Remove home-page quick actions row and tidy spacing

src/app/globals.css

@@ -1606,53 +1606,6 @@ summary::-webkit-details-marker {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-/* Quick actions on the answer home — deliberately lighter than the recent /
-   prompt pills so the two rows read as distinct tiers (content vs. actions). */
-.answer-quick-actions {
-  display: flex;
-  min-height: 1.75rem;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  gap: 0.875rem;
-}
-
-.answer-quick-action {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.375rem;
-  border: 0;
-  background: transparent;
-  padding: 0.25rem;
-  color: var(--text-soft);
-  font-size: 0.75rem;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  line-height: 1.25rem;
-  transition: color 160ms ease;
-}
-
-.answer-quick-action:hover {
-  color: var(--clinical-accent);
-}
-
-.answer-quick-action:focus-visible {
-  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-  outline: 2px solid var(--focus);
-  outline-offset: 2px;
-}
-
-.answer-quick-action-icon {
-  width: 0.9375rem;
-  height: 0.9375rem;
-  flex-shrink: 0;
-}
-
-.answer-quick-action-divider {
-  width: 1px;
-  height: 0.75rem;
-  flex-shrink: 0;
-  background: var(--border);
-}
-
 .answer-footer-search-edge .answer-suggestion-row {
   padding-inline: 0.25rem;
 }

src/components/ClinicalDashboard.tsx

@@ -3961,8 +3961,6 @@ export function ClinicalDashboard({
                   ) : null
                 ) : showAnswerHome ? (
                   <AnswerEmptyState
-                    onSearchDocuments={() => setSearchMode("documents")}
-                    onUploadDocument={openUploadDrawer}
                     desktopComposerSlotId={desktopHomeComposerSlotId}
                     recentQueries={recentQueries}
                     onSelectRecent={(recentQuery) => {

src/components/clinical-dashboard/answer-status.tsx

@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ import {
   History,
   Loader2,
   MessageSquareText,
-  Search,
   ShieldCheck,
   Square,
-  Upload,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
@@ -59,14 +57,10 @@ export function CopyButton({
 }
 
 export function AnswerEmptyState({
-  onSearchDocuments,
-  onUploadDocument,
   desktopComposerSlotId,
   recentQueries = [],
   onSelectRecent,
 }: {
-  onSearchDocuments: () => void;
-  onUploadDocument: () => void;
   desktopComposerSlotId?: string;
   recentQueries?: string[];
   onSelectRecent?: (query: string) => void;
@@ -104,20 +98,6 @@ export function AnswerEmptyState({
               icon={History}
             />
           )}
-          {/* Quick actions are secondary to the composer above, so they read as
-              light text links (not pills) with a hairline divider — this also
-              breaks the visual repetition of stacked equal-weight chip rows. */}
-          <div className="answer-quick-actions" role="group" aria-label={answerEmptyState.quickActionsLabel}>
-            <button type="button" className="answer-quick-action min-h-tap sm:min-h-7" onClick={onSearchDocuments}>
-              <Search className="answer-quick-action-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
-              {answerEmptyState.starters.searchDocuments.title}
-            </button>
-            <span className="answer-quick-action-divider" aria-hidden="true" />
-            <button type="button" className="answer-quick-action min-h-tap sm:min-h-7" onClick={onUploadDocument}>
-              <Upload className="answer-quick-action-icon" aria-hidden="true" />
-              {answerEmptyState.starters.uploadDocument.title}
-            </button>
-          </div>
           {/* No privacy link here: the composer's PrivacyInputNotice is the
               single site-wide notice, so the hero footer must not repeat it. */}
           {/* Pre-query copy must describe what the search does, not assert that

src/lib/ui-copy.ts

@@ -16,23 +16,7 @@ export const answerEmptyState = {
   heading: "How can I help?",
   subheading: "Ask a clinical question or search your documents.",
   starterActionsLabel: "Starter actions",
-  quickActionsLabel: "Quick actions",
   recentLabel: "Recent searches",
-  starters: {
-    ask: {
-      title: "Ask a question",
-      description: "Start a source-backed clinical answer.",
-      samplePrompt: "What monitoring and escalation issues should I consider across these documents?",
-    },
-    searchDocuments: {
-      title: "Search documents",
-      description: "Browse matching files and source sections.",
-    },
-    uploadDocument: {
-      title: "Upload document",
-      description: "Add a guideline, PDF, or local source.",
-    },
-  },
 } as const;
 
 // Recovery copy for the answer flow — actions and calm no-results guidance shown

tests/answer-preferences.dom.test.tsx

@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ function storePreferences(overrides: Record<string, unknown>) {
 
 function renderEmptyState() {
   return render(
-    <AnswerEmptyState
-      onSearchDocuments={() => {}}
-      onUploadDocument={() => {}}
-      recentQueries={["clozapine monitoring", "lithium levels"]}
-      onSelectRecent={vi.fn()}
-    />,
+    <AnswerEmptyState recentQueries={["clozapine monitoring", "lithium levels"]} onSelectRecent={vi.fn()} />,
   );
 }
 

tests/mobile-interaction-regressions.test.ts

@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ describe("mobile interaction regressions", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("keeps phone quick actions and the privacy link at the semantic tap size", () => {
-    const answerSource = source("src/components/clinical-dashboard/answer-status.tsx");
+  it("keeps the privacy link at the semantic tap size", () => {
     const privacySource = source("src/components/privacy-input-notice.tsx");
 
-    expect(answerSource.match(/answer-quick-action min-h-tap sm:min-h-7/g)).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(privacySource).toContain("inline-flex min-h-tap items-center");
     expect(privacySource).toContain("sm:min-h-0");
   });

tests/ui-accessibility.spec.ts

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB accessibility coverage", () => {
     await expect(modeButton).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
   });
 
-  test("phone quick actions meet the tap target and guests do not poll private ingestion routes", async ({ page }) => {
+  test("phone privacy link meets the tap target and guests do not poll private ingestion routes", async ({ page }) => {
     const privateIngestionRequests: string[] = [];
     page.on("request", (request) => {
       if (/\/api\/ingestion\/(?:jobs|batches|quality)(?:\?|$)/.test(request.url())) {
@@ -223,11 +223,7 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB accessibility coverage", () => {
     await expectDashboardUsable(page);
 
     const targetSizes = await Promise.all(
-      [
-        page.getByRole("button", { name: "Search documents", exact: true }),
-        page.getByRole("button", { name: "Upload document", exact: true }),
-        page.getByRole("link", { name: "Privacy and data processing", exact: true }),
-      ].map((target) =>
+      [page.getByRole("link", { name: "Privacy and data processing", exact: true })].map((target) =>
         target.evaluate((element) => {
           const bounds = element.getBoundingClientRect();
           return { width: bounds.width, height: bounds.height };
@@ -365,9 +361,12 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB accessibility coverage", () => {
     await mockMinimalDashboardApi(page);
     await gotoApp(page);
 
-    const uploadButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: /Upload document/i });
-    await expect(uploadButton).toBeVisible();
-    await uploadButton.click();
+    const menuTrigger = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open answer options" });
+    await expect(menuTrigger).toBeVisible();
+    await menuTrigger.click();
+    const menu = page.getByTestId("daily-actions-menu");
+    await expect(menu).toBeVisible();
+    await menu.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Add document" }).click();
     await expect(page.getByRole("dialog", { name: "Upload and indexing" })).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(page.getByRole("dialog", { name: "Source library" })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByRole("alert").filter({ hasText: "Upload and indexing tools are admin-only" })).toContainText(

tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts

@@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ async function expectAccountSetupSurface(setup: Locator) {
 }
 
 async function expectAdminOnlyUploadNotice(page: Page) {
-  const uploadButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: /Upload document/i });
-  await expect(uploadButton).toBeVisible();
-  await waitForReactEventHandler(uploadButton, "onClick");
-  await uploadButton.click();
+  const menu = await openDailyActions(page);
+  const uploadAction = menu.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Add document" });
+  await expect(uploadAction).toBeVisible();
+  await uploadAction.click();
   await expect(page.getByRole("alert").filter({ hasText: "Upload and indexing tools are admin-only." })).toContainText(
     "Use the source library to open indexed documents.",
   );
@@ -893,8 +893,6 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB UI smoke coverage", () => {
       await expect(page.getByTestId("scope-command-popover")).toBeHidden();
       await expect(page.getByTestId("scope-prompts-drawer")).toHaveCount(0);
       await expect(page.getByTestId("mobile-scope-popover")).toHaveCount(0);
-      await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Search documents" })).toBeVisible();
-      await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Upload document" })).toBeVisible();
       await expectDomIntegrity(page, { mobileNav: viewport.width <= 768 });
       if (viewport.width <= 768) {
         await expect(page.getByTestId("mobile-section-fab-button")).toHaveCount(0);