Cursor User Onboarding Implementation Plan

Implementation plan for the enhanced user onboarding experience. Requirements source: New User Onboarding.

Scope for this plan: two environment choices only — Default wiki and Demo preload. PARA wiki is deferred. User-info enhancements (signup audit, name/avatar sync, timezone) are a separate track.

Synced from git docs/wikifam_community_roadmap.md §1 and Cursor planning session (September 2026).

Goals

Goal	Success criteria
Choice	New user picks Default wiki or Demo preload before provisioning
Demo preload	User sees demo Main Page hierarchy with Page + Contents checkboxes (all checked by default)
Granular import	Both checked → full page; Page only → first sentence + back-link; neither → page omitted
Default wiki	Stock MediaWiki install, no demo import
Reliability	Provisioning job carries selections; worker applies them deterministically

Out of scope (this plan): PARA wiki path, Areas/Topics/Projects picker, filtered import driven by PARA selections.

Deferred (same requirements page, separate track): signup audit logging (IP/geo/browser), wiki_registry name/avatar fields, wiki_member_name_changes, timezone default from Google at registration.

Current state

Today the flow is: Google login → slug on goalstriving.org/get-started.php → async job → create-wiki.sh → full demo-template.xml import for every personal wiki.

• No environment choice
• No page checklist
• Job JSON has no environment or template_selection
• import-wiki-template.sh only supports full XML dump import

Key repo files today:

Area	Path	Role
Portal UI	portal/public/get-started.php	Slug form + job polling only
Jobs	portal/lib/jobs.php	Async provision job JSON
Worker	portal/bin/provision-wiki.php	Calls create-wiki.sh
Provision	scripts/create-wiki.sh	DB + MW install + full template import
Import	scripts/import-wiki-template.sh	Full XML + uploads rsync
Template export	scripts/export-demo-template.sh	Golden export from demo wiki
Registry	sql/auth-schema.sql	wiki_members, invites, audit

Target user experience

Multi-step wizard on goalstriving.org/get-started.php (session-backed; CSRF on each POST):

Step 1 — Environment

• ○ Default wiki (MediaWiki starter pages only)
• ● Demo preload (recommended) — outline + optional sample content
• ○ PARA wiki — disabled/greyed: “Coming in a future release” with link to New User Onboarding

Step 2 — Wiki address

• [slug].goalstriving.org (existing validation)

Step 3 — Page checklist (only if Demo preload)

• Hierarchical tree from demo Main Page
• Columns: Page ✓ and Contents ✓ (both default ON)
• Select all / Clear all + section expand/collapse

Step 4 — Review & create

• Summary → submit → existing job polling UI

Checkbox semantics

Per New User Onboarding#Setup for Standard wiki with static templates:

Page	Contents	Result
✓	✓	Full demo revision for that title
✓	✗	Stub: first sentence only (same pattern as demo stubs)
✗	✗	Page not created; omitted from imported Main Page outline

Always handled specially:

• Main Page — Rebuilt after import to match selections (links only to pages that exist). Do not import demo Main Page verbatim then delete orphans.
• Shared infrastructure — Confirm demo export has no required Form/Template pages after PARA removal from demo; if clean, selective main-namespace import is sufficient.

Architecture overview

Portal (wizard + manifest API)
    → job JSON
    → provision-wiki.php
    → create-wiki.sh
        → import-wiki-template.sh (default path / fallback)
        → import-wiki-selection.php (NEW — selective import)

Demo page manifest

Problem: Wizard needs a stable tree independent of live demo edits during a deploy window.

Solution: Generate templates/demo-page-manifest.json on each export-demo-template.sh run (server path: /etc/goalstriving/templates/demo-page-manifest.json).

Example structure:

{
  "exported_at": "2026-09-04T21:39:14Z",
  "main_page_title": "Main Page",
  "pages": [
    {
      "title": "Personal",
      "parent": "Main Page",
      "depth": 1,
      "first_sentence": "This page contains notes about topics personal to me.",
      "has_sample_content": true
    }
  ],
  "tree": { }
}

Generator: New script scripts/build-demo-page-manifest.php:

1. Read demo Main Page wikitext → parse links hierarchy
2. For each linked page in export XML, extract first sentence (text before first blank line / heading)
3. Write manifest alongside demo-template.xml
4. Optionally commit manifest to git for portal dev without EC2

Portal: GET /api/demo-manifest.php (authenticated) returns manifest JSON for wizard Step 3.

Job schema extension

Extend startProvisioningJob() in portal/lib/jobs.php:

{
  "type": "provision",
  "wiki_slug": "alice",
  "environment": "default | demo_preload",
  "template_selection": {
    "pages": {
      "Personal": { "page": true, "contents": true },
      "Long-term goals": { "page": true, "contents": false },
      "Biology 10": { "page": false, "contents": false }
    }
  }
}

• environment: default → ignore template_selection; skip template import entirely
• environment: demo_preload → require template_selection; default all true if omitted (backward compat during rollout)

Pass to worker:

create-wiki.sh "$SLUG" "$SITE_NAME" "$ADMIN" \
  --environment=demo_preload \
  --selection-file=/tmp/job-{id}-selection.json

Backend: selective import

Phase A — Default wiki path (small)

create-wiki.sh changes:

• Accept --environment=default|demo_preload
• If default: skip import-wiki-template.sh; verify page count ≥ 1; lower or bypass TEMPLATE_MIN_PAGES check
• Store environment in wiki_registry (new column wiki_environment ENUM('default','demo_preload') — migration in sql/)

Phase B — Selective demo import (core)

Recommended: new scripts/import-wiki-selection.php (Maintenance runner):

1	Delete stock Main Page (existing behavior)
2	For each selected title with contents: true, import that page from XML
3	For page: true, contents: false, edit.php stub from manifest first_sentence
4	Build Main Page wikitext from manifest tree + selections; edit.php
5	Sync uploads only for file titles referenced by selected pages with full content
6	update --quick; reload httpd

MVP fallback: Import full template, then delete unselected pages and overwrite stub-only pages from manifest — acceptable for Phase 2 if export is ~90 pages.

Phase C — Uploads

Only rsync upload files referenced by pages with contents: true (parse File:... in imported bodies).

Portal implementation

portal/public/get-started.php	Multi-step wizard; store progress in $_SESSION['onboarding']
portal/public/api/demo-manifest.php	New — serve manifest (auth required)
portal/lib/jobs.php	Accept environment + selection; validate against manifest
portal/lib/onboarding.php	New — validation, defaults, tree helpers
portal/public/styles.css	Checklist table, indented tree, disabled PARA card
portal/bin/provision-wiki.php	Pass new args to create-wiki.sh

Validation rules:

• Slug rules unchanged
• Every manifest title appears at most once in selection
• If parent unchecked but child checked → auto-check parent Page (recommended)
• If user clears everything → allow but warn (“Your wiki will have an empty Main Page”)

Registry & observability

wiki_registry.wiki_environment	Analytics; support
admin_events / extend wiki_provisioned payload	Log environment + page counts
Job JSON retain selection	Debugging failed provisions

Optional: store compact selection JSON in wiki_registry.provisioning_options (TEXT).

Phased delivery

Phase 1 — Foundation (1–2 weeks)

• SQL migration: wiki_environment, optional provisioning_options
• build-demo-page-manifest.php + hook into export-demo-template.sh
• create-wiki.sh --environment=default (skip import)
• Wizard Steps 1–2–4 only (environment + slug; demo path still full import)
• Job schema + provision-wiki.php wiring

Deliverable: User can choose stock wiki vs full demo clone.

Phase 2 — Page checklist UI (1 week)

• Manifest API + Step 3 tree UI (checkboxes; defaults all on)
• Persist selection in job JSON
• PARA option shown disabled

Deliverable: UI matches requirements; still full import if any page selected (temporary).

Phase 3 — Selective import (2–3 weeks)

• import-wiki-selection.php with Page/Contents semantics
• Generated Main Page from selections
• Upload filtering
• Adjust TEMPLATE_MIN_PAGES logic (count only selected pages)

Deliverable: Full requirements for static template path on New User Onboarding.

Phase 4 — Polish (1 week)

• User info: timezone prompt (optional; apply via MW user option after first login)
• Signup audit enrichment (IP/geo/browser) if desired
• Docs: update roadmap §1, wiki-template.md, sync this page
• E2E test wiki slugs on staging

Testing plan

Default wiki	Stock Main Page; ~1–5 core pages; no demo titles
Demo, all checked	Parity with current full import (~88 pages)
Demo, Page only everywhere	All titles exist; each body ≈ one sentence
Demo, mixed	Spot-check full vs stub vs absent
Demo, only Personal subtree	Main Page links only to selected branch
Re-run job failure	Job error surfaced; no partial registry orphan
Existing user	get-started.php still shows “already have wiki”

Automate: shell test that provisions templatetest-default and templatetest-selective on EC2 after deploy.

Risks & mitigations

Manifest drift vs demo wiki	Regenerate on every export-demo-template.sh; CI check manifest age
Main Page link rot	Generate Main Page programmatically, don’t filter by deletion
Long provisioning with full import then trim	Move to selective import in Phase 3; show progress in job UI
Parent/child checkbox UX	Auto-select ancestors; indent tree clearly
Large POST from 84+ pages	Store selection server-side in session; job references session id or compact bitset

What stays unchanged

• Google OIDC / Authentik login
• One wiki per user
• Async job polling
• GoalStrivingAccess ACL after first wiki login
• Demo wiki as golden source (demo.goalstriving.org + export pipeline)
• PARA forms on personal wikis (installed by deploy; not part of onboarding wizard)

Recommended first PR slice

Smallest useful increment: Phase 1 — environment toggle + --environment=default, plus manifest generator (no UI checklist yet). Unblocks users who want a blank wiki immediately while checklist work proceeds in parallel.

Republish from git

sudo GOALSTRIVING_CURSOR_WIKI_PAGE="Cursor User Onboarding Implementation Plan" \
  GOALSTRIVING_CURSOR_WIKI_SOURCE=/opt/goalstriving-wiki/templates/cursor-user-onboarding-implementation-plan.wiki \
  /usr/local/bin/publish-cursor-wiki-page.sh