docs: define consistent action names

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What Changed

Proposes a cross-surface invariant: visible labels, tooltips and accessible names describe the same action on the same object. It defines native exceptions and observable acceptance cases without requiring identical wording everywhere.

Why

The message-copy control currently announces “Copy link” even though it copies a message. This contract makes that class of semantic mismatch explicit across web, Electron and React Native. It is a proposal, not a claim of full application compliance.

The implementation is #12865, which carries this documentation commit until this PR merges. This PR contains only the proposed contract.

Validation

Parent reviewed the document and its scope. Git diff checks passed. Public Apple HIG Writing and Accessibility links support the design rationale.

Checklist

• This PR is small and focused
• I explained what changed and why

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 869d965

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This PR adds a single documentation page describing consistent action naming and accessibility expectations. It contains no executable or configuration changes, so it has no runtime or production blast radius.

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Walkthrough

The pull request adds documentation for consistent action labels, tooltips, menu text, and accessible names across web, Electron, and React Native. It also defines observable copy-action cases and accessibility-focused verification requirements.

Changes

Action Name Consistency

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Consistency rules and verification docs/internals/consistency-action-names.md	Adds rules for consistent action targets and operations across visible labels and accessible names. Documents platform wording, copy behavior, feedback, error handling, copy-action cases, and accessible-tree verification.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 869d9

Future implementations could produce inconsistent message-copy labels or accessible names unless the exception is clarified. The documentation-only change has bounded, low merge risk.

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In `@docs/internals/consistency-action-names.md`:
- Around line 21-23: Clarify the message copy-control guidance in the boundaries
section: contextual “Copy” is acceptable only when surrounding context makes the
message target unambiguous, while ambiguous cases must use an explicit message
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Define precedence for message copy controls. The boundaries section permits contextual “Copy” when the target is unambiguous, but the observable cases require message copy controls to identify the message in the tooltip and accessible name. State that contextual “Copy” satisfies this requirement only when surrounding context makes the message target unambiguous; otherwise, require an explicit message target.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/internals/consistency-action-names.md` around lines 21 - 23, Clarify the
message copy-control guidance in the boundaries section: contextual “Copy” is
acceptable only when surrounding context makes the message target unambiguous,
while ambiguous cases must use an explicit message target in the tooltip and
accessible name.

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[juliusmarminge]

Superseded by #12865, which already landed this documentation (docs/internals/consistency-action-names.md) on main with the matching message-copy fix. Closing as leftover hygiene.