# suede-onboarding

Walks the path from account creation to first value, finds where people drop off, and says what to fix first.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 126
- Author: JasonColapietro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-onboarding/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suede-onboarding

## What it does

The skill covers two stretches of the journey. Before the account exists, it inspects the registration form: which fields are mandatory, whether passkeys and social sign-in are offered, how verification works, what mobile users see. After the account exists, it looks at the first session — empty states, setup checklists, tours, triggered email, and the numbers behind activation. You get back either a ranked list of signup findings or a full onboarding flow spec with metrics and no more than three test hypotheses.

It starts by reading `.agents/product-marketing.md` if that file is present, falling back to `.claude/product-marketing.md` or the older `product-marketing-context.md`, and asks only about gaps. Then you decide where the path breaks. Visitors who begin signup and never finish it go down the signup lane. Accounts that exist but never reach a first result go down the first-value lane. Plenty of audits need both.

The activation event comes out of retention evidence: what returning users do that churned ones don't. Without cohort data the event gets marked unverified and the analysis is planned separately. Letting people in before email verification is only on the table where security permits — otherwise that change needs sign-off from whoever owns auth. Lead-capture forms, lifecycle email, paywalls and cancel flows belong to other skills in the series.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-onboarding -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-onboarding -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-onboarding -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills suede-onboarding
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-onboarding -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --path skills/suede-onboarding
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-onboarding -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/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-onboarding/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot which registration fields cost you completions
- pin down the activation event from retention data
- design a first session that ends in one real outcome
- write empty states and a setup checklist
- instrument drop-off from landing page through return visits

## Example prompts
- Audit our signup flow — visitors start the form but never finish it
- Design the onboarding flow up to first value and lay out the metrics
- What should a new user see in the first 30 seconds after signup?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: suede-onboarding
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# Suede Activation: Signup to First Value

Suede AI treats signup and onboarding as one path: the visitor who wants the product, the account that gets created, and the first moment the product proves itself. Remove friction at the registration boundary, define activation from retention evidence, sequence the first session, and instrument every step before claiming an "aha moment."

## Initial Assessment

Read `.agents/product-marketing.md` first if it exists (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the legacy `product-marketing-context.md`) and ask only for what it does not cover.

Then find where the path breaks:

1. **Product context:** B2B or B2C, web or mobile, trial, freemium, or paid.
2. **Signup state:** steps, required fields, identity options, completion rate, and whether field-level analytics exist.
3. **Activation definition:** the action that marks "gets it," and whether cohort data shows retained users do it more than churned users.
4. **Post-signup state:** what happens in the first 30 seconds, where users stall, and current activation rate.

If the break is before the account exists, run the **Signup lane**. If after, run the **First-value lane**. Many audits need both.

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## Signup lane
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