# Evaluation — Attempt 1

## Overall Verdict: PASS

## Overall Assessment
The page successfully turns service setup into a calm, embedded two-step assistant while staying consistent with the existing forest, lemon, and glass admin language. The permission boundaries, current-date handling, and manager-only auto-open behavior are implemented accurately; the remaining concerns are a narrow tablet layout edge case and view-only empty-state wording.

## Scores
| Criterion | Score | Status | Weight | Notes |
|-----------|-------|--------|--------|-------|
| Design Quality | 2/3 | PASS | HIGH | The intro actions, completion card, state markers, notice, and creation panel form a coherent setup narrative with one visually dominant next action. |
| Originality | 2/3 | PASS | HIGH | The compact two-step assistant is a deliberate, page-specific solution rather than a generic dashboard card or full-screen wizard. |
| Craft | 1/3 | PASS | MEDIUM | Spacing, status treatments, 44px controls, modal sizing, and mobile table transformation are solid, but the action group does not switch to its stacked tablet treatment until 720px, leaving 768px susceptible to crowding. |
| Functionality | 2/3 | PASS | MEDIUM | Viewer/manager controls are correctly separated, all output is escaped, the Africa/Accra date is explicit, the processor’s service-name contract is preserved, and the shared modal controller supplies focus trapping, Escape, backdrop dismissal, and focus restoration. |

## What's Working Well
- “View service days” is always a prominent glass button for authorized viewers, while “Set service for today” and every mutation control are manager-only.
- The state calculation is truthful: no service days means step 1 is current; any saved service completes step 1; only a row for the current Africa/Accra date completes step 2.
- `data-admin-auto-open="true"` is emitted only for a manager with at least one service day and no service configured today. The JavaScript evaluates it once after DOM ready, so closing the modal does not reopen it during that page load.
- The auto-open modal copy clearly says “Complete service configuration,” explains why it opened, and labels submission “Complete setup.”
- Modal accessibility is handled through the established controller: dialog semantics, `aria-modal`, labelled headings, initial focus, focus trap, Escape/backdrop close, scroll lock, and opener focus restoration for manually opened dialogs.
- Service list cells use server-rendered `data-label`s, values are escaped, delete is manager-only, and obsolete Bootstrap/DataTables layout has been removed.
- PHP syntax checks pass for all three changed PHP files using the XAMPP PHP runtime.

## Issues Found
### Issue 1: Tablet action layout switches too late
- **What**: The intro actions become a full-width stacked grid only at `max-width: 720px`.
- **Where**: `.service-setup-hero` and `.service-setup-actions` responsive rules in `assets/portal/css/admin.css`.
- **Why it matters**: At the required 768px tablet viewport, the title copy and two long action labels must still share one horizontal row. This can create cramped wrapping even though the brief explicitly expects tablet actions to stack.
- **Suggested fix**: Move the service-hero stacking rules to an 800px breakpoint (or use a container-query/wrapping rule), while retaining the narrower modal and records rules at 720px.

### Issue 2: View-only empty state points to an unavailable form
- **What**: When there are no service days, the notice says “Begin below,” but the creation panel is intentionally absent for view-only staff.
- **Where**: The no-service `$serviceCount===0` notice in `admin/service_days.php`.
- **Why it matters**: It gives a viewer an instruction they cannot complete and obscures the correct permission boundary.
- **Suggested fix**: Branch the copy by `$canManage`: managers should see the current instruction; viewers should see “No service days have been created yet. Ask a service manager to complete setup.”

### Issue 3: Auto-open dialog has no originating control for focus restoration
- **What**: The declaratively auto-opened modal correctly focuses its first control, but `opener` is null, so closing it cannot return focus to a meaningful point.
- **Where**: Auto-open block in `assets/portal/js/admin.js`.
- **Why it matters**: This is a minor keyboard continuity issue, especially because the modal appears without a user click.
- **Suggested fix**: On auto-close, focus the visible “Set service for today” action or the setup heading when no explicit opener exists.

## Priority Fixes for Next Attempt
1. Stack the intro actions at 800px so the required 768px tablet state is unambiguously clean.
2. Give view-only users accurate no-service copy instead of directing them to a hidden manager form.
3. Add a deterministic fallback focus target when an auto-opened modal closes.

## Should the next attempt REFINE or PIVOT?
REFINE. The visual direction, permission logic, and two-step interaction model are sound and professional; only targeted responsive and accessibility-copy adjustments remain.
