add-channel-whats-next-onboarding

Add a Channel's "What's Next" (Layer-2) Onboarding

Layer 2 = what a developer sees after their channel integration is connected: the "What's next" / "FOR YOUR USERS" guide that helps them roll the agent out to their own end users (install @novu/react, drop in the <Channel>ConnectButton), plus the connected channel details page. Layer 1 (connecting the channel itself) is the separate <channel>-setup-guide.tsx — out of scope here.

All files live in apps/dashboard/src/components/agents/agent-integration-guides/.

Architecture

ResolveAgentIntegrationGuide            (switch on providerId — the registry)
        │
        ▼
AgentIntegrationGuideTransition         (setup ↔ connected; in-session "Continue" step)
        │
        ├─ setup view (LAYER 1) ──────  <Channel>SetupGuide   (prerequisite, separate skill)
        │
        └─ connected view (LAYER 2) ──  <Channel>AgentConnectedDetails
                                              │
                                              ▼
                                        AgentConnectedDetailsShell      (shared chrome + flag gate)
                                              ├─ AgentChannelWhatsNextGuide   (renders the config)
                                              │       └─ resolveChannelWhatsNextConfig → build<Channel>WhatsNextConfig
                                              └─ provider credential sections (children render-prop)

The guide is data-driven: each provider contributes a build<Channel>WhatsNextConfig(ctx) that returns { recapSteps, devSteps }. The shell and renderer never change.

Step 0 — Prerequisites

Before adding layer 2, confirm:

• The channel has a ChatProviderIdEnum entry in @novu/shared (adding a brand-new provider id is packages/providers territory — ask first).
• A layer-1 <channel>-setup-guide.tsx exists (the connect-the-channel flow).
• A <Channel>ConnectButton exists in @novu/react (see the add-channel-connect-button skill) — the dev step embeds its snippet.

File checklist

Copy the nearest sibling: Telegram = simplest (endpoint/deep-link), Slack = workspace + a distribution link, MS Teams = org distribution component + own feature flag. Full templates: see reference.md.

Create

• whats-next/<channel>-whats-next-config.tsx — build<Channel>WhatsNextConfig(ctx): ChannelWhatsNextConfig
• <channel>-agent-connected-details.tsx — <Channel>AgentConnectedDetails via AgentConnectedDetailsShell

Edit

• whats-next/whats-next-config.ts — register the builder in WHATS_NEXT_CONFIG_BUILDERS[ChatProviderIdEnum.<Channel>]
• resolve-agent-integration-guide.tsx — add a case to both switches: the setup switch (render <Channel>SetupGuide, set setupDisplayName) and renderConnectedView (render <Channel>AgentConnectedDetails)
• agent-provider-display-name.ts — add the display-name case

Optional

• Add IS_AGENT_<CHANNEL>_WHATS_NEXT_ENABLED only if this channel needs to ship independently of the umbrella flag (see Feature flags below).

The config contract

build<Channel>WhatsNextConfig(ctx: WhatsNextConfigContext): ChannelWhatsNextConfig

• ctx → { agent, integrationLink, credentials?, applicationIdentifier? }.
• Returns { recapSteps: WhatsNextStep[]; devSteps: WhatsNextStep[] }.
• recapSteps mirror the completed layer-1 setup steps (title + description only); the renderer collapses them behind "Show all N instructions".
• devSteps are the new rollout steps. Convention: first dev step carries sectionLabel: 'FOR YOUR USERS' (or 'DISTRIBUTE YOUR BOT' for org-level distribution), then install @novu/react (with a PrebuiltPromptBanner in headerSlot), then add the <Channel>ConnectButton snippet (CodeBlock).

WhatsNextStep fields: title, description, sectionLabel?, headerSlot?, rightContent?, extraContent?, fullWidthContent?, status? ('completed' | 'current' | 'upcoming').

The renderer flips each dev step to completed once a real end-user connection exists (useChannelFirstConnectedEndpoint) and shows the "Your users are connecting" footer.

Feature flags

• Default: the guide rides the umbrella IS_AGENT_WHATS_NEXT_ENABLED flag — no flag work needed.
• Independent rollout (like MS Teams): add IS_AGENT_<CHANNEL>_WHATS_NEXT_ENABLED, then gate it in two places — AgentConnectedDetailsShell.showWhatsNext and ResolveAgentIntegrationGuide.hasUserRolloutPhase. providerHasWhatsNextPhase(providerId) already returns true once the builder is registered.

Conventions & gotchas

• The config file is the only place with provider-specific copy/snippets. Keep the shell, transition, and renderer untouched.
• Escape JSX attribute values in the connect snippet (each sibling has an escape helper) and source applicationIdentifier from the environment with a <YOUR_NOVU_APPLICATION_IDENTIFIER> fallback; integrationIdentifier comes from integrationLink.integration.identifier.
• PrebuiltPromptBanner source must be unique: agent-channel-whats-next-<channel>.
• Connected details: pull credentials from the shell's children render-prop { credentials, integrationName, isLoading }; surface only safe fields with ReadOnlyField (mark secrets secret, never expose internal webhook secrets).
• Don't confuse this with agent-whats-next-section.tsx (the Overview-tab summary card) — that's a separate, simpler surface.
• Dashboard conventions: TanStack Query for server state, Radix/shadcn + Tailwind (no inline style except dynamic values), React Router. Novu conventions: type (not interface) on the frontend, named exports, blank line before every return, no nested ternaries.

Build & verify

1. Do not build/start the dashboard — it runs on port 4201. Check types via Cursor diagnostics.
2. Open a connected <Channel> integration's detail page; confirm the recap collapses, the dev steps render with a working prompt banner + copyable snippet, and the "Your users are connecting" footer appears once a real user connects.
3. If you added a per-provider flag, verify the guide hides when it's off.