diff --git a/core/tests/test_shipped_hints.py b/core/tests/test_shipped_hints.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bf229f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/test_shipped_hints.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Every setting a module offers says what it does, and the words match the control.
+
+A setting with no hint leaves the person guessing; a hint that names a control that is not
+there ("set it in the inspector") sends them looking for something that does not exist.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def shipped(comfyui):
+    from core import registry as registry_mod
+    return registry_mod.scan()
+
+
+def _settings(registry):
+    for spec in registry.specs.values():
+        for name, setting in (spec.settings or {}).items():
+            yield spec.id, name, setting
+
+
+def test_every_setting_has_a_hint(shipped):
+    bare = [f"{mod}.{name}" for mod, name, s in _settings(shipped) if not str(s.get("hint") or "").strip()]
+    assert not bare, f"settings with no hint: {bare}"
+
+
+def test_no_two_rows_of_one_module_share_a_label(shipped):
+    from collections import Counter
+    twins = []
+    for spec in shipped.specs.values():
+        count = Counter(s.get("label") or n for n, s in (spec.settings or {}).items())
+        twins += [f"{spec.id}: {label}" for label, n in count.items() if n > 1]
+    assert not twins, twins
+
+
+def test_no_hint_points_at_the_inspector_for_a_control_it_does_not_have():
+    from modules.output.render import library
+    text = " ".join(str(e.get("description", "")) for e in library.EFFECTS)
+    assert "inspector" not in text.lower()
+
+
+def test_no_setting_hint_points_at_the_inspector(shipped):
+    assert not [f"{m}.{n}" for m, n, s in _settings(shipped) if "inspector" in str(s.get("hint", "")).lower()]
diff --git a/modules/system/appearance/__init__.py b/modules/system/appearance/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb18473d..00000000
--- a/modules/system/appearance/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-"""Appearance: theme and grid density.
-
-The first real vertical slice, and deliberately the smallest one that exercises
-the whole path -- announcement, schema, panel, values -- with no model, no
-sampler and nothing that needs a GPU to be seen working.
-"""
-
-ID = "appearance"
-TITLE = "Appearance"
-MOUNT = "settings.general"
-STAGE = "load"
-CATEGORY = "system"
-STATUS = "proven"
-
-SETTINGS = {
-    "theme": {
-        "type": "enum", "default": "auto",
-        "label": "Colour scheme", "ui": "segmented",
-        "options": [
-            {"value": "dark", "label": "Dark"},
-            {"value": "light", "label": "Light"},
-            {"value": "auto", "label": "Auto"},
-        ],
-    },
-    "density": {
-        "type": "int", "default": 0, "min": 0, "max": 4, "step": 1,
-        "label": "Media columns",
-        "hint": "0 fits as many as the panel allows.",
-        "ui": "stepper",
-    },
-}
-
-
-def apply(values, context=None):
-    """Nothing to do at generation time: appearance is the browser's business.
-
-    Declared anyway so the module has the same shape as every other one -- a
-    module core has to special-case is a module that will be forgotten.
-    """
-    return context
diff --git a/modules/system/appearance/ui.js b/modules/system/appearance/ui.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 41a7efc0..00000000
--- a/modules/system/appearance/ui.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Appearance needs a little JavaScript, because its settings change the app
-// rather than the generation. Most modules have no ui.js at all.
-
-export function setup({ values, on, shell }) {
-  const apply = (key, value) => {
-    if (key === "theme") shell.theme.set(value);
-    if (key === "density") shell.density.set(value);
-  };
-
-  // ADOPT what the app is already set to, rather than applying this module's
-  // declared defaults over it.
-  //
-  // Both of these are remembered by the browser and applied before any module
-  // exists -- the theme in the document head, so the first paint is already
-  // right. Writing the default back over that threw away an explicit choice on
-  // every single page load: pick Dark, reload, and the app came up in Auto with
-  // nothing said and nothing to see.
-  values.set("theme", shell.theme.get());
-  values.set("density", shell.density.get());
-
-  return on(apply);
-}