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Sample ProjectSample Project2026

Smart Employee Onboarding

A sample build showing how onboarding admin can run itself while the human parts stay human.

Cursor working down an employee onboarding checklist, ticking off completed steps

Challenge

Onboarding fails on coordination, not content — accounts, access, equipment and introductions all live in different systems.

Thinking

Separated the flow into automatable coordination and non-automatable welcome. Only the first half is given to the system; the second half is scheduled for people.

Solution

A coordination-first onboarding sample with role-based provisioning and escalation.

Build

A sample application with a role-based checklist, provisioning stubs, an escalation timer for stalled steps, and a manager view showing what is blocked and who owns it.

Experience

The new-joiner surface stays warm and text-led; the manager surface is dense and operational. Same system, two registers.

Cursor working down an employee onboarding checklist, ticking off completed steps

Outcome

Sample project built to demonstrate coordination-first onboarding design. Fictional company, simulated integrations, no client outcomes or time savings claimed.

Reflection

The escalation timer changed behaviour more than any automation in the build.

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