fix(projects): clarify remove-vs-uninstall UX

Three UX changes addressing user feedback that "Remove from Scarf" and
"Uninstall Template…" looked interchangeable, and that users were
surprised when uninstall left the project folder behind.

- Rename sidebar menu entries:
  "Uninstall Template…"  → "Uninstall Template (remove installed files)…"
  "Remove from Scarf"    → "Remove from List (keep files)…"
  The expanded labels carry the scope difference at the point of click.

- Add a confirmation dialog for Remove from List. The sidebar's "-"
  button and the context-menu entry both route through it. Dialog copy
  explicitly spells out "Nothing on disk is touched — the folder, cron
  job, skills, and memory block all stay. To actually remove installed
  files, use 'Uninstall Template…' instead." Sidebar "-" also gains a
  help tooltip saying the same thing.

- Post-uninstall preserved-files banner. When the uninstaller keeps
  the project directory (because the cron wrote a status-log.md or the
  user dropped files in there), the success view now shows an orange
  banner listing up to 8 preserved paths with a "+N more…" tail, plus
  a one-line explanation and a pointer to delete the folder from
  Finder if the user doesn't want those files. VM captures the
  preservation shape before nil'ing `plan` on success.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

scarf/scarf/Features/Projects/Views/ProjectsView.swift

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ struct ProjectsView: View {
     @State private var installURLInput = ""
     @State private var showingUninstallSheet = false
     @State private var configEditorProject: ProjectEntry?
+    /// Project queued for the "remove from list" confirmation dialog.
+    /// Non-nil while the dialog is up; the `confirmationDialog` binding
+    /// flips based on presence. We store the full entry (not just a
+    /// flag) so the dialog's action closure knows which project to
+    /// drop from the registry.
+    @State private var pendingRemoveFromList: ProjectEntry?
 
     private let uninstaller: ProjectTemplateUninstaller
 
@@ -121,6 +127,44 @@ struct ProjectsView: View {
                 project: project
             )
         }
+        // Confirmation dialog for the sidebar's "Remove from List" action.
+        // The action is registry-only (doesn't touch disk), but the name
+        // historically confused users into thinking it was a full delete.
+        // A confirmation with explicit wording clarifies scope before the
+        // click is destructive-looking but actually harmless.
+        .confirmationDialog(
+            removeFromListDialogTitle,
+            isPresented: Binding(
+                get: { pendingRemoveFromList != nil },
+                set: { if !$0 { pendingRemoveFromList = nil } }
+            ),
+            titleVisibility: .visible,
+            presenting: pendingRemoveFromList
+        ) { project in
+            Button("Remove from List") {
+                viewModel.removeProject(project)
+                if coordinator.selectedProjectName == project.name {
+                    coordinator.selectedProjectName = nil
+                }
+                pendingRemoveFromList = nil
+            }
+            Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) {
+                pendingRemoveFromList = nil
+            }
+        } message: { project in
+            Text(
+                "\(project.name) will be removed from Scarf's project list. " +
+                "Nothing on disk is touched — the folder, cron job, skills, and memory block all stay. " +
+                "To actually remove installed files, use \"Uninstall Template…\" instead."
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Title string for the remove-from-list confirmation dialog. Kept
+    /// as a computed property so the dialog and any future reuse share
+    /// the exact same copy.
+    private var removeFromListDialogTitle: LocalizedStringKey {
+        "Remove from Scarf's project list?"
     }
 
     // MARK: - Toolbar
@@ -242,14 +286,23 @@ struct ProjectsView: View {
                         }
                     }
                     if uninstaller.isTemplateInstalled(project: project) {
-                        Button("Uninstall Template…", systemImage: "trash") {
+                        // "Uninstall Template…" only appears for projects
+                        // installed from a `.scarftemplate`. Trailing
+                        // ellipsis signals a confirmation sheet follows
+                        // (macOS HIG convention); the sheet itself lists
+                        // every file/cron/skill that will be removed.
+                        Button("Uninstall Template (remove installed files)…", systemImage: "trash") {
                             uninstallerViewModel.begin(project: project)
                             showingUninstallSheet = true
                         }
                         Divider()
                     }
-                    Button("Remove from Scarf", systemImage: "minus.circle") {
+                    // "Remove from List" used to be "Remove from Scarf",
-                        viewModel.removeProject(project)
+                    // which users read as a full delete. Clarified label +
+                    // ellipsis + confirmation dialog all spell out that
+                    // this is registry-only; nothing on disk is touched.
+                    Button("Remove from List (keep files)…", systemImage: "minus.circle") {
+                        pendingRemoveFromList = project
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -263,10 +316,16 @@ struct ProjectsView: View {
                 .buttonStyle(.borderless)
                 Spacer()
                 if let selected = viewModel.selectedProject {
-                    Button(action: { viewModel.removeProject(selected) }) {
+                    // Route through the same confirmation dialog as the
+                    // context-menu "Remove from List" entry. The minus
+                    // icon is a drive-by click target right next to "+" —
+                    // confirming before mutating the registry stops the
+                    // "I clicked by accident and my project's gone" case.
+                    Button(action: { pendingRemoveFromList = selected }) {
                         Image(systemName: "minus")
                     }
                     .buttonStyle(.borderless)
+                    .help("Remove \(selected.name) from Scarf's project list (files are kept on disk)")
                 }
             }
             .padding(8)

scarf/scarf/Features/Templates/ViewModels/TemplateUninstallerViewModel.swift

@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ final class TemplateUninstallerViewModel {
         case failed(String)
     }
 
+    /// Snapshot of "what survived the uninstall" — surfaced in the
+    /// success screen so the user understands why the project directory
+    /// is or isn't gone from disk. Computed from the plan right before
+    /// executing it (`plan` itself is nil'd on success, so we can't
+    /// reach back for this info after the fact).
+    struct PreservedOutcome: Sendable {
+        /// True when the uninstaller removed the project dir (nothing
+        /// user-owned was left inside). In this case `preservedPaths`
+        /// is empty and the success view skips the banner entirely.
+        let projectDirRemoved: Bool
+        /// Absolute paths of files the uninstaller refused to touch
+        /// because they weren't installed by the template (typically
+        /// `status-log.md` after the cron ran, or anything the user
+        /// dropped into the project dir manually).
+        let preservedPaths: [String]
+        /// Project dir — echoed back so the success view can show the
+        /// user where the orphan files now live.
+        let projectDir: String
+    }
+
     let context: ServerContext
     private let uninstaller: ProjectTemplateUninstaller
 
@@ -27,11 +47,15 @@ final class TemplateUninstallerViewModel {
 
     var stage: Stage = .idle
     var plan: TemplateUninstallPlan?
+    /// Populated on transition to `.succeeded`. Nil whenever the user
+    /// re-enters the flow (cancel/begin both clear it).
+    var preservedOutcome: PreservedOutcome?
 
     /// Load the `template.lock.json` for the given project and build a
     /// removal plan. Moves stage to `.planned` on success.
     func begin(project: ProjectEntry) {
         stage = .loading
+        preservedOutcome = nil
         let uninstaller = uninstaller
         Task.detached { [weak self] in
             do {
@@ -53,11 +77,20 @@ final class TemplateUninstallerViewModel {
         guard let plan else { return }
         stage = .uninstalling
         let uninstaller = uninstaller
+        // Capture the preservation shape before executing — the plan
+        // itself gets nil'd on success and we want the banner to show
+        // whatever was true at the moment of removal.
+        let outcome = PreservedOutcome(
+            projectDirRemoved: plan.projectDirBecomesEmpty,
+            preservedPaths: plan.extraProjectEntries,
+            projectDir: plan.project.path
+        )
         Task.detached { [weak self] in
             do {
                 try uninstaller.uninstall(plan: plan)
                 await MainActor.run { [weak self] in
                     guard let self else { return }
+                    self.preservedOutcome = outcome
                     self.stage = .succeeded(removed: plan.project)
                     self.plan = nil
                 }
@@ -71,6 +104,7 @@ final class TemplateUninstallerViewModel {
 
     func cancel() {
         plan = nil
+        preservedOutcome = nil
         stage = .idle
     }
 }

scarf/scarf/Features/Templates/Views/TemplateUninstallSheet.swift

@@ -277,6 +277,19 @@ struct TemplateUninstallSheet: View {
                 .foregroundStyle(.green)
             Text("Removed \(removed.name)")
                 .font(.title2.bold())
+
+            // Preserved-files banner. Only renders when the project dir
+            // stayed and at least one file was left behind — that's the
+            // case the user keeps getting surprised by ("I uninstalled
+            // but my project folder is still there?"). Explicit
+            // explanation + file list makes it obvious the files the
+            // user (or the cron job) created are intentionally kept.
+            if let outcome = viewModel.preservedOutcome,
+               outcome.projectDirRemoved == false,
+               outcome.preservedPaths.isEmpty == false {
+                preservedFilesBanner(outcome: outcome)
+            }
+
             Button("Done") {
                 onCompleted(removed)
                 dismiss()
@@ -285,6 +298,53 @@ struct TemplateUninstallSheet: View {
             .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
+        .padding()
+    }
+
+    /// Orange informational banner listing the files the uninstaller
+    /// left in the project directory. Caps the visible list at 8 rows
+    /// with a "+N more…" tail so a long log (many runs = many status
+    /// file entries) doesn't blow out the sheet height.
+    private func preservedFilesBanner(
+        outcome: TemplateUninstallerViewModel.PreservedOutcome
+    ) -> some View {
+        let visible = Array(outcome.preservedPaths.prefix(8))
+        let overflow = outcome.preservedPaths.count - visible.count
+        return VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+            HStack(spacing: 6) {
+                Image(systemName: "folder.badge.questionmark")
+                    .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+                Text("Project folder kept")
+                    .font(.headline)
+            }
+            Text("These files weren't installed by the template (the agent or you created them after install), so Scarf left them in place along with the folder itself.")
+                .font(.caption)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
+                ForEach(visible, id: \.self) { path in
+                    Text(path)
+                        .font(.caption.monospaced())
+                        .lineLimit(1)
+                        .truncationMode(.head)
+                }
+                if overflow > 0 {
+                    Text("+ \(overflow) more…")
+                        .font(.caption2)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                }
+            }
+            Text("Delete \(outcome.projectDir) from Finder if you don't need these files anymore.")
+                .font(.caption2)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+        }
+        .frame(maxWidth: 520, alignment: .leading)
+        .padding(12)
+        .background(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
+                .fill(Color.orange.opacity(0.10))
+        )
     }
 
     private func failureView(message: String) -> some View {