Snapshots (T6): the modal, the manifest, the help text, the status lines

Row T6 of testing-plan.md § Evidence plan. Run at the PR's head on 2026-09-19.

Command

cd cli && uv run python -m pytest -q tests/test_channels_commands.py tests/test_channels_dm.py tests/test_channels_shortcuts.py

101 passed in 0.26 s. The manifest's fenced copy in docs/guide/slack.md is byte-equal to the packaged slack-app-manifest.yaml (test_docs_parity.py, T10); the help text and the channels status lines mentions: / shortcuts: / rooms: are pinned in test_channels_verbs.py and test_channels_mentions.py (T1).

The decision modal, as committed

decision_view("keep poll mode", '{"channel": "C0TMP389", "ts": "1800.2", "thread_ts": "1800.1"}') (cli/the_loop/channels/slack.py), pinned by test_channels_shortcuts.py:

{
  "type": "modal",
  "callback_id": "the-loop:record-decision",
  "private_metadata": "{\"channel\": \"C0TMP389\", \"ts\": \"1800.2\", \"thread_ts\": \"1800.1\"}",
  "title": {
    "type": "plain_text",
    "text": "Record a decision"
  },
  "submit": {
    "type": "plain_text",
    "text": "Record"
  },
  "close": {
    "type": "plain_text",
    "text": "Cancel"
  },
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "input",
      "block_id": "decision",
      "label": {
        "type": "plain_text",
        "text": "What was decided"
      },
      "element": {
        "type": "plain_text_input",
        "action_id": "text",
        "multiline": true,
        "initial_value": "keep poll mode"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "input",
      "block_id": "kind",
      "optional": true,
      "label": {
        "type": "plain_text",
        "text": "Kind"
      },
      "element": {
        "type": "static_select",
        "action_id": "select",
        "placeholder": {
          "type": "plain_text",
          "text": "product, design or tech"
        },
        "options": [
          {
            "text": {
              "type": "plain_text",
              "text": "product"
            },
            "value": "product"
          },
          {
            "text": {
              "type": "plain_text",
              "text": "design"
            },
            "value": "design"
          },
          {
            "text": {
              "type": "plain_text",
              "text": "tech"
            },
            "value": "tech"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "input",
      "block_id": "rationale",
      "optional": true,
      "label": {
        "type": "plain_text",
        "text": "Why"
      },
      "element": {
        "type": "plain_text_input",
        "action_id": "text",
        "multiline": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

The private_metadata is composed by the-loop from the shortcut's coordinates, never from the member's text, and is validated again on submission (A3).