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Guide teams in designing onboarding flows, empty states, and first-time user experiences.

59|14|Updated Mar 1, 2026
Search Tags:#onboarding#user-experience#ux-design#guided-tour#empty-states#contextual-tooltips
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/vobase/vobase --skill onboard-vobase
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: onboard
Source: https://github.com/vobase/vobase/tree/main/.agents/skills/onboard
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/vobase/vobase --skill onboard-vobase

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Onboard experiences are often slow, confusing, and fail to demonstrate value early. This skill helps you design or improve onboarding flows, empty states, and first-time user experiences so users understand value quickly.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Onboarding assessment framework: identify challenges, user types, and success criteria.
  • Principles for effective onboarding: show, don't tell; make it optional; time-to-value; context over ceremony; respect user intelligence.
  • Design templates: initial onboarding, feature discovery, empty-state prompts, contextual tooltips, guided tours. Use case: design an onboarding sequence that leads a new user to perform their first key action within 5 minutes.

Quick Start

Ask your AI to design a streamlined onboarding flow for new users that highlights value quickly.

Frequently Asked Questions about onboard

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I design user onboarding flows that demonstrate value quickly?▼

User onboarding flows that demonstrate value quickly can be designed by applying principles like showing rather than telling, making steps optional, and prioritizing time-to-value. This skill provides an assessment framework and design templates to streamline first-time user experiences.

What is the best way to structure empty states and contextual tooltips for first-time users?▼

Empty states and contextual tooltips for first-time users are best structured by focusing on context over ceremony and respecting user intelligence. This skill provides design templates to create effective empty-state prompts and guided interactions that lead users to their first key action.

How do I reduce time-to-value for new users in a mobile or web app?▼

Reducing time-to-value for new users in web and mobile apps involves mapping a streamlined zero-to-value path and identifying key success criteria. This skill guides teams through an onboarding assessment framework to deliver guided interactions and feature discovery.

Can I use an onboarding assessment framework to identify friction points in a new-user journey?▼

An onboarding assessment framework can be used to identify friction points in a new-user journey by evaluating user types, challenges, and success metrics. This skill helps teams define these criteria to ensure users realize product value fast.

Does guided tour onboarding work better than letting users explore features on their own?▼

Guided tour onboarding works effectively when it respects user intelligence by making guidance optional rather than mandatory. This skill provides principles and templates for balancing guided tours with feature discovery to enhance the first-time user experience.

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