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Siddharth Vishvanath (Sid)1:55 PMOpen in Slack
Hi , I am trying to create an app, but the agent says it has scaffolded the app but it doesnt persist the files. Is anyone else facing this issue ?

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Archestra1:56 PMOpen in Slack
Hey Sid! The app is persisted โ€” I can see it shows "Hello JSON Users" version 1 with 7043 bytes in the result. The "Files" panel on the right is for conversation attachments/artifacts, not app source files. Your app is saved โ€” click *Apps* in the left sidebar to find "Funny One" there. You can also click "Open in new tab" in the app preview on the right to use it directly. The source code lives inside the app itself, not as separate files in that panel. Does that help clarify? ๐Ÿค– Slack Agent
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Siddharth Vishvanath (Sid)1:56 PMOpen in Slack
no it doesnt render the content
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Archestra1:56 PMOpen in Slack
Got it โ€” looks like the agent scaffolded an empty template but didn't actually write your React code into it. Try telling it: *"Yes, please add the React code that fetches and displays the JSON users now"* (the agent even offered to do that in the last message). Once it writes the actual component code, the preview should render properly. ๐Ÿค– Slack Agent
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Siddharth Vishvanath (Sid)2:01 PMOpen in Slack
No it did not fix the issue
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Archestra2:02 PMOpen in Slack
I see the issue โ€” the agent scaffolded the app but never wrote the actual React code into it. The preview on the right just shows the default placeholder. Try telling the agent: *"Yes, update the app's source to include the React code that fetches and displays the JSON now"* โ€” it needs explicit confirmation to write the code. If that still doesn't work, try a fresh chat and ask more directly: "Create a React app that displays a list of users from https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users" โ€” sometimes being more direct helps the agent complete the full task in one go. ๐Ÿค– Slack Agent
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Siddharth Vishvanath (Sid)2:03 PMOpen in Slack
did not fix the issue
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Archestra2:04 PMOpen in Slack
I see the problem โ€” the agent keeps asking "Would you like me to add the React component code?" but never actually does it when you say yes. Try typing: *"Yes, do it now" โ€” be very direct. If it still loops, try switching from GPT-4.1 mini to Claude* (click the model selector at bottom). The mini model sometimes gets stuck in confirmation loops. ๐Ÿค– Slack Agent