GROWTH PATTERN

Adding Activation to Auth0 Apps

Auth0 creates user sessions, but doesn't connect authentication events to growth automation workflows.

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What's Missing in Standard Auth0 Architecture

Auth0 handles authentication correctly, but there's no system to detect when users complete their first value milestone. You'd need to manually track user actions or set up custom event monitoring.

Standard Auth0 Flow vs Optimized Skene Flow

Standard Flow
1

User signs up via Auth0

2

User record created but no activation tracking

3

No automatic trigger for activation milestones

Skene Flow
1

Watch Auth0 user events for signup and first actions

2

Detect when user completes first value milestone

3

Trigger activation email sequence with personalized onboarding

4

Track activation completion and send milestone emails

Visual comparison of the flows:

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How Skene Fixes This

This Skene configuration watches Auth0 user events and detects activation milestones. When users achieve their first value moment, it triggers personalized onboarding emails and feature discovery guides.

Implementation Comparison

Using Skene Infrastructure

Install via Prompt

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@task: Initialize Skene.
@action: Analyze my local code, validating subscription via `npx skene login`, and generate `skene.config.ts` to implement the Activation Loop pattern for Auth0.

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Generated skene.config.ts

skene.config.ts
// skene.config.ts - The Automated Way
import { defineLoop } from '@skene/sdk';

export default defineLoop({
  type: 'activation',
  opinion: 'Detect when users complete their first key action and trigger personalized onboarding',
  steps: [
    {
      trigger: {
        type: 'database',
        table: 'users',
        event: 'insert'
      },
      condition: {
        type: 'query',
        query: `SELECT * FROM user_actions WHERE user_id = $1 AND action_type = 'first_project_created'`,
        timeout: '5m'
      },
      action: {
        type: 'email',
        provider: 'resend',
        template: 'activation_welcome',
        personalization: {
          name: '{{user.name}}',
          activationLink: '{{user.activation_link}}'
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  recovery: {
    retries: 3,
    backoff: 'exponential'
  }
});

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