# Launcher Home

## What It Does

The launcher is the public-facing entry point for Worldshaper. It presents the hero card, opens the editor in its own floating window, links to the repo, and hosts the News and Requests tabs.

## Key Files

- `src/WorldshaperLauncher.tsx`
- `src/index.css`
- `src/worldshaperStudio/windowing.ts`

## Endpoints It Uses

- `GET /api/world-default`
- `GET /api/launcher-requests`

## Important State

- launch state: ready, opening, opened, blocked, error
- active board tab: news or requests
- request list, filters, and expanded request rows
- resolved default world id

## Invariants And Constraints

- The editor is intended to open in a separate popup-style window.
- The launcher should still work if the default world lookup fails by falling back to `overworld`.
- Browser popup blocking is a real failure mode and must be surfaced to the user.

## Common Request Themes

- page styling and presentation
- launch flow and popup behavior
- repo button or external links
- tab layout and launcher information architecture

## Triage Questions

- Is this about the launcher page itself, or the studio window after launch?
- Does it affect only presentation, or also request API behavior?
- Does it depend on popup/window behavior?