rshankras/quick-win-session

Quick Win Session Generator

Generate a "quick win" session system that guides users to complete a meaningful action within their first 60 seconds. Reduces time-to-value by surfacing the simplest high-impact task, walking the user through it step by step, and celebrating completion. Critical for onboarding retention — users who achieve a quick win in the first minute are significantly more likely to return.

When This Skill Activates

Use this skill when the user:

• Asks about "quick win" flows or "first action" experiences
• Wants to reduce "time to value" or "time to first success"
• Mentions "guided first task" or "onboarding action"
• Asks about a "first success moment" or "activation metric"
• Wants to "get users to do something useful immediately"
• Mentions "new user activation" or "onboarding retention"

Pre-Generation Checks

1. Project Context Detection

• [ ] Check deployment target (iOS 17+ / macOS 14+ required for @Observable)
• [ ] Check Swift version (requires Swift 5.9+)
• [ ] Identify source file locations

2. Existing Onboarding Detection

Search for existing onboarding code:

Glob: **/*Onboarding*.swift, **/*Welcome*.swift, **/*QuickWin*.swift, **/*FirstRun*.swift
Grep: "onboarding" or "firstLaunch" or "hasCompletedSetup" or "isNewUser"

If existing onboarding found:

• Ask if quick win should run after the existing onboarding or replace it
• If running after, integrate as the next step in the onboarding flow

3. User State Tracking Detection

Search for existing user defaults or state tracking:

Grep: "UserDefaults" or "@AppStorage" or "isFirstLaunch"

Determine how to persist quick win completion status (UserDefaults, AppStorage, SwiftData, etc.).

Configuration Questions

Ask user via AskUserQuestion:

1. Quick win type?

   • Create first item (e.g., first note, first task, first photo)
   • Complete profile (fill in name, avatar, preferences)
   • Import data (bring in existing content from another source)
   • Explore feature (guided tour of the single most valuable feature)

2. Guidance style?

   • Step-by-step overlay (instruction cards at top, progress dots)
   • Spotlight hints (dim screen, cut out spotlight on target element)
   • Coach marks (tooltip arrows pointing at UI elements)

3. Celebrate on completion?

   • Yes — animated checkmark, congratulations message, time stat
   • Minimal — brief success banner, auto-dismiss
   • No — silently mark as complete

4. Track as activation metric?

   • Yes — log completion time, step-by-step progress, abandonment point
   • No — just persist completed/not completed

Generation Process

Step 1: Read Templates

Read templates.md for production Swift code.

Step 2: Create Core Files

Generate these files:

1. QuickWinTask.swift — Model for a quick win task and its steps
2. QuickWinSession.swift — @Observable session manager: task selection, step tracking, timing, completion

Step 3: Create UI Files

3. QuickWinGuideView.swift — Overlay that shows instructions and progress
4. SpotlightHintView.swift — Spotlight cutout overlay with callout arrow
5. QuickWinCelebrationView.swift — Completion celebration with stats

Step 4: Create Integration File

6. QuickWinModifier.swift — ViewModifier that triggers the quick win for new users

Step 5: Determine File Location

Check project structure:

• If Sources/ exists → Sources/QuickWin/
• If App/ exists → App/QuickWin/
• Otherwise → QuickWin/

Output Format

After generation, provide:

Files Created

QuickWin/
├── QuickWinTask.swift           # Task model with steps
├── QuickWinSession.swift        # Session manager (progress, timing)
├── QuickWinGuideView.swift      # Step-by-step overlay UI
├── SpotlightHintView.swift      # Spotlight cutout with callout
├── QuickWinCelebrationView.swift # Completion celebration
└── QuickWinModifier.swift       # ViewModifier for root view

Integration After Onboarding

Attach to your root view:

// In your main ContentView or post-onboarding view
ContentView()
    .quickWinSession(task: .createFirstNote)

Define your app's quick win task:

extension QuickWinTask {
    static let createFirstNote = QuickWinTask(
        id: "create-first-note",
        title: "Create Your First Note",
        description: "Let's get started — it only takes a few seconds.",
        estimatedSeconds: 30,
        steps: [
            QuickWinStep(instruction: "Tap the + button to create a new note", actionType: .tap, targetView: "addButton"),
            QuickWinStep(instruction: "Type a title for your note", actionType: .input, targetView: "titleField"),
            QuickWinStep(instruction: "Tap Done to save", actionType: .tap, targetView: "doneButton")
        ],
        completionCriteria: "firstNoteCreated",
        iconName: "note.text.badge.plus"
    )
}

With spotlight hints:

// Mark target views for spotlight
TextField("Title", text: $title)
    .quickWinTarget(id: "titleField")

Button("Done") { save() }
    .quickWinTarget(id: "doneButton")

Start session programmatically (after existing onboarding):

struct PostOnboardingView: View {
    @State private var session = QuickWinSession()

    var body: some View {
        MainView()
            .onAppear {
                if !session.hasCompletedQuickWin {
                    session.start(task: .createFirstNote)
                }
            }
            .quickWinOverlay(session: session)
    }
}

Testing

@Test
func quickWinSessionTracksProgress() async {
    let session = QuickWinSession(storage: MockStorage())
    let task = QuickWinTask.testTask(stepCount: 3)

    session.start(task: task)
    #expect(session.currentStepIndex == 0)
    #expect(session.isActive)

    session.completeCurrentStep()
    #expect(session.currentStepIndex == 1)

    session.completeCurrentStep()
    #expect(session.currentStepIndex == 2)

    session.completeCurrentStep()
    #expect(session.isCompleted)
    #expect(session.isActive == false)
}

@Test
func quickWinRecordsCompletionTime() async {
    let session = QuickWinSession(storage: MockStorage())
    let task = QuickWinTask.testTask(stepCount: 1)

    session.start(task: task)
    // Simulate time passing
    try? await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(500))
    session.completeCurrentStep()

    #expect(session.completionTimeSeconds > 0)
    #expect(session.completionTimeSeconds < 5)
}

@Test
func quickWinSkipsForReturningUsers() async {
    let storage = MockStorage()
    storage.set(true, forKey: "quickWin_create-first-note_completed")

    let session = QuickWinSession(storage: storage)
    session.start(task: .createFirstNote)

    #expect(session.isActive == false) // Already completed, skip
}

@Test
func quickWinHandlesAbandonment() async {
    let session = QuickWinSession(storage: MockStorage())
    let task = QuickWinTask.testTask(stepCount: 3)

    session.start(task: task)
    session.completeCurrentStep()
    session.abandon()

    #expect(session.isActive == false)
    #expect(session.isCompleted == false)
    #expect(session.abandonedAtStep == 1)
}

Common Patterns

Start Quick Win Session

// After onboarding completes
session.start(task: .createFirstNote)

Show Guided Steps

// Session automatically advances through steps
// Each step shows instruction + highlights target
QuickWinGuideView(session: session)

Celebrate Completion

// Automatically shown when all steps complete
QuickWinCelebrationView(
    taskTitle: session.completedTask?.title ?? "",
    completionTime: session.completionTimeSeconds
)

Gotchas

• Don't block experienced users — Always check completion status before showing. Provide a "Skip" button. Never show again after completion or dismissal.
• Make it genuinely useful, not just a tutorial — The quick win should produce a real artifact (a note, a list item, an imported file). Users should feel they accomplished something, not that they watched a demo.
• Handle interruptions gracefully — If the user backgrounds the app, navigates away, or receives a notification mid-session, persist progress and resume where they left off.
• Different quick wins for different user types — A power user migrating from another app needs a different quick win (import data) than a brand-new user (create first item). Detect context and choose accordingly.
• Keep it under 60 seconds — If a quick win takes longer, it's not quick. Trim steps ruthlessly. Three steps is ideal, five is the maximum.
• Test with real timing — Run the flow yourself with a stopwatch. If it feels slow, it is slow.

App Store Guidelines

• Guideline 5.1.1(v): Don't gate the quick win behind account creation — apps may not require sign-in for features that don't functionally need an account. Let users reach their first win before any registration ask.
• Guideline 2.3.1: The guided first win must exercise real app functionality — a scripted demo that misrepresents what the app does is a metadata/functionality mismatch.
• Guideline 4.5.4: "Finish what you started" re-engagement pushes are promotional — explicit opt-in consent and an in-app opt-out are required.
• Guideline 4.3 (Spam): Onboarding polish doesn't differentiate a thin app. If this is one of several similar apps on your account, run app-store/originality-check before submitting.

References

• templates.md — All production Swift templates
• Related: generators/onboarding-generator — Full onboarding flow generation
• Related: generators/milestone-celebration — Celebration UI for achievements beyond first action