Draft Stonk User Flow Map
Confirmed on 2026-07-02 from $user-flow-map draft-stonk round-one answers and inline coverage confirmation.
Confirmation Record
alignment_status: confirmed
Confirmed artifacts: design/user-flow-draft-stonk.md, design/user-flow-draft-stonk-interview.md, design/flow-tree-draft-stonk.yaml.
The page is current for the completed alignment cycle. Later research or prototype evidence can amend it only by archiving this confirmed page and highlighting the changed evidence or scope.
Scope
This map owns the canonical activation loop: first visit, concept comprehension, first stock pick, compact snake draft against simple bots, equal-dollar standings, and replay/share/invite as the post-success branch.
Explicit non-goals: full league management, production account systems, payments, brokerage handoffs, teacher dashboards, creator-led public contests, formal approvals, support operations, real-money trading, cash prizes, gambling mechanics, and investment advice.
Persona
U.S. finance-curious social retail player, with fantasy-sports-adjacent friend groups and college finance clubs as secondary contexts.
Success
User makes a first pick quickly, completes a short bot draft, understands equal-dollar standings, and chooses replay, share, or invite.
Happy Path
Ordered Branches
The user explicitly chose proof-priority order over pure journey chronology: first-pick speed, equal-dollar standings, concept explanation, then replay/share/invite.
| Order | Branch ID | Stage | First value moment | Primary review focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | first-pick-speed | Onboarding | Valid first stock pick. | Time-to-first-pick, search, duplicate prevention, pick-not-trade copy. |
| 2 | equal-dollar-standings | Aha moment | Fair standings understood. | Scoring clarity, equal-dollar normalization, data labels. |
| 3 | concept-explanation | Discovery/evaluation | Concept and trust boundary understood. | Category language, no-money/no-prize/no-advice clarity. |
| 4 | replay-share-invite | Advocacy/retention | User starts another round or names someone to challenge. | Share readability, invite motivation, club context, replay intent. |
Surface Inventory
| Surface | Purpose | Channels | Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start and concept | Make product legible and safe enough to start. | Web UI, mobile web | Start, learn-first, invite context | Draft start intent |
| Stock chooser | Convert intent into first pick quickly. | Web UI, mobile web | Search, browse, pick | User first pick and validation |
| Draft board | Show snake draft and bot picks. | Web UI, mobile web, local event log | User picks, restart/cancel if allowed | Pick order and draft events |
| Draft completion | Bridge final pick to result. | Web UI, mobile web | Automatic continue | Completed draft summary |
| Standings and result | Prove fairness with equal-dollar standings. | Web UI, mobile web, local calculation | Inspect, expand explanation | Ranked picks and data labels |
| Replay/share/invite | Preserve post-success social payoff. | Web UI, mobile web, OS share where available | Replay, share, invite | New draft or external handoff |
Actions And States
Required states across surfaces: empty/new visit, loading, no results, validation blocked, partial draft, bot picking, interrupted draft, scoring error, success, copied/share unavailable, offline/local data unavailable, and data-label warning.
validation_result:
status: allowed|blocked|error
reason: duplicate_pick|stock_not_found|data_unavailable|share_unavailable
next_action: browse|choose_another|retry|copy_fallback|restartFailure And Recovery
Primary recovery paths are compact concept explanation for confusion, visible trust copy for trading/advice anxiety, browse suggestions for search misses, duplicate-pick blocking, restart/resume for interrupted drafts, clear mock/delayed/local labels for data trust, and copy fallback for unavailable share APIs.
Platform Fit
Recommendation: primary web_app, companion mobile_web_pwa, and prototype shape game_playable. Defer native mobile and event-specific surfaces until replay/share pull is proven. Reject CLI, API, SDK, browser extension, desktop, integration automation, and marketplace paths for this first activation loop.
Next Work
Recommended next skill: $state-model draft-stonk
Next pending branch: first-pick speed, the fast path from first visit to a valid first stock pick.
Agent routing: invoke the state-model skill first to author the flow-anchored domain model; then grow the first-pick speed UX branch with UX variations.