Hints are small popovers that help you discover features. They never appear on their own timer: you see one only when you ask (the lightbulb button in the navbar), after certain first-time actions, or when MapCat points you at a relevant control.

• Hints are tied to specific UI elements (buttons, inputs, panels).
• Hints are capability gated (you won’t see hints for features your plan doesn’t include).
• When the Link Editor (causal overlay) is open, you only see overlay-specific hints.
• Repeated lightbulb clicks walk the current panel's hints in a deterministic sequence (so you don’t keep seeing the same ones at random).
• Don’t show turns hints off permanently; the lightbulb still shows them on demand.