From 3eb963b8b31abce8ecca66af7760da5fd7c8c340 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anish Sarkar <104695310+AnishSarkar22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 04:09:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(placeholder): update placeholder text for clarity in
 assistant UI and hero chat demo

- Revised placeholder text to improve readability and user understanding by replacing the dash with a period and adding "Use" for prompts and docs.
---
 surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx     | 2 +-
 surfsense_web/components/homepage/hero-chat-demo.tsx | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx
index 1e8c66e8a..0cf6ef296 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ import {
 } from "../new-chat/document-mention-picker";
 
 const COMPOSER_PLACEHOLDER =
-	"Track competitors, scrape platforms, automate briefs — / for prompts, @ for docs";
+	"Track competitors, scrape platforms, automate briefs. Use / for prompts, @ for docs";
 
 type ComposerSuggestionAnchorPoint = {
 	left: number;
diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/homepage/hero-chat-demo.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/homepage/hero-chat-demo.tsx
index ef4b7cfc1..e617cd51e 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/homepage/hero-chat-demo.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/homepage/hero-chat-demo.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type HeroChatDemoScript = {
 
 type Stage = "typing" | "steps" | "answer" | "done";
 
-const PLACEHOLDER = "Track competitors, scrape platforms, automate briefs — / for prompts, @ for docs";
+const PLACEHOLDER = "Track competitors, scrape platforms, automate briefs. Use / for prompts, @ for docs";
 
 /** Blinking caret for the typewriter (overlay only, never inside the real input). */
 function Caret() {