Design Principle
Onboarding should not ask for everything at once; it should get users to a usable result quickly.
Principle Onboarding should not ask for everything at once; it should get users to a usable result quickly.
Design action Separate required setup, recommended setup, and later tasks; each step has completion feedback, skip path, and later completion entry.
Examples Positive example: New projects, team spaces, design systems, AI agents, and integrations start for the first time. Counterexample: Users must complete many resultless steps before first use.
Apply when New projects, team spaces, design systems, AI agents, and integrations start for the first time. Users need to judge state, scope, risk, or next action quickly.
Source notes Source note: Synthesized from GOV.UK, Carbon, Polaris, Atlassian, Design.Systems, Design Systems Repo, and product-pattern libraries.
Agent Directive
Separate required setup, recommended setup, and later tasks; each step has completion feedback, skip path, and later completion entry.