# 2026-03-03 Session Notes

## Dashboard Navigation Refactor Planning

Nicholai approved a plan to consolidate the Signet dashboard sidebar from 10 overwhelming top-level navigation items to 6 grouped items, improving information hierarchy without removing features.

### New Navigation Structure

The dashboard navigation will be reorganized as follows:
- **Config** (Pencil icon) — config tab
- **Memory** (Brain icon) — with sub-tabs: Index (list view) and Constellation (embeddings visualization)
- **Secrets** (ShieldCheck icon) — secrets tab
- **Marketplace** (Store icon) — skills marketplace tab
- **Tasks** (ListChecks icon) — tasks tab
- **Engine** (Cog icon) — with sub-tabs: Settings, Pipeline, Connectors, Logs

### Icon Refresh Strategy

All icons are Lucide-based. Changes include:
- Config: FileText → Pencil (emphasizes editing, not viewing)
- Memory: Database → Brain (cognitive focus, not storage)
- Secrets: KeyRound → ShieldCheck (security vault)
- Marketplace: Zap → Store (clearer commerce concept)
- Tasks: CalendarClock → ListChecks (todo/checklist metaphor)
- Engine: (new) Cog (mechanical internals)

### Implementation Approach

Keeps existing `TabId` type and URL routing unchanged to preserve deep links. Sidebar becomes a display-layer grouping mechanism. Sub-tabs are rendered as a pill-bar in the page header for Memory and Engine groups. Last-visited sub-tab state is tracked to maintain user context when navigating back to a group.

### Files to Modify

1. `packages/cli/dashboard/src/lib/components/app-sidebar.svelte` — restructure with grouped nav items and new icons
2. `packages/cli/dashboard/src/routes/+page.svelte` — add sub-tab bar in header, override title for groups
3. `packages/cli/dashboard/src/lib/stores/navigation.svelte.ts` — track last-visited Engine/Memory sub-tabs
4. `packages/cli/dashboard/src/lib/components/layout/page-headers.ts` — possibly add group-level headers

No changes needed to tab components, memory/pipeline/task stores, or lazy imports. All existing functionality is preserved.