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Add the public 'Where are my components?' answer: hemx maps framework component jobs to hemplate partials, generated helpers, app-owned state, IntoEffect composition, and explicit leaf islands. The pre-commit guard now only blocks commits that change REQUIREMENTS.md without an AGENTS.md review, so unrelated follow-up commits are not trapped by old history.

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# Where are my components?
In hemx, the reusable UI unit is a **checked hemplate partial plus generated Rust
helpers**, not a client component instance. You still get reuse and composition;
the ownership moves to places Rust apps can inspect and test. req: canonical_authoring/002 req: canonical_authoring/003
| Framework component job | hemx home |
| --- | --- |
| Markup and local UI shape | A `.heml` partial rendered from a Rust view struct. |
| Props | The view struct fields passed into the partial/helper. |
| Stable child identity | `h-key` on repeated partials, exposed through generated keyed helpers. |
| Events | Real forms, links, handles, and explicit generated events. |
| State | App-owned Rust state, commands/events/projections, or integration-owned stores. |
| Updating the UI | Generated commands such as `ui::todo_row.replace(row)`. |
| Composition | `impl IntoEffect`: tuples for fixed mixed batches, arrays for fixed repeated batches, and `Vec<T: IntoEffect>` for dynamic repeated batches. |
| Client-only widgets | Explicit islands or Web Components at leaf boundaries. |
A reusable row should be one partial used in both places: initial render and later
updates. The handler builds domain state, converts it to a view value, and returns
generated commands:
```rust
(
rows
.into_iter()
.map(|row| ui::todo_row.replace(row))
.collect::<Vec<_>>(),
ui::summary.set(summary),
ui::notice.set("Saved"),
)
```
That is the component story: the row partial is reusable; the generated helper
knows the target and swap kind; `IntoEffect` composes the update without a client
component runtime, selector lookup, raw ids, raw opcodes, or manual registry
plumbing. req: public_api/005
Use an island only when the browser must own high-frequency local behavior, such
as a chart, map, editor, or media widget. The island is an explicit leaf; it can
emit facts back through generated handles/events, but the app still changes
server-owned UI through normal hemx effects. req: interop/003