Symptom

The Connect wizard’s step-1 screen displayed a 4-sentence, ~60-word technical paragraph explaining the Krill node model before the user could take any action. For a user already in the process of adding a connection the exposition was noise, pushing the actual task (selecting a node type) below the fold on smaller viewports.

Root cause

CONNECT_EXPLAINER was written to be a complete teaching block and was rendered unconditionally as bodyMedium text at the top of the picker step. There was no mechanism to hide it once a user had read it and no way to skip it on subsequent visits.

Fix

• Split the constant into CONNECT_EXPLAINER_SUMMARY (one sentence, ~60 chars) and CONNECT_EXPLAINER_DETAIL (the original body, trimmed).
• Replaced the unconditional Text(CONNECT_EXPLAINER) with a new ConnectExplainerRow() composable that shows the summary inline and reveals the detail via an AnimatedVisibility toggle controlled by a “Learn more” / “Less” link styled in colorScheme.primary.
• Added two regression tests in ConnectNodesWiringTest that assert the summary is a single short sentence and the detail carries the full explanation, so a revert to front-loading is caught before it ships.

Prevention

• When adding wizard copy, default to the shortest form that preserves meaning and put extended explanation behind a disclosure widget — progressive disclosure is cheaper to add at authoring time than to add retroactively.
• Pair copy changes with a constant-level test that asserts length or content constraints so CI catches regressions without requiring a visual diff.