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Shipped 2026-03-27 · Workspace Most onboarding tours throw twenty things at a new user and hope something sticks. We’ve tried for the opposite — a short checklist of the steps that have been observed to actually predict whether someone gets value out of Bower in their first week.

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What’s new

A new sidebar entry shows your onboarding progress as a circular ring. Open it to see the checklist:
  • Make your first capture (voice, photo, or text)
  • Try mobile capture
  • Create a collection
  • Run a Bird query
  • Invite a teammate
  • Seed your workspace with a few existing files
Each step is dismissable, and the whole panel can be hidden once you’ve found your rhythm.

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Why this matters

We tracked which steps correlate with sustained week-2 use, then built the checklist around those. It’s not exhaustive — it’s load-bearing.