workstation-screen-composition

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents WPF workstation screens from becoming inconsistent, fragile, and hard to operate by standardizing how navigation, commands, status, grids/inspectors, and diagnostics are composed into a single operator experience.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Operator-consistent screen contracts: Establishes a clear structure for primary workflow areas (grid/summary), detail tabs, diagnostics, and recovery states.
• Shared primitives-first composition: Guides reuse of existing shell chrome and shared controls/styles/templates, only creating new primitives when repetition warrants it.
• View-model owned behavior: Encourages shallow XAML and projection of state/workflow into the view model to improve maintainability and testability.
• Evidence-backed implementation hygiene: Calls out required tests for routes/registration, loading/empty/error/selected states, and command availability/navigation handoffs.

Quick Start

Use the workstation-screen-composition skill to reshape an existing WPF workspace into Meridian’s workstation layout with shared navigation, command/status behavior, and a grid-plus-inspector flow.