Marketplace scoop-ui-refactor

Project-specific UI refactor workflow for the Scoop news platform in /home/bender/classwork/Thesis. Use when updating Scoop frontend layouts, globe UX, research workspace, and brand docs while preserving all features and enforcing a no-emoji policy across UI, logs, and docs.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/benderfendor/scoop-ui-refactor" ~/.claude/skills/aiskillstore-marketplace-scoop-ui-refactor && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/benderfendor/scoop-ui-refactor/SKILL.md

Scoop UI Refactor

Scope

Project root:
```
/home/bender/classwork/Thesis
```
Frontend:
```
frontend/app
```
and
```
frontend/components
```

Required outcomes

Preserve all existing features (view modes, filters, research, modals).
Increase density and reduce empty vertical space.
Make globe selection flow clear and usable.
Have grid view have snap scroll.
Keep feed snap-scroll while preserving global header visibility.
Remove emojis from UI, logs, and docs.

Workflow

Review primary surfaces

```
frontend/app/page.tsx
```
(home layout)

frontend/components/globe-view.tsx

and

frontend/components/interactive-globe.tsx

```
frontend/app/search/page.tsx
```
(research UI)
```
frontend/app/globals.css
```
(theme tokens)

Home layout refactor

Compress the lead story into title + summary + action row.
Move big narrative blocks into a compact summary card.
Convert long "Contact" sections into short action rows.
Keep view mode controls and filters visible and separated.

Globe view UX

Add a clear country focus header.
Show source count and top sources for the selected country.
Keep a clear "reset" action visible.
Remove all country flag emojis and any emoji usage.

Research workspace

Use a top query bar.
Add Brief and Flow modes (Flow shows reasoning steps in sequence).
Move history or chat list into a sidebar.
Ensure research visuals are distinct from the main feed styling.

No-emoji enforcement

Use ripgrep to find emoji usage and remove it.
Replace emoji with icons or labels.
Apply to UI strings, logs, and docs.

Feed view snap-scroll (TikTok style)

Use full-viewport sections (
```
h-screen
```
,
```
snap-start
```
) within a scroll container that has
```
snap-y snap-mandatory scroll-smooth
```
.
Keep the global header visible by only calling
```
event.preventDefault()
```
on wheel/touch when a snap transition actually occurs; allow default scrolling when at the first/last item.
Track
```
activeIndex
```
and an
```
isAnimating
```
guard; call
```
scrollIntoView
```
for the next/previous section and clear the guard after a short timeout.
Support wheel, touch (deltaY threshold), and arrow keys; debounce small deltas to avoid accidental snaps.
Retain modals, bookmarks, likes, and favorites behavior; do not regress existing feed actions.

Checks

Confirm view modes still switch correctly.
Confirm modals and source filters still work.
Confirm research results still render with embedded sources.
Confirm feed snap-scroll still works on wheel, touch, and arrow keys, and that the header remains accessible at top-level scroll.

Recent context

Snap-scroll feed clips lower content if sections are fixed to
```
h-screen
```
without accounting for surrounding layout; prefer a flex parent (
```
flex-1 h-full min-h-0
```
) and per-section
```
h-full min-h-full snap-start
```
inside the scroll container so each article uses the available viewport height without hiding titles.
Lint currently fails with pre-existing warnings/errors across the frontend (unused vars, hook ordering, explicit
```
any
```
); fixes are pending and not related to snap-scroll layout.