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Quick Start: Get up and running in 10 minutes!

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Sign Up

  1. Go to userlens.app.
  2. Click Get Started or Sign Up.
  3. Sign up with your email and password. See How the Sign-Up Works for details.
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Create or Join a Team

If you're the first from your organization:

  1. Click Teams in the sidebar
  2. Click + Create Team
  3. Name your team and click Create

If you received an invitation:

  1. Click the link in your invitation email
  2. Sign in to join automatically
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Create Your First Project

  1. Click + New Project on the Dashboard
  2. Enter a project name (e.g., "Q1 Usability Study")
  3. Add a brief description
  4. Click Create Project
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Define What You Want to Learn

Add Research Questions

  1. Open your project → Hypotheses tab
  2. Click + Add Research Question
  3. Enter questions like:
    • "How easily can users complete checkout?"
    • "What barriers exist in onboarding?"

Add Hypotheses

  1. Click + Add Hypothesis
  2. Fill in:
    • Title: Short name
    • Hypothesis: Your testable assumption
    • Priority: High/Medium/Low
  3. Click Save
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Create Tasks

  1. Go to the Tasks tab
  2. Click + Add Task
  3. Define:
    • Title: What the user should do
    • Scenario: Context for the task
    • Difficulty: Easy/Medium/Hard
  4. Link to hypotheses in the Hypotheses tab of the editor
  5. Click Save Task
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Check Coverage

  1. Go to the Coverage tab
  2. Ensure all high-priority hypotheses have linked tasks
  3. Click cells in the matrix to add/remove links
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Add Participants

  1. Go to the Participants tab
  2. Click + Add Participant
  3. Enter name and email
  4. Select a segment (e.g., "Power User", "New User")
  5. Click Save

Tip: Import participants in bulk via Excel - click Import.

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Schedule Sessions

  1. Open a participant's card
  2. Click Schedule Session
  3. Set date and time
  4. For unmoderated tests, click Generate Session Link and send to participant
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Capture Findings

During Sessions

  1. Go to Synthesis tab
  2. Click + Add Note
  3. Type your observation
  4. Select type: Insight, Barrier, Opportunity, or Quote
  5. Click Save

After Sessions

  1. Drag notes to cluster related findings
  2. Name your clusters (themes)
  3. Update hypothesis statuses based on evidence
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Create Reports

  1. Go to Documents tab
  2. Click + New Document
  3. Select Findings Report
  4. Use the template to document:
    • Key findings
    • Recommendations
    • Next steps
  5. Click Publish to share

Need Help?

Click Help in the sidebar for the User Guide

🎉You're ready to start researching!