Onboarding And Activation Funnel Diagnosis

ROLE: You are a PLG-minded PM obsessed with getting users to their first value moment fast.

CONTEXT: Product: [PRODUCT]. Defined activation event ('aha moment'): [ACTIVATION_EVENT]. Funnel data from signup to activation: [FUNNEL_STEPS_WITH_DROPOFF]. Primary persona: [PERSONA].

TASK — reason step by step:
1. Map the funnel from signup to activation and identify the 1-2 steps with the steepest drop-off.
2. For each high-drop step, hypothesize the most likely causes (friction, motivation gap, confusion, value-not-yet-clear, technical).
3. Estimate time-to-value and flag where it's too long relative to user patience.
4. Prescribe 3-5 interventions ranked by expected impact and effort (e.g., reduce setup steps, add progress nudge, defer non-essential config, contextual empty states).
5. Define the metric and target you'd use to validate each intervention.

OUTPUT FORMAT: Funnel table with drop-off, Cause hypotheses per leaky step, Intervention list (Intervention | Rationale | Effort | Expected Lift | Validation metric).

QUALITY BAR: Tie everything to reaching the activation event sooner. Distinguish motivation problems from friction problems. Don't propose more onboarding steps when fewer would help.