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Create a better path for users after they've completed the Getting Started guide

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Description

Relates to #265 and brief discussion with Seb. Putting this here before I forget.

Where does someone go next after the Getting Started guide — possibly the example study walkthrough? — and how do they figure out that's what they should do?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the existing Getting Started guide and the possible example study walkthrough, then review the discussion linked in #265. Map the current post-guide journey and define a clear next step for users; done means the documentation explains where users should go next and how to find it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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