---
title: "Platform UI bridge"
description: "useAppContext().ui lets app-owned UI ask the host to perform host-owned presentation. It contains primitives, not business workflows."
url: "https://sotaagents.ai/manual/developer-guide/platform-ui-bridge"
generated_by: "sotaagents-ldp"
docs_index: "https://sotaagents.ai/manual/llms.txt"
locale: "en"
---

# Platform UI bridge

`useAppContext().ui` lets app-owned UI ask the host to perform host-owned presentation. It contains primitives, not business workflows.

| API | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| `toast(message, options?)` | Shows an info, success, warning, or error notice. |
| `confirm(options)` | Returns a promise for a host confirmation decision. |
| `navigate(to)` | Navigates through the host router. |
| `openArtifact(kind, context?)` | Opens an artifact in the same app lane using its current renderer. |
| `closeArtifact()` | Closes the active artifact host when one exists. |
| `openImageLightbox(images, startIndex?)` | Opens the shared image viewer with optional captions and source attribution. |

TSX

```
import { useAppContext, useAppFetch } from '@sota/platform';

export function DeleteReportButton({ reportId }: { reportId: string }) {
  const appFetch = useAppFetch();
  const { ui } = useAppContext();

  async function remove() {
    const confirmed = await ui.confirm({
      title: 'Delete report?',
      description: 'This cannot be undone.',
      confirmLabel: 'Delete',
      destructive: true,
    });
    if (!confirmed) return;
    const response = await appFetch('/reports/' + encodeURIComponent(reportId), {
      method: 'DELETE',
    });
    ui.toast(response.ok ? 'Report deleted' : 'Delete failed', {
      kind: response.ok ? 'success' : 'error',
    });
  }

  return <button type="button" onClick={remove}>Delete</button>;
}
```

TSX

```
import { useAppContext } from '@sota/platform';

export function PreviewButton({ previewUrl }: { previewUrl: string }) {
  const { ui } = useAppContext();
  return <button type="button" onClick={() => ui.openImageLightbox([{
    url: previewUrl,
    alt: 'Report preview',
    caption: 'Page 1',
    sourceTitle: 'Quarterly report',
    sourceUrl: 'https://reports.example.com/q3',
  }], 0)}>Preview</button>;
}
```

Methods may be harmless no-ops when the current host cannot perform the action, such as closing an artifact from a surface without an artifact host. Keep app state authoritative in the app backend.