What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps teams turn new signups into activated, retained users by removing onboarding friction, clarifying the first value moment, and guiding people to their aha moment faster.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Activation Definition: Identify the action that best predicts retention and use it as the onboarding target.
- Onboarding Flow Design: Choose between product-first, guided setup, or value-first paths based on product complexity and user needs.
- Checklist and Empty State Design: Build progress-driven checklists, helpful empty states, and first-run guidance that move users toward value.
- Stalled User Recovery: Diagnose why users do not return and design multi-channel re-engagement through in-app prompts and email follow-up.
- Use Case: A SaaS product with poor trial activation can use this Skill to redesign the first session, simplify setup, add progress cues, and test improvements with measurable experiments.
Quick Start
Use the onboarding-cro skill to review our post-signup experience, define the activation goal, and recommend the fastest changes to improve time-to-value and retention.
