onboarding

Designs and audits post-signup onboarding flows to improve user activation and time-to-value.

Updated Aug 6, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/ferrarifankid04/ai-skills-public --skill onboarding-ferrarifankid04
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Skill: onboarding
Source: https://github.com/ferrarifankid04/ai-skills-public/tree/main/claude-code/skills/onboarding
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/ferrarifankid04/ai-skills-public --skill onboarding-ferrarifankid04

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Users sign up for your product but never reach their "aha moment," leading to low activation rates, stalled accounts, and poor retention. This Skill provides a structured framework for diagnosing onboarding drop-off and designing flows that get users to value faster. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Activation Definition: Identify the aha moment and activation metrics that correlate with long-term retention for your product type. - Flow Design Patterns: Apply proven patterns including onboarding checklists (3-7 items), empty states, guided tours, and multi-channel email coordination. - Stalled User Recovery: Detect inactive users and design re-engagement sequences across email, in-app, and human outreach. - Use Case: Your project management tool sees only 30% of trial users create a first project. Use this Skill to audit the funnel, define the activation event, redesign the first-session experience, and plan A/B experiments from the references library. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to audit your onboarding flow and recommend improvements to raise your activation rate.

Frequently Asked Questions about onboarding

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

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How do I improve my product's user activation rate?

Start by defining your activation event, the action that correlates most with retention, then map the funnel from signup to that event. Identify the biggest drop-off step, reduce friction there, and use checklists or empty states to guide users to first value.

What should an onboarding checklist include?

Include 3-7 items ordered by value, starting with a quick win to build momentum. Add a progress indicator, celebrate completions, and always allow users to dismiss the checklist so it never traps them.

Should I use tooltips, a product tour, or a setup wizard for onboarding?

Tooltips suit contextual feature discovery, tours work for guided walkthroughs of complex UI, and wizards ensure required setup steps complete. Keep tours to 3-5 steps, make everything dismissable, and test combinations rather than relying on one pattern.

How do I re-engage users who signed up but never came back?

Define stalled criteria such as days inactive or incomplete setup, then trigger behavior-based email sequences, in-app welcome-back experiences that resume progress, and personal outreach for high-value accounts. Investigate root causes in the first-session experience.

Does this Skill cover signup form optimization?

No, it covers everything after signup: activation, first-run experience, and retention. For registration form friction, field reduction, and signup flow design, use the related signup skill instead.