Edit wiki/ui-flow.md — ideas

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first_captured: 2026-04-10
sources:
- sources/google-sheets-ideas.md
status: raw
tags:
- productivity
- ai
- software
- screen-recording
title: UI flow — contextual software coach
type: idea
updated: 2026-04-10
visibility: public-edit
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# UI flow — contextual software coach

an app that watches your screen activity and proactively suggests UI tutorials, settings, and features you're not using in commonly known apps. like a contextual coach for software productivity — it notices you're doing something the hard way and shows you the shortcut or feature that would help.

this was listed as part of a "nice trio" of software projects alongside convo-flow and [[pause|Pause]]. the cross-app screen-watching + contextual suggestion combo differentiates it from enterprise products like Whatfix and WalkMe, which are installed by the app maker for their own app. no consumer product watches your general screen usage and proactively suggests tips across all apps.

**spreadsheet evaluation:** originality 8/10, excitement 9/10 (one of the highest-excitement ideas), MVP 4-8 weeks. privacy-heavy — needs screen recording permission. could use local LLM to avoid sending screenshots to cloud. useful but "screen watcher" products face trust barriers. could start with one app (e.g. just VS Code tips). tech depth 7/10, labeled [WRONG FIT] ("screen recording + activity recognition — interesting but massive scope for 2 months").

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## timeline

- [2026-04-10] captured from google sheets — 8/10 originality, 9/10 excitement, [WRONG FIT] for 2mo scope