# Onboarding Map

> Plan signup, setup, activation, first success, onboarding drop-offs, and time-to-value for each lifecycle persona

- Skill: `georgeqle/onboarding-map-4` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add georgeqle/onboarding-map-4`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/georgeqle/onboarding-map-4/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GeorgeQLe (https://skillmd.com/u/georgeqle)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/georgeqle/onboarding-map-4

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## Pack Availability Guard

Before telling the user to run a skill from another project-local pack, check `.agents/project.json.enabled_packs`. If the target pack is not enabled, recommend `$pack install <pack>` instead of the target skill.

# Onboarding Map

Invoke as `$onboarding-map`.

Create the stage-level onboarding plan that expands `research/journey-map.md`.

## Workflow

1. Resolve app scope using the same `research/{app}/` convention as `$journey-map`.
2. Read `research/.progress.yaml` when present. Normalize `active_path` (singular legacy) to `active_paths` (plural list) when reading. Scope the onboarding map to the active product path by default.
3. Require `research/journey-map.md` or `research/{app}/journey-map.md`; if missing, recommend `$journey-map`.
4. Load ICP, journey map, specs, customer feedback, metrics, and current product routes/components when present.
5. Interview and recommend around: signup entry points, account creation, required setup, imports/integrations, team invites, empty states, first-session guidance, first 5 minutes/hour/day, aha threshold, drop-offs, recovery, and support touchpoints.
6. Present the proposed onboarding model before writing.
7. Write `research/onboarding-map.md` and `research/onboarding-map-interview.md` after validation.

## Output Shape

```markdown
# Onboarding Map

> Based on: research/journey-map.md
> Date: YYYY-MM-DD

## Summary
## Personas And Entry Points
## Signup And Setup Flow
## Activation Path
## First Success
## Drop-Offs And Recovery
## Instrumentation Needs
## Product Gaps
## Next Steps
```

## Alignment Page

When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports, prototypes, or any document output), build a full-depth HTML alignment page following `ALIGNMENT-PAGE.md` in this skill's directory. Output: `alignment/onboarding-map-{topic}.html`.

## Constraints

- Stay stage-specific; do not rewrite the whole journey map.
- Make onboarding steps concrete enough to drive specs, UX variations, and instrumentation.
- End with `## Next Steps`, preferring `$conversion-map`, `$lifecycle-metrics`, `$ux-variations` as context dictates.