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User flow
A diagram of the steps, and the branches between them, that a user takes through a product to complete one task.
Say it to an AI
Draw the split-a-bill user flow: the happy path in four steps, and under each step the edge case that can break it (uneven split, friend not on the app, unpaid after 7 days, decline), with the rule for each.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “User flow diagram”.
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Try it as a puzzle →A payments app maps the 'split a bill' flow before handing it to an AI coding tool to build.
Why: A's flow is a straight line; B's flow branches at every step where reality can differ.
More ways experts use it
Draw the user flow for booking a video visit. Start state: a signed-in patient taps “See a doctor” on Home. End state: visit confirmed and listed under Upcoming. Put 4 screen steps between them and keep the visit itself out of scope.
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