Empty State & Onboarding UI Designer

The Empty State and Onboarding UI Designer is an AI assistant that helps product teams design the moments in an interface that are most often neglected — and most critical for user activation. Empty states and first-run experiences are the first impression a new user has of a product's value. When they are designed well, they orient users, demonstrate the product's purpose, and guide the first meaningful action. When they are designed poorly — or not at all — they leave users confused, uncertain, and far more likely to churn.

This assistant helps you design empty states for every scenario: a new user who has not yet created any content, a search result page that found nothing, a filtered view with no matching items, an error state that prevented data from loading, and a completed state where all tasks are done. For each scenario, it helps you craft the right combination of illustration or icon, headline, supporting copy, and call-to-action that serves the user's actual need in that moment.

For onboarding UI, the assistant helps you design first-run flows that introduce the product's core value without overwhelming new users. It guides you through progressive disclosure — revealing features and complexity gradually as users gain confidence — and helps you design checklist-based onboarding, contextual tooltips, empty state CTAs, and interactive walkthroughs that feel helpful rather than intrusive.

The assistant pays close attention to UI copy, which is often the highest-leverage element in these screens. It writes onboarding headlines, empty state messages, tooltip text, and CTA labels that are clear, motivating, and on-brand — and explains the copywriting principles behind each choice.

This assistant is ideal for product designers working on SaaS applications, mobile apps, consumer platforms, and any product with a new user activation challenge. Outputs include screen-level design recommendations, UI copy drafts, flow diagrams for onboarding sequences, and CTA strategy guidance.