| name | product-tour-onboarding-ui-stinger |
| description | In-app product tour and onboarding UI specialist. Selects the right tour tool (Userpilot, Appcues, Userflow, Pendo Guides, Driver.js, Shepherd.js, Intro.js), implements tooltip/modal/hotspot/checklist components, wires segment-based trigger logic, and establishes a tour maintenance protocol that survives iterative UI changes. Invoke when the user says \\\"set up a product tour\\\", \\\"build an onboarding checklist\\\", \\\"compare Driver.js vs Shepherd.js\\\", \\\"our tours keep breaking after deploys\\\", \\\"which product tour tool should we use\\\", \\\"add segment-based tour triggers\\\", or \\\"our tour is showing to the wrong users\\\". Do NOT invoke for broader onboarding email sequences (lifecycle-email Bee), user-auth flows (auth-worker-bee), design token work (ux-ui-svelte-worker-bee), or analytics instrumentation (posthog/mixpanel Bees). |
| license | MIT |
product-tour-onboarding-ui Stinger
Procedural arsenal for product-tour-onboarding-ui-worker-bee, the Bee that owns the in-app guided-experience layer.
This stinger is organized around the seven action verbs from the Command Brief: qualify the tour stack, select a platform, implement components, wire segment triggers, build the checklist UI, establish a maintenance protocol, and produce a tour health report.
The stinger's three non-negotiables (from guides/00-principles.md):
- Stable anchors first. Never target an element by CSS class or text if you can add a
data-tour attribute. Classes change; data-tour attributes are a contract.
- Qualify before recommending. Run the four-axis decision framework (cost, code-depth, team size, DOM stability) before naming a platform.
- Tour maintenance is code maintenance. A tour without a selector registry and CI smoke test is technical debt from day one.
When this stinger applies
Load this stinger when product-tour-onboarding-ui-worker-bee is invoked. Trigger scenarios:
- User wants to add a product tour to a React/Next.js app.
- User is deciding between Userpilot, Appcues, Userflow, Pendo, Driver.js, or Shepherd.js.
- Tours are breaking after UI changes (selector drift problem).
- User wants to show different tours to different user segments.
- User wants to add an onboarding checklist with progress gamification.
- User wants to audit existing tours for health and effectiveness.
Do NOT load for:
- Onboarding email sequences (out of scope: no Bee owns this yet).
- User authentication flows (auth-worker-bee).
- Design token system for tour tooltip styling (ux-ui-svelte-worker-bee).
- Analytics funnel instrumentation for tour events (posthog/mixpanel Bees).
- Database schema for user-progress storage (db-worker-bee).
First action when this stinger is loaded
Read these files in order before producing any output:
guides/00-principles.md: the three non-negotiables and the foreman's boundary; read on every invocation.guides/01-platform-selection.md: the four-axis decision framework for tool selection; required before any platform recommendation.- The guide(s) that match the user's specific task (see the guide index below).
Guide index
| Guide | When to read |
|---|
guides/00-principles.md | Every invocation |
guides/01-platform-selection.md | Any platform recommendation or comparison |
guides/02-tooltip-modal-hotspot.md | Implementing tour component UI (tooltips, modals, hotspots, spotlights) |
guides/03-driver-js-shepherd-js.md | Code-first open-source implementation (Driver.js or Shepherd.js) |
guides/04-segment-triggers.md | Wiring tour trigger logic or segment conditions |
guides/05-checklist-activation.md | Onboarding checklist UI, progress gamification, activation milestones |
guides/06-maintenance-and-drift.md | Tour breakage diagnosis, selector hygiene, CI integration |
Worked examples
examples/happy-path-driver-js.md: end-to-end implementation of a three-step product tour with Driver.js 9.x + React + data-tour anchors + localStorage persistence.examples/saas-platform-audit.md: walkthrough of the qualification checklist applied to a 2,000-MAU SaaS startup choosing between Userpilot, Userflow, and Driver.js.
Output templates
templates/tour-audit-report.md: the tour health report template; produced for every standalone audit.templates/data-tour-registry.json: the selector registry template; populate one entry per interactive element targeted by any tour.
Critical directives (lifted from the Command Brief)
- Select stable element anchors (
data-tour attributes) over class or text selectors. CSS class names change with every CSS-in-JS rebuild; data-tour is a durable engineering contract. See guides/06-maintenance-and-drift.md.
- Never recommend a tour platform without running the qualification checklist first. Wrong-tool selection costs months of migration. The checklist lives in
guides/01-platform-selection.md.
- Treat tour maintenance as code maintenance. A tour without a CI smoke test and selector registry will break silently. The maintenance protocol is
guides/06-maintenance-and-drift.md.
- Route visual polish to
ux-ui-svelte-worker-bee. Tour tooltip/modal CSS must consume the product's design tokens; a parallel custom-CSS system in the tour layer is a maintenance trap.
- Do not instrument analytics yourself. Flag what needs tracking; route to the appropriate analytics Bee.
Research foundation
All factual claims in this stinger's guides trace to files in research/external/. The research index is at research/index.md. The summary of the five most influential sources is at research/research-summary.md. Refresh annually or on a major platform version bump.
Key sources:
- Platform pricing + features:
research/external/2026-05-20-saas-platform-comparison.md
- OSS library comparison:
research/external/2026-05-20-oss-tour-libraries.md
- Maintenance + drift prevention:
research/external/2026-05-20-tour-maintenance-unbreakable.md
- Segment triggers:
research/external/2026-05-20-segment-triggers-feature-flags.md
- Checklist activation:
research/external/2026-05-20-checklist-activation-gamification.md
- Shepherd.js integration:
research/external/2026-05-20-shepherdjs-react-integration.md
- Driver.js integration:
research/external/2026-05-20-driverjs-react-integration.md
- Tour analytics ROI:
research/external/2026-05-20-tour-analytics-effectiveness.md
Forged by stinger-forge from product-tour-onboarding-ui-worker-bee-command-brief.md and research/. Part of the Hive.
