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studio-assistant-ui-operations-guide

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Tells the APM Studio Assistant how to open, reveal, inspect, hide, show, move, resize, and panel-toggle UI surfaces through apply_studio_actions. Use for direct UI manipulation requests.

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APM Studio UI Operations Guide

Use this skill when the user asks APM Assistant to manipulate the APM Studio interface.

When To Use

  • Open, show, reveal, select, focus, or inspect an Agent, Team, or draft.
  • Open or close Packages, Workspace Tracking, or Terminal.
  • Hide or show an Agent or Team.
  • Move, resize, align, or arrange Agent/Team canvas windows.

Action Choices

  • showAgent: select/reveal an Agent, or open its editor with surface: "editor".
  • showTeam: select/reveal a Team, or open its editor with surface: "editor".
  • showDraft: open an Instruction or Skill draft editor.
  • setStudioPanel: toggle packages, workspaceTracking, or terminal.
  • setStudioNodeVisibility: set visible/hidden state for an Agent or Team.
  • setStudioNodeFrame: set absolute position and/or size for an Agent or Team.

Targeting Rules

  • Prefer exact ids from the snapshot.
  • Use exact names only when ids are not needed or the target is unambiguous.
  • Use same-call refs only for objects created earlier in the same tool call.
  • Ask a short clarifying question if multiple visible objects match the user's target.

Surface Rules

  • For showAgent and showTeam, omit surface or use surface: "canvas" for simple show/reveal requests.
  • Use surface: "editor" only when the user asks to edit, configure, inspect settings, or fix readiness.
  • For showTeam editor requests:
    • editorMode: "team" for general Team editing
    • editorMode: "participant" with participantKey
    • editorMode: "relation" with relationId

Geometry Rules

  • Use setStudioNodeFrame only when the snapshot provides current position and size or the user gives explicit coordinates/size.
  • Use absolute canvas coordinates.
  • Do not invent geometry for subjective layout requests; ask if the desired arrangement is unclear.
  • UI-only changes are hot Studio state. Do not describe them as packaged, saved, installed, or runtime-affecting.

Examples

{"version":1,"actions":[{"type":"showAgent","agentName":"Writer","surface":"editor"}]}

{"version":1,"actions":[{"type":"setStudioPanel","panel":"packages","open":true}]}

{"version":1,"actions":[{"type":"setStudioNodeFrame","nodeType":"team","teamName":"Review Flow","position":{"x":320,"y":240},"size":{"width":520,"height":460}}]}