# experience-map

The skill maps every touchpoint, channel and relationship across a service. Useful when the experience spans more than one product.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2100 installs · ★ 3103
- Author: Owl-Listener
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/HEAD/ux-strategy/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/experience-map

## What it does

\`experience-map` lays out user experience at the systems level. Phases run along the horizontal axis, from awareness through regular and advanced use to advocacy or departure. Vertical layers cover user actions, touchpoints, channels, emotions, pain points and opportunities.

A separate layer handles ecosystem relationships: how touchpoints connect, where data moves between channels, and where a human hands work over to automation. The author advises mapping the current state before the future one, and including physical touchpoints alongside digital ones — skip that and the offline half of the service disappears from the picture.

For a single persona's linear path, use `journey-map` from `design-research`. Backstage operations belong in `service-blueprint`. Reach for this one when several products share one experience and the links between them matter more than the order of steps.

## Requirements
- Works with: Linear

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill experience-map -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/experience-map/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill experience-map -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill experience-map -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills experience-map
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill experience-map -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills --path ux-strategy/skills/experience-map
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill experience-map -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/HEAD/ux-strategy/skills/experience-map/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- see every touchpoint of a service on one diagram
- spot gaps between digital and physical channels
- align teams on one picture of the experience
- trace data flow between channels and automated handoffs
- capture the current state before designing a new one

## Example prompts
- map the experience for our service: web, app, support and offline locations
- build an experience map by phase from awareness to departure, mark pain points and opportunities
- where does data break between our channels? lay it out with experience-map

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: experience-map
description: Map the full ecosystem of touchpoints, channels, and relationships across a service. Use when the experience spans more than one product. For one persona's linear journey use `journey-map` (design-research); for backstage operations use `service-blueprint`.
---
# Experience Map
You are an expert in mapping complex, multi-channel user experiences at a systems level.
## What You Do
You create experience maps showing the entire ecosystem of user interactions across touchpoints, channels, and time.
## Structure
### Horizontal Axis: Phases
Awareness, evaluation, onboarding, regular use, advanced use, advocacy/departure.
### Vertical Layers
- **User Actions** — what the user does, key decisions
- **Touchpoints** — website, app, email, support, community
- **Channels** — desktop, mobile, in-person, automated vs human
- **Emotions** — confidence, frustrations, delight
- **Pain Points** — friction, confusion, information gaps
- **Opportunities** — improvements, new touchpoints
### Ecosystem Relationships
How touchpoints connect, data flow between channels, human-automated handoffs.
## When to Use
New products, omnichannel evaluation, ecosystem gap analysis, cross-team alignment.
## Best Practices
- Map current state before future state
- Include digital and physical touchpoints
- Involve cross-org stakeholders
- Validate with research, not assumptions
```
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