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frontend/src/lib/components/flows/CreateActionsFlow.svelte

@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@
 	import { importFlowStore } from '$lib/components/flows/flowStore.svelte'
 	import { importScriptStore } from '$lib/components/scripts/scriptStore.svelte'
 	import Modal from '$lib/components/common/modal/Modal.svelte'
-	import Toggle from '$lib/components/Toggle.svelte'
 	import Tabs from '$lib/components/common/tabs/Tabs.svelte'
 	import Tab from '$lib/components/common/tabs/Tab.svelte'
 	import { PythonIcon, TypeScriptIcon } from '$lib/components/common/languageIcons'
-	import { Code2, Loader2, Plus } from 'lucide-svelte'
+	import { Code2, Loader2, NetworkIcon, Plus } from 'lucide-svelte'
 	import YAML from 'yaml'
 
-	const SKIP_FLOW_MODAL_KEY = 'windmill_skip_flow_modal'
-
 	let drawer: Drawer | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let wacDrawer: Drawer | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let pendingRaw: string | undefined = $state(undefined)
@@ -26,9 +23,6 @@
 	let wacImportType: 'yaml' | 'json' = $state('yaml')
 	let flowModalOpen = $state(false)
 	let wacHovered = $state(false)
-	let skipModal = $state(
-		typeof localStorage !== 'undefined' && localStorage.getItem(SKIP_FLOW_MODAL_KEY) === 'true'
-	)
 
 	async function importRaw() {
 		$importFlowStore =
@@ -46,11 +40,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function handleFlowClick() {
-		if (skipModal) {
-			goto(`${base}/flows/add?nodraft=true`)
-		} else {
-			flowModalOpen = true
-		}
+		flowModalOpen = true
 	}
 
 	function selectFlowEditor() {
@@ -68,9 +58,9 @@
 		goto(`${base}/scripts/add?nodraft=true&wac=typescript`)
 	}
 
-	function toggleSkipModal() {
-		skipModal = !skipModal
-		localStorage.setItem(SKIP_FLOW_MODAL_KEY, String(skipModal))
+	function selectPipeline() {
+		flowModalOpen = false
+		goto(`${base}/pipeline`)
 	}
 </script>
 
@@ -113,9 +103,13 @@
 </div>
 
 <!-- Flow Type Selection Modal -->
-<Modal bind:open={flowModalOpen} title="Create a new flow">
+<!-- max-w-4xl widens the modal to fit three tiles comfortably; default
+     `max-w-lg` (~512px) was sized for two tiles and squeezed the grid.
+     kind="X" replaces the bottom Cancel button with a top-right close (X)
+     so the action area is purely the three tile buttons. -->
+<Modal bind:open={flowModalOpen} title="Create a new flow" class="sm:max-w-4xl" kind="X">
 	<div class="flex flex-col gap-4 pr-4">
-		<div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-8">
+		<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-6">
 			<!-- Flow Editor option -->
 			<button
 				class="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 p-6 rounded-lg border-2 border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700 hover:border-blue-500 dark:hover:border-blue-400 hover:bg-blue-50 dark:hover:bg-blue-900/20 transition-all cursor-pointer group"
@@ -142,13 +136,6 @@
 				onmouseenter={() => (wacHovered = true)}
 				onmouseleave={() => (wacHovered = false)}
 			>
-				<!-- Alpha badge -->
-				<div
-					class="absolute top-2 right-2 z-10 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full bg-purple-500 text-white text-2xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wide"
-				>
-					Alpha
-				</div>
-
 				<!-- Default state -->
 				<div
 					class="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 p-6 absolute inset-0 transition-all duration-300"
@@ -196,11 +183,31 @@
 					</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
-		</div>
 
-		<div class="flex items-center gap-2 px-1">
-			<Toggle size="xs" checked={skipModal} on:change={toggleSkipModal} />
-			<span class="text-2xs text-tertiary">Always use the Flow editor (skip this modal)</span>
+			<!-- Pipeline option -->
+			<button
+				class="relative flex flex-col items-center gap-3 p-6 rounded-lg border-2 border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700 hover:border-emerald-500 dark:hover:border-emerald-400 hover:bg-emerald-50 dark:hover:bg-emerald-900/20 transition-all cursor-pointer group"
+				onclick={selectPipeline}
+			>
+				<!-- Alpha badge — pipeline is the newest of the three; same
+				     positioning the WAC tile used so it reads consistently. -->
+				<div
+					class="absolute top-2 right-2 z-10 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full bg-emerald-500 text-white text-2xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wide"
+				>
+					Alpha
+				</div>
+				<div
+					class="w-32 h-32 rounded-xl bg-emerald-100 dark:bg-emerald-900/40 flex items-center justify-center group-hover:bg-emerald-200 dark:group-hover:bg-emerald-800/50 transition-colors"
+				>
+					<NetworkIcon size={32} class="text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400" />
+				</div>
+				<div class="text-center">
+					<h3 class="font-semibold text-primary">Pipeline</h3>
+					<p class="text-xs text-tertiary mt-1">
+						Asset-driven DAG of scripts. Trigger on schedule, asset change, or external event.
+					</p>
+				</div>
+			</button>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </Modal>

frontend/src/lib/components/home/ItemsList.svelte

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 	import { getContext, untrack } from 'svelte'
 	import { triggerableByAI } from '$lib/actions/triggerableByAI.svelte'
 	import TextInput from '../text_input/TextInput.svelte'
+	import { NetworkIcon } from 'lucide-svelte'
+	import { base } from '$lib/base'
 	interface Props {
 		filter?: string
 		subtab?: 'flow' | 'script' | 'app'
@@ -594,6 +596,27 @@
 			/>
 		{:else}
 			<div class="border rounded-md bg-surface-tertiary">
+				<!-- One pipeline row per folder that has pipeline-member scripts.
+				     Mirrors the entry the tree view shows under each folder, so
+				     users in flat view get the same affordance — clicking opens
+				     the pipeline editor for that folder. Hidden when an
+				     active filter is set (filter operates on items, not on
+				     folder-level entries). -->
+				{#if filter === ''}
+					{#each [...pipelineFolders].sort() as folder (folder)}
+						<!-- px-4/py-3 + gap-4 mirrors common/table/Row.svelte so the
+						     row is the same height as the script/flow/app items
+						     beneath it; without it the single-line pipeline row
+						     was visibly shorter than the surrounding rows. -->
+						<a
+							href="{base}/pipeline/{encodeURIComponent(folder)}"
+							class="w-full inline-flex items-center gap-4 px-4 py-3 border-b last:border-b-0 hover:bg-surface-hover transition-colors text-sm first-of-type:rounded-t-md"
+						>
+							<NetworkIcon size={16} class="text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400" />
+							<span class="text-xs font-medium text-emphasis truncate">Pipeline · f/{folder}</span>
+						</a>
+					{/each}
+				{/if}
 				{#each (items ?? []).slice(0, nbDisplayed) as item (item.type + '/' + item.path + (item.hash ? '/' + item.hash : ''))}
 					<Item
 						{item}

frontend/src/lib/components/home/TreeView.svelte

@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@
 		{#if opened || isSearching}
 			<div>
 				{#if hasPipeline && isFolder(item)}
+					<!-- py-3 matches common/table/Row.svelte so this row sits at
+					     the same height as the script/flow/app rows that follow
+					     it under the same folder; py-2 was visibly shorter. -->
 					<a
 						href="{base}/pipeline/{encodeURIComponent(item.folderName)}"
-						class="flex items-center gap-4 px-4 py-2 border-b text-sm hover:bg-surface-hover transition-colors"
+						class="flex items-center gap-4 px-4 py-3 border-b text-sm hover:bg-surface-hover transition-colors"
 						style="padding-left: {(depth + 1) * 16}px;"
 					>
 						<NetworkIcon size={16} class="text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400" />
-						<div class="flex flex-col">
-							<span class="text-xs font-medium text-emphasis">Pipeline</span>
-							<span class="text-2xs text-secondary">Open pipeline editor</span>
-						</div>
+						<span class="text-xs font-medium text-emphasis">Pipeline</span>
 					</a>
 				{/if}
 				{#each item.items.slice(0, showMax) as subItem, index ((subItem['path'] ? subItem['type'] + '__' + subItem['path'] + '__' + index : undefined) ?? 'folder__' + subItem['folderName'] + '__' + index)}

frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/+page.svelte

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 		Loader2,
 		Code,
 		LayoutDashboard,
-		NetworkIcon,
 		PlugZap
 	} from 'lucide-svelte'
 	import { hubBaseUrlStore } from '$lib/stores'
@@ -302,17 +301,6 @@
 			{#if !$userStore?.operator && showCreateButtons}
 				<CreateActionsScript aiId="create-script-button" aiDescription="Creates a new script" />
 				{#if HOME_SHOW_CREATE_FLOW}<CreateActionsFlow />{/if}
-				<Button
-					id="pipeline-button"
-					aiId="pipeline-button"
-					aiDescription="Opens the pipeline editor"
-					unifiedSize="lg"
-					startIcon={{ icon: NetworkIcon }}
-					href="{base}/pipeline"
-					variant="accent"
-				>
-					Pipeline
-				</Button>
 				{#if HOME_SHOW_CREATE_APP}<CreateActionsApp />{/if}
 			{/if}
 		</PageHeader>