Give MultiSelect chips accessible names and start creation fields empty.

Catalog chips now announce Select or Deselect so they are named for assistive tech. Method and value modals open blank; Generate draft inserts the catalog copy that used to be prefilled, and Customize still keeps the section headings.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

lib/create/finalReviewChipPresets.ts

@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ import type {
 } from "../../app/(app)/create/types";
 
 /**
- * Per-method preset defaults shipped in `messages/en/create/customRule/*.json`.
- * Used to seed the final-review edit modal when the user has no saved
- * override yet, and to merge onto overrides when emitting the published rule
- * document so every method carries a complete section payload even if the
- * author only edited a subset of fields.
+ * Catalog copy for method/value sections. Generate draft inserts these into
+ * empty creation-modal fields. Publish still merges them onto saved overrides
+ * so every method carries a complete section payload when the author only
+ * edited a subset of fields.
  */
 type CustomRuleMethodRow = {
   id: string;
@@ -96,6 +95,10 @@ export function communicationPresetFor(
   };
 }
 
+export function emptyCommunicationDetails(): CommunicationMethodDetailEntry {
+  return { corePrinciple: "", logisticsAdmin: "", codeOfConduct: "" };
+}
+
 export function membershipPresetFor(id: string): MembershipMethodDetailEntry {
   const method = findMethod(membershipMessages, id);
   const s = method?.sections ?? {};
@@ -106,6 +109,10 @@ export function membershipPresetFor(id: string): MembershipMethodDetailEntry {
   };
 }
 
+export function emptyMembershipDetails(): MembershipMethodDetailEntry {
+  return { eligibility: "", joiningProcess: "", expectations: "" };
+}
+
 /** Default consensus level used when a **catalog** preset omits a value. */
 export const DECISION_CONSENSUS_LEVEL_DEFAULT = 75;
 
@@ -132,6 +139,20 @@ export function decisionApproachPresetFor(
   return entry;
 }
 
+/** Catalog scopes/consensus kept; text fields start empty for Generate draft. */
+export function emptyDecisionApproachTextFields(
+  preset: DecisionApproachDetailEntry,
+): DecisionApproachDetailEntry {
+  return {
+    ...preset,
+    corePrinciple: "",
+    stepByStepInstructions: "",
+    objectionsDeadlocks: "",
+    applicableScope: [...preset.applicableScope],
+    selectedApplicableScope: [...preset.selectedApplicableScope],
+  };
+}
+
 export function conflictManagementPresetFor(
   id: string,
 ): ConflictManagementDetailEntry {
@@ -146,11 +167,19 @@ export function conflictManagementPresetFor(
   };
 }
 
+export function emptyConflictManagementDetails(): ConflictManagementDetailEntry {
+  return {
+    corePrinciple: "",
+    applicableScope: [],
+    selectedApplicableScope: [],
+    processProtocol: "",
+    restorationFallbacks: "",
+  };
+}
+
 /**
- * Preset meaning/signals for a core value chip. Mirrors `CoreValuesSelectScreen`'s
- * `getInitialTexts` so the final-review edit modal opens with the same
- * preset copy the select screen would have shown — without requiring the
- * user to have opened the select-screen modal first.
+ * Preset meaning/signals for a core value chip. Used by Generate draft and
+ * by publish/display merge when the author has not saved an override.
  *
  * Lookup order:
  * 1. Numeric chip id → 1-based index into `coreValues.json` `values[]`

lib/create/methodCardWizardPrefill.ts

@@ -89,46 +89,6 @@ function clampPercent(n: number): number {
   return Math.min(100, Math.max(1, Math.round(n)));
 }
 
-function facetPrefillHasContent(prefill: MethodCardWizardFacetPrefill): boolean {
-  switch (prefill.group) {
-    case "communication":
-      return (
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.corePrinciple) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.logisticsAdmin) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.codeOfConduct)
-      );
-    case "membership":
-      return (
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.eligibility) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.joiningProcess) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.expectations)
-      );
-    case "decisionApproaches":
-      return (
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.corePrinciple) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.stepByStepInstructions) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.objectionsDeadlocks) ||
-        prefill.draft.applicableScope.length > 0 ||
-        prefill.draft.selectedApplicableScope.length > 0
-      );
-    case "conflictManagement":
-      return (
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.corePrinciple) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.processProtocol) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.restorationFallbacks) ||
-        formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea(
-          prefill.draft.selectedApplicableScope,
-          prefill.draft.applicableScope,
-        ).trim().length > 0
-      );
-    case "coreValues":
-      return (
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.meaning) ||
-        hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.signals)
-      );
-  }
-}
-
 function mapFacetPrefillToWizardFieldBlocks(
   prefill: MethodCardWizardFacetPrefill,
 ): CustomMethodCardFieldBlock[] {
@@ -198,7 +158,11 @@ function mapFacetPrefillToWizardFieldBlocks(
       );
       if (
         typeof prefill.draft.consensusLevel === "number" &&
-        facetPrefillHasContent(prefill)
+        (hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.corePrinciple) ||
+          hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.stepByStepInstructions) ||
+          hasTrimmedText(prefill.draft.objectionsDeadlocks) ||
+          prefill.draft.applicableScope.length > 0 ||
+          prefill.draft.selectedApplicableScope.length > 0)
       ) {
         blocks.push({
           kind: "proportion",
@@ -260,14 +224,12 @@ function mapFacetPrefillToWizardFieldBlocks(
 
 /**
  * Map a method card's facet editors onto wizard field blocks so Customize
- * can show and edit the same sections on step 3.
+ * can show and edit the same sections on step 3. Empty copy still yields
+ * the catalog headings so authors can fill them in the wizard.
  */
 export function facetDetailsToWizardFieldBlocks(
   prefill: MethodCardWizardFacetPrefill,
 ): CustomMethodCardFieldBlock[] {
-  if (!facetPrefillHasContent(prefill)) {
-    return [];
-  }
   return mapFacetPrefillToWizardFieldBlocks(prefill);
 }