + SegmentedControl self-service help).
  • Migrate GuardrailsDataView onto it via the DataView renderEmptyState({ hasFiltersApplied, hasSearchApplied }) hook; keep renderErrorState on ErrorPanel with getErrorMessage(error).
  • Wire the guardrails create modal to the empty-state CTA (onCreate on GuardrailsRoute); drop the old emptyStateActions prop.
  • Add Storybook stories for the two variants.
  • Add the ui-design skill + empty-states reference.

Type of Change

  • Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
  • Code change with documentation updates
  • Documentation only
  • Contributor tooling or automation
  • CI, build, or test infrastructure

Quality Gates

  • Tests added or updated for changed behavior
  • Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
  • Tests not applicable — justification:
  • Documentation updated for user-visible behavior
  • Documentation not applicable — justification:

Verification

  • Pull request title follows the repository's Conventional Commit format
  • Every commit includes an appropriate Signed-off-by: trailer
  • uv run pre-commit run -a passes, or any blocked checks are identified below
  • Targeted tests pass, or tests are marked not applicable above
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials are included

Targeted validation:

  • pnpm --filter @nemo/common typecheck — pass
  • pnpm --filter nemo-studio-ui typecheck — pass
  • pnpm --filter @nemo/common test EntityEmptyState — pass (5 tests: first-use heading/subheading, CLI↔Agent toggle, create CTA, CTA omission, no-results clear-filters)
  • pnpm --filter nemo-studio-ui test GuardrailsDataView — pass (2 files, 14 tests; incl. error-panel renders on request failure)
  • ESLint + Prettier on changed files — clean
  • Visual check via Storybook (Common/EntityEmptyState): first-use and no-results render as intended (see Screenshots).
  • uv run pre-commit run -a — all code hooks pass (ruff, ruff format, ty typechecks, config-reference, uv-lock-check drift, UI lint-staged, copyright headers, plugin-import guard, merge-conflict). Two hooks fail only on local tooling and are unrelated to this web-only diff (no Helm or pyproject/uv.lock changes; working tree unmodified by the run): helm-docs (binary not installed locally) and uv-lock (local uv 0.11.29 ≠ pinned 0.9.14; the separate uv-lock-check drift hook passes). CI runs both with correct tooling.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added standardized guardrail empty states for first use and no-results views.
    • Added create, clear-filter, and self-service help actions with copyable CLI commands and agent prompts.
    • Added Storybook examples for the new empty-state variants.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for implementing consistent Studio empty states.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for empty-state content, actions, filtering, and help options.

Adds a ui-design agent skill under web/.agents/skills that routes UI
changes to standardized references. First reference documents the
EntityEmptyState empty-state pattern (ASTD-394).

Signed-off-by: Aaron Hunt <aahunt@nvidia.com>
Add the shared EntityEmptyState component + entity registry in
@nemo/common (first-use / no-results / error variants, centralized copy,
CLI command and agent-prompt copy rows) and wire the guardrails list onto
it. Scoped to /workspaces/:name/guardrails to verify in one place before
migrating the remaining callsites (ASTD-394).

Signed-off-by: Aaron Hunt <aahunt@nvidia.com>
…help

Replace the custom copy rows in EntityEmptyState with a single KUI
CodeSnippet (built-in copy) whose slotActions hosts a tiny SegmentedControl
toggling between the NeMo CLI command and the Ask an Agent prompt. Update
the ui-design empty-states reference to match.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Hunt <aahunt@nvidia.com>
Wrap the SegmentedControl in a full-width Flex inside the CodeSnippet
slotActions so the nemo CLI / Ask an Agent toggle left-aligns above the
command, size it tiny, and align the ui-design reference label casing.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Hunt <aahunt@nvidia.com>
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EntityEmptyState now covers only first-use and no-results; the error
variant is removed so failed loads keep routing through ErrorPanel with
getErrorMessage(error), surfacing the real failure instead of hardcoded
generic copy. Updates the GuardrailsDataView error branch, tests, and the
ui-design empty-states reference to match.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Hunt <aahunt@nvidia.com>
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Adds first-use and no-results stories for EntityEmptyState so the two
governed empty-state variants render in isolation for visual review.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Hunt <aahunt@nvidia.com>
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  • web/.agents/skills/ui-design/SKILL.md
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  • web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/EntityEmptyState.stories.tsx
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  • web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/index.tsx
  • web/packages/studio/src/components/dataViews/GuardrailsDataView/index.tsx
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Walkthrough

Adds a shared EntityEmptyState component and registry for Studio. It documents integration rules, adds tests and Storybook stories, and replaces the Guardrails data-view empty-state branches with first-use and no-results variants.

Changes

Empty-state standardization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Empty-state implementation guidance
web/.agents/skills/ui-design/SKILL.md, web/.agents/skills/ui-design/references/empty-states.md
Documents shared variants, registry descriptors, DataView integration, error handling, testing, and migration rules.
Shared component and registry
web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/index.tsx, web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/registry.ts, web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/EntityEmptyState.test.tsx, web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/EntityEmptyState.stories.tsx
Adds EntityEmptyState, registry metadata, self-service help, callback actions, tests, and Storybook stories.
Guardrails data-view integration
web/packages/studio/src/components/dataViews/GuardrailsDataView/index.tsx, web/packages/studio/src/components/dataViews/GuardrailsDataView/GuardrailsDataView.test.tsx, web/packages/studio/src/routes/guardrails/GuardrailsRoute/index.tsx
Derives first-use or no-results, wires create and filter-reset actions, opens the creation modal, and updates assertions.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GuardrailsRoute
  participant GuardrailsDataView
  participant EntityEmptyState
  participant GuardrailCreateModal
  GuardrailsRoute->>GuardrailsDataView: pass onCreate handler
  GuardrailsDataView->>EntityEmptyState: pass entity and derived variant
  EntityEmptyState->>GuardrailsRoute: invoke create callback
  GuardrailsRoute->>GuardrailCreateModal: open creation modal
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This PR standardizes the guardrails empty state and adds a create action plus filter-aware no-results handling; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Actionable comments posted: 3

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web/packages/studio/src/components/dataViews/GuardrailsDataView/GuardrailsDataView.test.tsx (1)

25-36: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the onCreate callback.

The helper supplies a mock, but the test checks only button presence. The test can pass if GuardrailsDataView ignores onCreate and EntityEmptyState uses its registry fallback. Pass a spy, click Create guardrail config, and assert that the spy was called. The supplied EntityEmptyState contract permits this fallback, so button presence alone does not prove callback wiring.

Also applies to: 104-108

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around lines 25 - 36, Update the GuardrailsDataView test helper and relevant
test to use an explicit onCreate spy, click the “Create guardrail config”
action, and assert the spy was called. Preserve the existing button-presence
assertion while ensuring the test verifies GuardrailsDataView wires onCreate
through to EntityEmptyState rather than relying on its registry fallback.
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Inline comments:
In `@web/.agents/skills/ui-design/references/empty-states.md`:
- Around line 69-71: Update the createAction guidance in the empty-state
reference to use onCreate for imperative or modal-driven creation and omit to in
that case; do not instruct callsites to pass onClick, since
EmptyStateCreateAction does not define that field.

In
`@web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/EntityEmptyState.test.tsx`:
- Line 9: Update the React import in the EntityEmptyState test to use a
type-only import for FC and ReactNode, since both symbols are used exclusively
as types.

In `@web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/index.tsx`:
- Around line 23-34: Update EntityEmptyStateProps to a discriminated union keyed
by variant: require onClearFilters when variant is 'no-results', while keeping
it unavailable or optional for other variants. Preserve the existing onCreate
behavior and variant-specific constraints.

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Nitpick comments:
In
`@web/packages/studio/src/components/dataViews/GuardrailsDataView/GuardrailsDataView.test.tsx`:
- Around line 25-36: Update the GuardrailsDataView test helper and relevant test
to use an explicit onCreate spy, click the “Create guardrail config” action, and
assert the spy was called. Preserve the existing button-presence assertion while
ensuring the test verifies GuardrailsDataView wires onCreate through to
EntityEmptyState rather than relying on its registry fallback.
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- Discriminated EntityEmptyStateProps by variant so no-results requires onClearFilters
- Branch GuardrailsDataView's EntityEmptyState usage by variant to match
- Use type-only React import in EntityEmptyState.test.tsx
- Correct empty-states.md createAction guidance (onCreate, not onClick)
- Assert onCreate is invoked from the empty-state CTA in GuardrailsDataView.test.tsx
- Swap self-service help tab order to Ask an agent, CLI and rename labels
  ('nemo CLI' -> 'CLI', 'Ask an Agent' -> 'Ask an agent')

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/index.tsx (1)

23-26: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use an interface for the base props contract.

EntityEmptyStateBaseProps is an object-shaped public contract. Declare it as an interface; keep EntityEmptyStateProps as a type because it is a union/intersection.

As per coding guidelines: “Prefer interface over type for object shapes and contracts.”

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-export type EntityEmptyStateBaseProps = {
+export interface EntityEmptyStateBaseProps {
  entity: EntityKey;
  className?: string;
-};
+}
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In `@web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/index.tsx` around lines
23 - 26, Change EntityEmptyStateBaseProps from a type alias to an interface
while preserving its entity and optional className properties. Leave
EntityEmptyStateProps as a type because it represents a union/intersection.

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In `@web/packages/common/src/components/EntityEmptyState/index.tsx`:
- Around line 23-26: Change EntityEmptyStateBaseProps from a type alias to an
interface while preserving its entity and optional className properties. Leave
EntityEmptyStateProps as a type because it represents a union/intersection.

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  • Swapped the two tabs so agent prompt is first
  • Changed the labels

cc @rrhyne

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