What's Missing in Standard Userfront Architecture
Userfront 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 Userfront Flow vs Optimized Skene Flow
User signs up via Userfront
User record created but no activation tracking
No automatic trigger for activation milestones
Watch Userfront user events for signup and first actions
Detect when user completes first value milestone
Trigger activation email sequence with personalized onboarding
Track activation completion and send milestone emails
Visual comparison of the flows:
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How Skene Fixes This
The Skene infrastructure for Userfront 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
@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 Userfront.Copy Skene Prompt for Cursor
Generated 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'
}
});