# Forum Patterns

URL: https://lbliii.github.io/chirp-ui/docs/patterns/forums/
Section: patterns
Tags: patterns, community, moderation

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Forum-shaped products combine discovery, participation, identity, governance, moderation, and durable knowledge retrieval. Chirp UI can compose these pages from existing primitives before adding a public forum_* namespace. Use the canonical repository guide for the full recipe set: docs/patterns/forum-site-patterns.md. Use This When A community home needs rules, categories, visibility, stats, and posting state. A topic list needs filters, replies, labels, saved views, or activity state. A thread page needs root post, replies, local navigation, composer, and secondary management controls. Q&A, moderation, and inbox surfaces need dense but separated operating state. Blessed Surfaces app_shell, site_shell, route_tabs, nav_tree, breadcrumbs, and split_layout. detail_header, thread_reader_layout, post_card, rendered_content, comment_thread, and comment. resource_index, resource_card, facet_chip, badge, and counter_badge. action_bar, share_menu, reaction_pill, message_reactions, and btn. callout, alert, confirm_dialog, form, action_strip, and toast for governance and moderation. Checks Rules, visibility, and posting permissions appear before composers. Locked, archived, removed, or moderator-only states are visible before reply forms. Reply and moderation actions are keyboard reachable and labeled. Long threads provide anchors, sort controls, or continuation markers. Sanitized body HTML remains app-owned; recipes do not add new unsafe escape hatches.

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