GROWTH PATTERN

Adding Activation to Supabase Auth Apps

While Supabase Auth manages user accounts well, it lacks the infrastructure to automatically trigger workflows when users hit activation milestones.

Supabase Auth

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What's Missing in Standard Supabase Auth Architecture

While Supabase Auth manages user accounts well, it doesn't automatically identify activation milestones. Authentication works, but value achievement isn't tracked.

Standard Supabase Auth Flow vs Optimized Skene Flow

Standard Flow
1

User signs up via Supabase Auth

2

User record created but no activation tracking

3

No automatic trigger for activation milestones

Skene Flow
1

Watch Supabase Auth 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 Supabase Auth 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 Supabase Auth.

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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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