majiayu000 UX Flow Diagram
A skill that visualizes user flows and screen transitions as ASCII diagrams.
When to Use
- Documenting user journeys
- Designing navigation flows between screens
- Defining user flows per feature
- Representing conditional branching and exception handling flows
Flow Diagram Symbols
Basic Nodes
┌─────────┐
│ Screen │ ← Screen/Page
└─────────┘
╔═════════╗
║ Screen ║ ← Start/End screen (emphasis)
╚═════════╝
((Action)) ← User action
<Decision?> ← Condition/Branch point
[Process] ← System process
Connection Lines
───→ Unidirectional flow
←──→ Bidirectional flow
- - → Optional/conditional flow
═══→ Main flow (emphasis)
Flow Patterns
Linear Flow (Sequential)
╔═══════════╗ ┌───────────┐ ╔═══════════╗
║ Start ║───→│ Step 1 │───→║ End ║
╚═══════════╝ └───────────┘ ╚═══════════╝
Branching Flow
Yes ┌───────────┐
┌────────→│ Path A │────┐
┌───────────┐ │ └───────────┘ │ ┌───────────┐
│ Screen │───→<Decision?> ├───→│ Result │
└───────────┘ │ ┌───────────┐ │ └───────────┘
└────────→│ Path B │────┘
No └───────────┘
Constraints
- Flows progress left-to-right, top-to-bottom
- Complex flows should be split into sub-flows
- All branch points need clear condition labels