Start from a block without surrendering the design

Blocks combine many components into complete screens such as dashboards, login pages, and sidebars. They can save days of initial layout work.

A block is example application code, not a requirement. Inspect the command and diff, identify its component and data dependencies, then adapt navigation, copy, data, and information hierarchy. Delete demo files and controls you do not need. Do not preserve a complicated dashboard merely because it arrived in one command.

Inventory the block before integrating it: routes, components, hooks, mock data, images, dependencies, client boundaries, and environment assumptions. A large block may encode an authentication model or navigation hierarchy that does not match the product. Visual polish is not evidence that those decisions belong in your app.

Replace placeholder data from the outside in. First connect the page to the real domain shape, then remove dead cards, menus, and filters, and finally simplify abstractions that served only the demo. Verify permissions as real data is introduced; hiding an admin action in the interface is not authorization.

Keep the block’s accessibility behavior only when you understand it. Test landmarks, heading order, keyboard navigation, focus, responsive overlays, and loading/empty/error states after removing pieces because composition changes can break relationships between parts.

Add a small dashboard or sidebar block to a disposable copy. List every added file and assumption, then transplant only what Project Board needs. The result should use real domain names, contain no unreachable demo control, enforce permissions on the server, and be simpler than the source block.