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Find the gaps in this user flow
The happy path is designed and nothing else is.
Find what is missing from this flow. The happy path is handled, so look everywhere else. Work through: - Entry: how do people arrive, including deep links and returning mid-flow? - Interruption: they close the tab, lose connection, or come back three days later. What is preserved? - Failure at every step: the request fails, the file is too large, the code expired, the permission was revoked. - Data extremes: none, one, thousands, very long names, other alphabets. - Roles: someone without access, someone on a read-only seat. - Exit: how does a user leave, undo, or change their mind after finishing? For each gap, say what the user currently sees and what they should see. Rank by how often it will happen, not by how interesting it is. Flow:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Flows and forms. Whole journeys rather than single screens: onboarding, missing states, and forms field by field.
Related prompts
Critique this onboarding flowSign-ups are healthy and activation is not.Review this form field by fieldAny form with more than three fields, before it goes anywhere near users.What would a first-timer miss?Before shipping something to people who have never seen it before.Which states does this flow not handle?The happy path is designed and nothing else is.Tighten this formAny form that has quietly gained a field per quarter.Rewrite the microcopy on this screenBefore shipping a screen where the words started as placeholders you never revisited.
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