feat(site)!: add consent prompt for auto-creation with prefilled parameters (#22011)

### Summary

Workspace created via mode=auto links now require explicit user
confirmation before provisioning. A warning dialog shows all prefilled
param.* values from the URL and blocks creation until the user clicks
`Confirm and Create`. Clicking `Cancel` falls back to the standard form
view.

<img width="820" height="475" alt="auto-create-consent-dialog"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8339e3bd-434f-4a04-9385-436bf95f49d7"
/>

### Breaking behavior change

Links using `mode=auto` (e.g., "Open in Coder" buttons) will no longer
silently create workspaces. Users will now see a consent dialog and must
explicitly confirm before the workspace is provisioned. Any existing
integrations or automation relying on `mode=auto` for seamless workspace
creation will now require manual user interaction.

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Co-authored-by: Jake Howell <jacob@coder.com>
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Kacper Sawicki
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co-authored by Jake Howell
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@@ -115,6 +115,25 @@ specified in your template in the `disable_params` search params list
[![Open in Coder](https://YOUR_ACCESS_URL/open-in-coder.svg)](https://YOUR_ACCESS_URL/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/workspace?disable_params=first_parameter,second_parameter)
```
### Security: consent dialog for automatic creation
When using `mode=auto` with prefilled `param.*` values, Coder displays a
security consent dialog before creating the workspace. This protects users
from malicious links that could provision workspaces with untrusted
configurations, such as dotfiles or startup scripts from unknown sources.
The dialog shows:
- A warning that a workspace is about to be created automatically from a link
- All prefilled `param.*` values from the URL
- **Confirm and Create** and **Cancel** buttons
The workspace is only created if the user explicitly clicks **Confirm and
Create**. Clicking **Cancel** falls back to the standard creation form where
all parameters can be reviewed manually.
![Consent dialog for automatic workspace creation](../../images/templates/auto-create-consent-dialog.png)
### Example: Kubernetes
For a full example of the Open in Coder flow in Kubernetes, check out
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