Fix template project creation flow (#2399)

apps/web/src/App.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { flushSync } from 'react-dom';
 import { useAnalytics } from './analytics/provider';
 import { trackProjectCreateResult } from './analytics/events';
 import { detectClientType } from './analytics/identity';
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import { PetOverlay, type PetTaskCenter } from './components/pet/PetOverlay';
 import { buildPetTaskCenter } from './components/pet/taskCenter';
 import { migrateCustomPetAtlas } from './components/pet/pets';
 import { ProjectView } from './components/ProjectView';
-import { WorkspaceTabsBar } from './components/WorkspaceTabsBar';
+import { openWorkspaceTab, WorkspaceTabsBar } from './components/WorkspaceTabsBar';
 import {
   DesignSystemCreationFlow,
   DesignSystemDetailView,
@@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ export function App() {
         requestId?: string;
         pendingFiles?: File[];
       },
-    ) => {
+    ): Promise<boolean> => {
       // Honor an explicit `null` design system — the create panel defaults
       // to "None" for every kind now, and the user expects that to land
       // as a no-design-system project rather than silently inheriting the
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ export function App() {
           },
           { requestId: input.requestId },
         );
-        return;
+        return false;
       }
       const pendingFiles = Array.isArray(input.pendingFiles)
         ? input.pendingFiles.filter((file): file is File => file instanceof File)
@@ -870,15 +871,20 @@ export function App() {
             appliedPluginSnapshotId: result.appliedPluginSnapshotId,
           }
         : result.project;
-      setProjects((curr) => [
-        project,
-        ...curr.filter((p) => p.id !== project.id),
-      ]);
-      navigate({
+      flushSync(() => {
+        setProjects((curr) => [
+          project,
+          ...curr.filter((p) => p.id !== project.id),
+        ]);
+      });
+      const projectRoute = {
         kind: 'project',
         projectId: project.id,
         fileName: null,
-      });
+      } as const;
+      openWorkspaceTab(projectRoute);
+      navigate(projectRoute);
+      return true;
     },
     [analytics.track],
   );

apps/web/src/components/EntryShell.tsx

@@ -113,14 +113,56 @@ function defaultPluginInputsForCreate(
   input: CreateInput,
   pluginId: string | null,
 ): Record<string, unknown> | null {
-  if (pluginId !== 'od-media-generation') return null;
   const kind = input.metadata.kind;
+  const projectName = input.name.trim();
+
+  if (pluginId === 'example-web-prototype') {
+    return {
+      artifactKind: input.metadata.includeLandingPage
+        ? 'landing page'
+        : 'web prototype',
+      fidelity: input.metadata.fidelity ?? 'high-fidelity',
+      audience: 'product evaluators',
+      designSystem: 'the active project design system',
+      template: input.metadata.templateLabel ?? 'the bundled web prototype seed',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (pluginId === 'example-simple-deck') {
+    return {
+      deckType: 'pitch deck',
+      topic: projectName || 'the user brief',
+      audience: 'decision makers',
+      slideCount: 10,
+      speakerNotes: input.metadata.speakerNotes
+        ? 'include speaker notes'
+        : 'no speaker notes',
+      designSystem: 'the active project design system',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (pluginId === 'od-new-generation') {
+    const templateLabel = input.metadata.templateLabel?.trim();
+    const artifactKind =
+      kind === 'template'
+        ? 'artifact based on a saved template'
+        : kind === 'other'
+          ? 'custom design artifact'
+          : `${kind} artifact`;
+    return {
+      artifactKind,
+      audience: 'product and design reviewers',
+      topic: templateLabel || projectName || 'the user brief',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (pluginId !== 'od-media-generation') return null;
   if (kind !== 'image' && kind !== 'video' && kind !== 'audio') return null;
 
   const promptTemplate = input.metadata.promptTemplate;
   const subject =
     promptTemplate?.prompt?.trim()
-    || input.name.trim()
+    || projectName
     || promptTemplate?.title?.trim()
     || `${kind} concept`;
   const style =
@@ -250,7 +292,7 @@ interface Props {
       autoSendFirstMessage?: boolean;
       pendingFiles?: File[];
     },
-  ) => void;
+  ) => Promise<boolean> | boolean | void;
   onCreatePluginShareProject: (
     pluginId: string,
     action: PluginShareAction,
@@ -459,7 +501,7 @@ export function EntryShell({
     // single row without touching the form.
     const pluginId = defaultPluginIdForKind(input.metadata);
     const pluginInputs = defaultPluginInputsForCreate(input, pluginId);
-    onCreateProject({
+    return onCreateProject({
       ...input,
       ...(pluginId ? { pluginId } : {}),
       ...(pluginInputs ? { pluginInputs } : {}),

apps/web/src/components/EntryView.tsx

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ interface Props {
       autoSendFirstMessage?: boolean;
       pendingFiles?: File[];
     },
-  ) => void;
+  ) => Promise<boolean> | boolean | void;
   onCreatePluginShareProject: (
     pluginId: string,
     action: PluginShareAction,

apps/web/src/components/NewProjectModal.tsx

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 // (prototype / live-artifact / deck / template / image / video /
 // audio / other) and their connector / template / design-system
 // pickers carry over without duplication. The modal closes itself
-// when the panel calls onCreate (success path) or when the user
+// when the panel calls onCreate and it completes (success path) or when the user
 // clicks the backdrop / Esc.
 
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { ConnectorDetail } from '@open-design/contracts';
 import type {
   DesignSystemSummary,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ interface Props {
   connectors?: ConnectorDetail[];
   connectorsLoading?: boolean;
   loading?: boolean;
-  onCreate: (input: CreateInput) => void;
+  onCreate: (input: CreateInput & { requestId?: string }) => Promise<boolean> | boolean | void;
   onImportClaudeDesign?: (file: File) => Promise<void> | void;
   onImportFolder?: (baseDir: string) => Promise<void> | void;
   onOpenConnectorsTab?: () => void;
@@ -60,15 +60,17 @@ export function NewProjectModal({
   initialTab,
 }: Props) {
   const closeRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
+  const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false);
+  const [createError, setCreateError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) return;
     const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (e.key === 'Escape') onClose();
+      if (e.key === 'Escape' && !creating) onClose();
     };
     document.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
     return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
-  }, [open, onClose]);
+  }, [creating, open, onClose]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) return;
@@ -81,11 +83,31 @@ export function NewProjectModal({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) return;
+    setCreating(false);
+    setCreateError(null);
     closeRef.current?.focus();
   }, [open]);
 
   if (!open) return null;
 
+  async function handleCreate(input: CreateInput & { requestId?: string }) {
+    if (creating) return;
+    setCreating(true);
+    setCreateError(null);
+    try {
+      const result = await onCreate(input);
+      if (result === false) {
+        setCreateError('Could not create project. Please try again.');
+        return;
+      }
+      onClose();
+    } catch (err) {
+      setCreateError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Could not create project. Please try again.');
+    } finally {
+      setCreating(false);
+    }
+  }
+
   return (
     <div
       className="new-project-modal-backdrop"
@@ -94,7 +116,7 @@ export function NewProjectModal({
       aria-label="New project"
       data-testid="new-project-modal"
       onClick={(e) => {
-        if (e.target === e.currentTarget) onClose();
+        if (e.target === e.currentTarget && !creating) onClose();
       }}
     >
       <div className="new-project-modal">
@@ -105,6 +127,7 @@ export function NewProjectModal({
             type="button"
             className="new-project-modal__close"
             onClick={onClose}
+            disabled={creating}
             aria-label="Close"
             title="Close (Esc)"
           >
@@ -122,16 +145,25 @@ export function NewProjectModal({
             {...(mediaProviders ? { mediaProviders } : {})}
             {...(connectors ? { connectors } : {})}
             {...(typeof connectorsLoading === 'boolean' ? { connectorsLoading } : {})}
-            {...(typeof loading === 'boolean' ? { loading } : {})}
+            loading={Boolean(loading) || creating}
             onCreate={(input) => {
-              onCreate(input);
-              onClose();
+              void handleCreate(input);
             }}
             {...(onImportClaudeDesign ? { onImportClaudeDesign } : {})}
             {...(onImportFolder ? { onImportFolder } : {})}
             {...(onOpenConnectorsTab ? { onOpenConnectorsTab } : {})}
             {...(initialTab ? { initialTab } : {})}
           />
+          {creating ? (
+            <div className="new-project-modal__status" role="status">
+              Creating project…
+            </div>
+          ) : null}
+          {createError ? (
+            <div className="new-project-modal__status error" role="alert">
+              {createError}
+            </div>
+          ) : null}
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>

apps/web/src/components/WorkspaceTabsBar.tsx

@@ -49,11 +49,20 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'open-design:workspace-tabs:v1';
+const OPEN_WORKSPACE_TAB_EVENT = 'open-design:workspace-tabs:open';
 const MAX_VISIBLE_CHROME_TABS = 16;
 const MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS = 80;
 const TAB_STRIP_CONTROL_WIDTH = 112;
 const MIN_VISIBLE_TAB_WIDTH = 76;
 
+export function openWorkspaceTab(route: Route): void {
+  window.dispatchEvent(
+    new CustomEvent<{ route: Route }>(OPEN_WORKSPACE_TAB_EVENT, {
+      detail: { route },
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
 function nowId(): string {
   return `${Date.now().toString(36)}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
 }
@@ -292,6 +301,26 @@ export function WorkspaceTabsBar({ route, projects }: Props) {
     setState((current) => syncStateToRoute(current, route));
   }, [route]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    function onOpenWorkspaceTab(event: Event) {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<{ route?: Route }>).detail;
+      const nextRoute = detail?.route;
+      if (!nextRoute) return;
+      const nextTab = tabFromRoute(nextRoute);
+      setState((current) => {
+        const normalized = normalizeTabsState(current);
+        return normalizeTabsState({
+          tabs: [...normalized.tabs, nextTab],
+          activeTabId: nextTab.id,
+        });
+      });
+      setTabsMenuOpen(false);
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener(OPEN_WORKSPACE_TAB_EVENT, onOpenWorkspaceTab);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(OPEN_WORKSPACE_TAB_EVENT, onOpenWorkspaceTab);
+  }, []);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const stripElement = stripRef.current;
     if (!stripElement) return undefined;

apps/web/src/styles/home/new-project-modal.css

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
   background: var(--bg-subtle);
   color: var(--text);
 }
+.new-project-modal__close:disabled {
+  cursor: default;
+  opacity: 0.45;
+}
 .new-project-modal__body {
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   min-height: 0;
@@ -82,3 +86,18 @@
   min-height: 0;
   padding-top: 0;
 }
+.new-project-modal__status {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  padding: 9px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  background: var(--bg-subtle);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
+.new-project-modal__status.error {
+  border-color: color-mix(in oklab, var(--danger, #d4543b) 45%, var(--border));
+  background: color-mix(in oklab, var(--danger, #d4543b) 10%, var(--bg-panel));
+  color: var(--danger, #d4543b);
+}

apps/web/tests/components/NewProjectModal.test.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 
-import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { NewProjectModal } from '../../src/components/NewProjectModal';
@@ -80,6 +80,42 @@ describe('NewProjectModal layout', () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId('new-project-panel')).toBeTruthy();
     expect(screen.getByTestId('create-project')).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  it('keeps the modal open with a waiting state until project creation finishes', async () => {
+    let resolveCreate!: (value: boolean) => void;
+    const onCreate = vi.fn(
+      () => new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
+        resolveCreate = resolve;
+      }),
+    );
+    const onClose = vi.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <NewProjectModal
+        open
+        skills={skills}
+        designSystems={designSystems}
+        defaultDesignSystemId={null}
+        templates={[]}
+        promptTemplates={[]}
+        onCreate={onCreate}
+        onClose={onClose}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('create-project'));
+
+    expect(onCreate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('status').textContent).toContain('Creating project…');
+    expect((screen.getByTestId('create-project') as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(true);
+
+    resolveCreate(true);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('NewProjectModal template deletion plumbing', () => {

apps/web/tests/components/WorkspaceTabsBar.test.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
-import { WorkspaceTabsBar } from '../../src/components/WorkspaceTabsBar';
+import {
+  openWorkspaceTab,
+  WorkspaceTabsBar,
+} from '../../src/components/WorkspaceTabsBar';
 import { navigate, type Route } from '../../src/router';
 import type { Project } from '../../src/types';
 
@@ -85,6 +88,19 @@ describe('WorkspaceTabsBar navigation semantics', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('can append and focus a project tab for create-project flows', async () => {
+    render(<WorkspaceTabsBar route={homeRoute} projects={[project]} />);
+
+    openWorkspaceTab(projectRoute);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const labels = screen.getAllByRole('tab').map((tab) => tab.textContent ?? '');
+      expect(labels).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(labels.some((label) => label.includes('Home'))).toBe(true);
+      expect(labels.some((label) => label.includes('Project Alpha'))).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('preserves restored Home tabs instead of collapsing them by route', async () => {
     window.localStorage.setItem(
       'open-design:workspace-tabs:v1',