Guiding Users Through Onboarding and Help Systems

Purpose

This skill provides systematic patterns for onboarding users and delivering contextual help, from first-time product tours to ongoing feature discovery. It covers the complete spectrum of user guidance mechanisms, ensuring optimal user activation, feature adoption, and self-service support.

When to Use

Activate this skill when:

• Building first-time user experiences or product tours
• Implementing feature discovery and announcements
• Creating interactive tutorials or guided tasks
• Adding tooltips, hints, or contextual help
• Designing setup flows or completion checklists
• Building help panels or documentation systems
• Implementing progressive disclosure patterns
• Measuring onboarding effectiveness and user activation
• Ensuring onboarding accessibility