deckhearth/.convoys/dashboard-home-realignment.md

name	classification	success_metric	skip	status	created	model_policy
dashboard-home-realignment	feature	A logged-in user opening /dashboard sees a flat product nav (Dashboard, My Collection, Lists, Decks, Scanner, then Cards + Community), stats sourced from /api/user/stats with no placeholder tiles, Recently added / My activity / last-card spotlight using that user's real data, the top-bar notifications + inbox + profile cluster flush-right, and Admin reachable only from the profile dropdown (not the left nav).	ui-design	in-progress	2026-08-15	default_session roles escalate_to escalate_to_premium never_premium auto role-conductor role-architect role-ia-architect role-ux-reviewer role-ui-designer role-implementer role-reviewer role-security-auditor role-design-system-auditor role-a11y-auditor role-doc-writer composer-2.5-fast composer-2.5 composer-2.5-fast composer-2.5-fast composer-2.5-fast composer-2.5-fast cursor-grok-4.5-high gpt-5.6-terra-medium cursor-grok-4.5-high cursor-grok-4.5-high auto claude-sonnet-5-thinking-medium claude-4.6-opus-high-thinking role-reviewer role-security-auditor role-design-system-auditor role-a11y-auditor role-ui-designer role-doc-writer

Convoy: dashboard-home-realignment

Make /dashboard an honest home for returning collectors, flatten the sidebar to match the product we actually have, and fix top-bar chrome (right-aligned actions + admin only in the profile menu).

Why

The redesign-v2-from-mockups epic shipped the visual shell (glass sidebar, TopSearchBar, StatCard row, featured grid, activity panel, spotlight rail). The screen still does not behave like a home:

• Sidebar IA is nested and mislabeled. /dashboard hides under a "My Collection" parent; ownership (/my-cards) is a sub-item named "Cards"; Lists / Decks / Analytics nest underneath. The prototype's Wishlist / Trades / Market / Events items do not exist as product — adding them as "Coming soon" would be graveyard nav.
• Dashboard stats sum list cardCount / value (double-counts cards in multiple lists) and show dead Rare Cards / Wishlist Items tiles at 0 / "Coming soon". /api/user/stats already has ownership totals, value, decks, rarity breakdown, and recent adds — the page does not call it.
• Featured Collection / Recent Activity / Card Spotlight mix real thumbnails with fake trades, fake market charts, and a demo Emberclaw Dragon. That trains people the home is marketing.
• TopSearchBar search uses flex-1 max-w-2xl, so notifications, inbox, and profile sit mid-bar on wide viewports instead of flush-right.
• Admins see Admin Tools in the left nav (/admin/card-editor) and Admin Panel in the profile dropdown (/admin). Operator wants a single entry: the profile menu.

/my-cards stays a browse/manage page (not a second dashboard). This convoy only promotes it in nav and aligns chrome.

Scope

In scope

• Flatten desktop + mobile nav. First-class: Dashboard (/dashboard), My Collection (/my-cards), Lists (/collections), Decks (/decks), Scanner (/scanner). Below a divider: Cards catalog (/cards), Community (existing collapse). Keep locked vocab (My Collection / Lists). Do not add Wishlist, Trades, Market, Events, Analytics, or a top-level Activity item.
• Remove left-nav Admin Tools. Keep admin entry in TopSearchBar <UserMenu> (already gated on user.role === 'admin'). Architect picks one href (/admin vs /admin/card-editor) and applies it in the profile menu + any leftover mobile-drawer copy of UserProfileDropdown. Do not resurrect admin in NavigationContent.
• Right-align top-bar actions. Notifications, inbox, and profile cluster flush to the right edge of TopSearchBar. Search stays left / grows; leftover width after max-w-2xl must not sit to the right of the cluster. Hide the notification badge when count is 0 (do not invent a fake 3).
• Honest dashboard stats. Fetch /api/user/stats. Ship three real tiles: Total Cards (from user_cards, not list sums), Collection Value, and a third computable metric (This month / Lists / Decks — IA + Architect lock). Hide Rare Cards and Wishlist until those features exist. Use delta / subtitle only when the number is real.
• Honest home panels. Rename Featured Collection → Recently added (same 8-up + empty-slot CTAs, real /api/user-cards or stats recent rows). Wire Recent Activity to the signed-in user's adds (stats recentActivity is an acceptable v1). Spotlight the last added / last scanned card with real metadata; hide price-trend, market-overview, and watchlist until a market-data convoy.
• Home CTAs. Keep Scan / Create List only for empty or new collections, or drop the welcome header in favor of stats — UX locks this. Do not keep both a long greeting and two always-on buttons.
• Collection page chrome only. Same max-width / padding rhythm as dashboard; optional one-line summary from stats. No second stat row, no spotlight rail on /my-cards.

Out of scope

• Wishlist / Trades / Market / Events product work (queued follow-ups from redesign-v2-from-mockups, still queued).
• Daily Ember backend, Level / XP, federated ⌘K search.
• Renaming Lists → Binders.
• Real notification / inbox backends.
• Market-price history or a charting library.
• Redesigning CardItem, scanner, or community pages.
• Changing /api/user/stats auth or adding new tables.

Roles invoked

1. role-ia-architect — lock the flat nav map (desktop + mobile), dashboard information hierarchy, and Collection-page-as-browse (not a second home).
2. role-ux-reviewer — empty-state CTAs vs greeting, third stat tile, activity/spotlight honesty, top-bar alignment + badge rules. ui-design skipped: incremental inside Liquid Glass; no new visual language.
3. role-architect — briefs for nav + admin relocation, TopSearchBar alignment, dashboard data wiring (reuse /api/user/stats, no new tables).
4. role-implementer — per brief.
5. Audit fan-out after PR draft: reviewer + security-auditor + design-system-auditor + a11y-auditor.
6. role-doc-writer — AGENTS.md / Layout convention note if nav map changes.

Todos

• IA: publish the locked nav map and dashboard outline
• UX: lock greeting/CTA rule, third stat, badge-at-zero, spotlight contents
• Architect: split briefs (nav+admin, top-bar, dashboard data)
• Flatten NavigationContent + MobileNavigation; drop left-nav Admin Tools
• Right-align TopSearchBar action cluster; badge hidden at 0
• Dashboard consumes /api/user/stats; hide placeholder tiles
• Recently added / My activity / last-card spotlight use real user data
• /my-cards padding / max-width aligned with dashboard
• Audits + docs pass

IA

Affected routes

• [modified] /dashboard — honest home; stats from /api/user/stats
• [modified] /my-cards — summary line + shared max-width container
• [impacted] /collections, /collection/[id], /decks, /deck/*, /scanner, /cards, /community/* — nav active states only

User flow

flowchart LR
  Login --> Dashboard
  Dashboard --> MyCards["My Collection"]
  Dashboard --> Scanner
  Dashboard --> Lists
  MyCards --> CardDetail["/card/:id"]

Screen inventory

Screen	Path	Change	Notes
Dashboard home	/dashboard	Modified	3 stat tiles, recently added, activity, latest card
My Collection	/my-cards	Modified	Browse surface; optional stats summary
Layout chrome	all auth pages	Modified	Flat nav; admin in profile menu only

Content / data model deltas

• No schema changes. Reuse GET /api/user/stats and GET /api/user-cards.
• user-cards GET adds market_price to SELECT for spotlight display.

Open IA questions

• None — third stat locked to Decks (totalDecks).

UX

Decisions (locked)

1. Empty vs returning home: Welcome + Scan/Browse CTAs only when stats load successfully and both totalCards === 0 and no recent cards. Returning users see stats row only (no greeting strip).
2. Stat row: Three tiles — Total cards, Collection value, Decks. No Rare/Wishlist placeholders.
3. Panels: Featured → Recently added; activity from user's recentActivity; spotlight shows latest owned card with real fields only (no demo charts).
4. Top bar: Notifications badge hidden at 0. Action cluster flush-right via ml-auto.
5. Admin: Single Admin Tools entry in profile dropdown (/admin); removed from sidebar.

Architecture

File plan

File	Action	Purpose
components/Layout.js	Modified	Flat nav; remove sidebar admin
components/MobileNavigation.js	Modified	Dashboard hub + Collection/Scanner/Decks
components/ui/TopSearchBar.js	Modified	Right-align actions; Admin Tools label
pages/dashboard.js	Modified	Wire /api/user/stats
components/Dashboard*.js	Modified	Real data panels
pages/my-cards.js	Modified	Container + summary
lib/format-relative-time.js	New	Activity timestamps
pages/api/user-cards.js	Modified	Include market_price in GET

API surface

• No new routes. Consumers: GET /api/user/stats, GET /api/user-cards (auth required).

Schema diff

• None.

Test plan

• test/lib/format-relative-time.test.js (new)
• Existing Layout.test.js, StatCard.test.js regression

Decomposition

Brief #	Title	Files	Depends on
1	Flat nav + admin relocation	Layout, MobileNavigation, TopSearchBar	—
2	Honest dashboard home	dashboard.js, Dashboard*.js, format-relative-time	—
3	My Collection chrome	my-cards.js, user-cards API	—

slice_dependencies:
  - brief: 1
    depends_on: []
    files: [components/Layout.js, components/MobileNavigation.js, components/ui/TopSearchBar.js]
  - brief: 2
    depends_on: []
    files: [pages/dashboard.js, components/DashboardFeaturedCollection.js, components/DashboardRecentActivity.js, components/DashboardCardSpotlight.js, lib/format-relative-time.js]
  - brief: 3
    depends_on: []
    files: [pages/my-cards.js, pages/api/user-cards.js]

Audits (2026-08-15)

• Reviewer: No blockers after fixes (stats empty-state gate, divider, Lists active on /collection/*, vocab, admin label).
• Security: No medium+ findings; auth boundaries unchanged.
• Design-system / a11y: Incremental Liquid Glass; nav items retain focus rings; activity list uses semantic text.

Doc note

Authenticated sidebar nav (2026-08-15): Dashboard → My Collection → Lists → Decks → Scanner; divider; Cards catalog + Community. Admin only in TopSearchBar profile menu.