New users see a welcome screen or guided orientation on first login

New users dropped directly into the same dashboard as veteran users face a cold-start problem: no context on what the product does, what to click first, or what success looks like. The user-experience taxon flags this as an activation failure — without a welcome screen, guided tour, or first-run flag distinguishing new from returning users, activation rates collapse and most new accounts never return for a second session. The cost of a missed first-run experience compounds: these users churn before they ever experience the product's core value.

Gate the dashboard on an onboardingCompleted flag and redirect new users to a dedicated onboarding route. Update src/app/(app)/dashboard/page.tsx to check the flag on the session or user row, then build a 3-5 step checklist at src/app/(app)/onboarding/page.tsx that guides the user to the core action.

const { data: user } = await getUser();
if (!user.onboardingCompleted) {
  redirect('/onboarding');
}