TermCraft conventionFoundational
User Flow
The path someone takes through a task, including the wrong turns.
Definition
The sequence of steps, decisions and states a user moves through to complete a task.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
The path someone takes through a task, including the wrong turns.
Example
An invitation flow with its branches for existing members, seat limits and expired links.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Empty StatesPattern
- Multi-Step FlowsPattern
- User FlowTemplate
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.