GROWTH PATTERN

Implementing User Onboarding with SuperTokens

After users authenticate with SuperTokens, there's no automated tracking to identify when they first achieve value in your app.

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What's Missing in Standard SuperTokens Architecture

SuperTokens 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 SuperTokens Flow vs Optimized Skene Flow

Standard Flow
1

User signs up via SuperTokens

2

User record created but no activation tracking

3

No automatic trigger for activation milestones

Skene Flow
1

Watch SuperTokens 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

The Skene infrastructure for SuperTokens tracks user progress after signup and automatically sends milestone emails when users complete key actions like creating their first project or inviting team members.

Implementation Comparison

Using Skene Infrastructure

Install via Prompt

cursor.mdc
@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 SuperTokens.

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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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