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Saxon FletcherandClaude Opus 5 252f69e451 chore(studio): refine Explorer sidebar, onboarding, and notebooks (#50555)
## Summary

A round of small Explorer refinements.

**Sidebar**
- Adds a **Run SQL** row (with a `+` icon) above Notebooks in the
Explorer sidebar; opens a new query tab.

**Assistant**
- Assistant query cells now have the same **Save** dropdown as query
tabs (add to an existing notebook or create a new one). It shows only
when Explorer is enabled, and not while the query is still streaming.
- `SaveQueryDropdown` takes an optional `source`, so logs queries are
saved as log cells (keeping their time range) instead of database cells.
This also fixes saving logs queries from query tabs.
- The "Drafting notebook..." notice (and the notebook loading/status
rows) now span the full message width; `delete_notebook` parts use the
wide layout like create/update.

**Onboarding**
- Replaces the single page with a four-step walkthrough: Welcome to
Explorer (with a **Preview** badge), Run SQL, Notebooks, and Chat with
your project. Each step has an icon, heading, and short description,
with step dots and **Skip** / **Back** / **Next** buttons; the last step
ends with **Continue to Explorer**.
- Removes the "Choose how Explorer opens" choice (still available in
Account preferences) and the collapsible "Learn more" section. Skipping
or finishing still respects the saved startup preference.
- Deletes `ExplorerOnboardingLearnMore`, `ExplorerHomePreference`, and
`ExplorerHomePreview`, which were only used by onboarding.

**Notebooks**
- Query cells use the same max width as markdown cells (`48rem`, was
`72rem`).
- "Add query cell" / "Add markdown cell" are now **Add query** / **Add
markdown** everywhere; the buttons at the bottom of a notebook are
larger (34px, 18px icons).

## Test plan

- [ ] Explorer sidebar: **Run SQL** opens a new query tab
- [ ] Assistant: generate SQL, use **Save** to add it to a new and an
existing notebook; repeat with a logs query and confirm a log cell is
created
- [ ] Assistant: ask for a notebook and confirm the drafting notice is
full width
- [ ] Clear `hasCompletedOnboarding` in Explorer preferences and step
through onboarding (Next / Back / Skip); finishing or skipping respects
the startup preference set in Account preferences
- [ ] Notebook: query cells line up with markdown cell width; bottom add
buttons are larger


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
  - Added a **Run SQL** shortcut to Explorer navigation.
- Assistant query results can now be saved to notebooks, including log
queries.

- **Improvements**
- Updated Explorer onboarding with guided steps, progress navigation,
and visual previews.
  - Shortened Explorer action labels and refined control sizing.
- Reduced notebook query layout width and adjusted assistant notebook
displays.

- **Changes**
- Removed the Explorer startup preference selector and onboarding “Learn
more” section.
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-18 14:38:29 +08:00
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Supabase Studio

A dashboard for managing your self-hosted Supabase project, and used on our hosted platform. Built with:

What's included

Studio is designed to work with existing deployments - either the local hosted, docker setup, or our CLI. It is not intended for managing the deployment and administration of projects - that's out of scope.

As such, the features exposed on Studio for existing deployments are limited to those which manage your database:

  • Table & SQL editors
    • Saved queries are unavailable
  • Database management
    • Policies, roles, extensions, replication
  • API documentation

Managing Project Settings

Project settings are managed outside of the Dashboard. If you use docker compose, you should manage the settings in your docker-compose file. If you're deploying Supabase to your own cloud, you should store your secrets and env vars in a vault or secrets manager.

How to contribute?

  • Branch from master and name your branches with the following structure
    • {type}/{branch_name}
      • Type: chore | fix | feature
      • The branch name is arbitrary — just make sure it summarizes the work.
  • When you send a PR to master, it will automatically tag members of the frontend team for review.
  • Review the main contributing guide to help test your feature before sending a PR.
  • The Dashboard is under active development. You should run git pull frequently to make sure you're up to date.

Developer Quickstart

Note

Supabase internal use: To develop on Studio locally with the backend services, see the instructions in the internal infrastructure repo.

# You'll need to be on Node v22
# in /studio

## For external contributors
pnpm install # install dependencies
pnpm run dev # start dev server

## For internal contributors
## First clone the private supabase/platform repo and follow instructions for setting up mise
mise studio  # Run from supabase/platform alongside `mise infra`

## For all
pnpm run test # run tests
pnpm run test -- --watch # run tests in watch mode

Running within a self-hosted environment

Follow the self-hosting guide to get started.

cd ..
cd docker
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f ./dev/docker-compose.dev.yml up

Once you've got that set up, update .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=
SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY=

Then run the following commands to install dependencies and start the dashboard.

npm install
npm run dev

If you would like to configure different defaults for "Default Organization" and "Default Project", you will need to update the .env in the studio folder with the corresponding values.

DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_NAME=
DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME=