source-cooperative / source-cooperative/source.coop

[Proposed Feature] lookup by name

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TypeScript
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Description

Description of Feature:

When a user submits a username, we should offer a type-ahead where a person could input a user's first and/or last name and get offered suggestions based on those values.

Similar to #358, likely could be done together

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What value is this feature adding to Source Cooperative?

Easier to find users.

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Research direction

Review issue #358 alongside this proposal to understand the related lookup work before locating the user-submission and suggestion flow in the Source Cooperative web interface. Define completion as allowing first-name and/or last-name input to produce matching user suggestions, with the expected behavior aligned to the attached example.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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