New identities start with something to read: Adam and coinos followed, a Bitcoin feed, and #gardenstr.

A wallet the wizard made from fresh words, or a sign-in that found no
wallet on its identity, gets one kind-3 update following the two coinos
accounts (a sign-in identity only if it follows nobody yet), plus two
starter feeds. The Bitcoin feed has a follow-pack slot (STARTER_BITCOIN_PACK)
and reads the #bitcoin topic until a pack is chosen; #gardenstr shows what
a topic feed is. Once per identity. The feed test now runs through the
real first run, reading the words off the screen.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Tmfg8k5f3TbNJS34qiqHAp

3 files changed, 78 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index b4f24a5..1d7874f 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -3415,6 +3415,63 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   // Follow or unfollow, on the freshest list the relays will give us — the
   // local copy alone would quietly drop anyone another client added since.
   // The button flips immediately and goes back if the publish fails.
+  // A brand-new identity starts with something to read: the people behind
+  // coinos, a Bitcoin feed, and one topic as an example of what a feed can
+  // be. Once per identity; a person who unfollows stays unfollowed.
+  const STARTER_FOLLOWS = [
+    '98ae4da926c471c23fd12d1ebdd5839ba82917baa618e184e0c9916d93dcf4f7', // Adam
+    '72bdbc57bdd6dfc4e62685051de8041d148c3c68fe42bf301f71aa6cf53e52fb', // coinos
+  ];
+  // The Bitcoin feed's follow pack (NIP-51 kind 39089): { pk, d, relays, title }.
+  // Until one is chosen the feed reads the #bitcoin topic instead.
+  const STARTER_BITCOIN_PACK = null;
+  async function seedNewIdentity({ onlyIfNoFollows = false } = {}) {
+    const s = st();
+    if (s.seeded) return;
+    s.seeded = Date.now();
+    const at = Date.now();
+    const feeds = [
+      STARTER_BITCOIN_PACK
+        ? { id: 'starter-bitcoin', name: 'Bitcoin', follows: false, authors: [], packs: [STARTER_BITCOIN_PACK], topics: [], at }
+        : { id: 'starter-bitcoin', name: 'Bitcoin', follows: false, authors: [], packs: [], topics: ['bitcoin'], at },
+      { id: 'starter-gardenstr', name: '#gardenstr', follows: false, authors: [], packs: [], topics: ['gardenstr'], at },
+    ];
+    for (const f of feeds) if (!s.feeds.some((x) => x.id === f.id)) s.feeds.push(f);
+    save(s);
+    if (onlyIfNoFollows) {
+      await syncFollows({ force: true }).catch(() => {});
+      if (followsNow().set.size) return;
+    }
+    followMany(STARTER_FOLLOWS).catch(() => {});
+  }
+  // Follow several people in one kind-3 update (toggleFollow is one at a time
+  // and locks while it publishes).
+  async function followMany(pks) {
+    if (followsPub) return;
+    const id = await requireIdentity();
+    const want = pks.filter((pk) => pk && pk !== id.pubkey);
+    if (!want.length) return;
+    followsPub = true;
+    const before = followsNow();
+    try {
+      await syncFollows({ force: true }).catch(() => {});
+      const fetched = followsNow();
+      const base = fetched.at > before.at ? fetched : before;
+      const add = want.filter((pk) => !base.set.has(pk));
+      if (!add.length) return;
+      const tags = [...base.tags, ...add.map((pk) => ['p', pk])];
+      const created_at = Math.max(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), base.at + 1);
+      const partial = { kind: 3, content: base.content || '', created_at, tags };
+      const evt = id.signer instanceof Uint8Array ? finalizeEvent(partial, id.signer) : await id.signer.signEvent(partial);
+      saveFollows({ set: new Set(pTags(tags).map((x) => x[1])), tags, content: base.content || '', at: created_at });
+      feedAuthorsChanged();
+      publishOn(zapRelays(), evt).catch(() => {});
+      syncInbox({ force: true }).catch(() => {});
+    } finally {
+      followsPub = false;
+      render();
+    }
+  }
   async function toggleFollow(pk) {
     if (!pk || followsPub) return;
     const id = await requireIdentity();
@@ -7198,6 +7255,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       // the header sat avatar-less for that beat. A generated seed's pubkey
       // is right here — paint the punk before the next frame.
       const pk = (hook('nostrLoginIdentity') || {}).pubkey || (wallet.nostr && wallet.nostr.pk);
+      setTimeout(seedNewIdentity, 0); // fresh words: something to read from the start
       if (!pk) return;
       const entry = { name: null, picture: null, t: Date.now() };
       profiles.set(pk, entry);
@@ -7331,6 +7389,10 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       }, avatar(pk, 'chat-avatar ' + (big ? 'chip-lg' : 'mini'), false),
         h('span', { class: big ? '' : 'small' }, displayName(pk)));
     },
+    // A sign-in (Google, passkey, key) that found no wallet on its identity:
+    // the same start, but only the follows of an identity that follows
+    // nobody yet — an established nostr user keeps their own list.
+    identitySignedInNew() { setTimeout(() => seedNewIdentity({ onlyIfNoFollows: true }), 0); return true; },
     init() {
       // this wallet's cached faces, from its own namespace — the keys are
       // in place now, whatever the header asked for before
diff --git a/src/features/nostrlogin.js b/src/features/nostrlogin.js
index 1d78b39..fef054b 100644
--- a/src/features/nostrlogin.js
+++ b/src/features/nostrlogin.js
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export function nostrLoginFeature(ctx) {
         // them); anyone signing in wants a wallet, and the backup mechanics
         // stay spelled out in the nostr settings card.
         await createForSigner({ signer });
+        ctx.hook('identitySignedInNew');
         return;
       }
       // Same wallet however you log in: a key-derived seed is published too,
diff --git a/tools/feed-custom-test.js b/tools/feed-custom-test.js
index b989d87..4fe8f19 100644
--- a/tools/feed-custom-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-custom-test.js
@@ -85,14 +85,17 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
-  await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(500);
-  await click('to import'); await sleep(400);
-  await page.waitForSelector('textarea');
-  const mn = generateMnemonic(wordlist);
-  await page.type('textarea', mn);
-  await click('open wallet');
+  // through the real first run: the wizard's own words, read off the screen
+  await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
+  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
+  await click('skip verification');
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
+  // the starter follows land once the current list has been asked for
+  let starter = false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 60 && !starter; i++) { starter = await page.evaluate((k) => { const f = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(k + ':follows') || '{}'); const set = new Set((f.tags || []).filter((t) => t[0] === 'p').map((t) => t[1])); return set.has('98ae4da926c471c23fd12d1ebdd5839ba82917baa618e184e0c9916d93dcf4f7') && set.has('72bdbc57bdd6dfc4e62685051de8041d148c3c68fe42bf301f71aa6cf53e52fb'); }, base); if (!starter) await sleep(500); }
+  check('a new identity follows the coinos people', starter);
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
     localStorage.setItem(k + ':follows', JSON.stringify({ tags: [['p', pk]], c: '', at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) }));
     localStorage.setItem(k + ':feedNotes', JSON.stringify(ns));
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ try {
   await sleep(800);
   await page.evaluate(() => { const e = [...document.querySelectorAll('.item')].find((n) => /feed/i.test(n.textContent)); if (e) e.click(); });
   await sleep(1200);
-  check('the feed opens on Following, with a + chip', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('the feed opens on Following, with a + chip', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Bitcoin', '#gardenstr', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
 
   console.log('\n[a new feed: everyone I follow, on one topic]');
   await page.click('.feed-chip.add'); await sleep(300);
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ try {
   await page.click('input[type=checkbox]');
   await type('input[placeholder="#bitcoin #nostr"]', '#Bitcoin, lightning');
   await click('save'); await sleep(1500);
-  check('the new feed is on screen and selected', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', '*Coin talk', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('the new feed is on screen and selected', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Bitcoin', '#gardenstr', '*Coin talk', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   const req = (await page.evaluate(() => window.__reqs)).find((f) => f['#t']);
   check('it asks relays for the follows AND the topics', !!req && req.authors?.includes(AUTHOR) && JSON.stringify(req['#t']) === JSON.stringify(['bitcoin', 'lightning']), JSON.stringify(req || null));
   const tagged = signed('fresh #bitcoin post', 0, [['t', 'bitcoin']]);
@@ -127,7 +130,8 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.feed-chip')].find((c) => c.textContent.trim() === 'Following').click()); await sleep(1200);
   check('Following again, with its own posts', (await chips())[0] === '*Following' && await waitText('plain post', 4000));
   await page.evaluate(() => { const a = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed a')].find((x) => x.textContent === '#bitcoin'); if (a) a.click(); }); await sleep(1200);
-  check('a #tag opens a topic feed of its own', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Coin talk', '*#bitcoin', '+']) && await page.evaluate(() => !![...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((b) => /save feed/i.test(b.textContent))), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  // a saved single-topic feed with that tag (the starter Bitcoin feed) is reused rather than a session one
+  check('a #tag opens the saved feed for that topic', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', '*Bitcoin', '#gardenstr', 'Coin talk', '+']) && await page.evaluate(() => ![...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((b) => /save feed/i.test(b.textContent))), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   const treq = (await page.evaluate(() => window.__reqs)).filter((f) => f['#t'] && !f.authors).pop();
   check('...asked for by topic alone', !!treq && JSON.stringify(treq['#t']) === JSON.stringify(['bitcoin']), JSON.stringify(treq || null));
 
@@ -156,14 +160,14 @@ try {
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await page.evaluate(() => { const b = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((e) => /message/i.test(e.getAttribute('aria-label') || '')); if (b) b.click(); }); await sleep(800);
   await page.evaluate(() => { const e = [...document.querySelectorAll('.item')].find((n) => /feed/i.test(n.textContent)); if (e) e.click(); }); await sleep(1200);
-  check('the saved feeds are still there; the session topic is not', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Coin talk', 'Pack feed', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('the saved feeds are still there; the session topic is not', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Bitcoin', '#gardenstr', 'Coin talk', 'Pack feed', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   check('the home list shows the pack feed with its pack', await page.evaluate(() => { const b = document.querySelector('.chat-back'); if (b) b.click(); return !!b; }) && await waitText('test pack', 3000));
   await page.evaluate(() => { const e = [...document.querySelectorAll('.item')].find((n) => (n.querySelector('.chat-name') || {}).textContent === 'Feed'); if (e) e.click(); }); await sleep(800);
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.feed-chip')].find((c) => c.textContent.trim() === 'Coin talk').click()); await sleep(800);
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((b) => /edit feed/i.test(b.getAttribute('aria-label') || '')).click()); await sleep(400);
   check('the editor shows what was saved', await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('input[placeholder="#bitcoin #nostr"]').value === '#bitcoin #lightning' && document.querySelector('input[type=checkbox]').checked));
   await click('delete feed'); await sleep(1000);
-  check('deleting it lands back on Following', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Pack feed', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('deleting it lands back on Following', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Bitcoin', '#gardenstr', 'Pack feed', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   check('no page errors', errs.length === 0, errs.slice(0, 2).join(' | '));
 } finally { await browser.close(); server.stop(true); }
 console.log(ok ? '\n✅ feeds: Following is one of many' : '\n❌ failed');