User flows for UX designers who think on the whiteboard.
The best user flows get drawn on whiteboards — not built in Figma first. BoardSnap reads your sketched flow, labels the steps, flags the decision branches, and turns the whole thing into a structured summary before your team moves to the next screen.
Why ux designers love this workflow
User flow sessions on a whiteboard are fast and collaborative. The problem is capture. Photos get lost in Slack. The Figma recreation takes an hour and loses the nuance. The decision branches that made sense in the room become ambiguous two days later.
BoardSnap reads the flow as you drew it — boxes, arrows, yes/no branches, dead ends — and produces a structured summary that names every step, surfaces every fork, and flags anything ambiguous. You leave the session with a document, not just a photo.
The exact flow
- Sketch the flow on a real whiteboard
Draw boxes for screens, arrows for transitions, diamonds for decisions. Use your natural notation — BoardSnap AI reads the structure, not a specific format.
- Snap the board with BoardSnap
Apple VisionKit auto-corrects perspective so an off-angle shot still reads cleanly. One tap and the capture is queued.
- Review the step-by-step summary
BoardSnap AI reads every node and edge, labels each step, and calls out decision points and their branches. Verify it matches the room's intent.
- Flag open questions as action items
Any branch that needs a decision — error states, empty states, edge cases — becomes an open action item. Mark it, assign it, move on.
- Drop the summary into your design doc
Paste the structured output into Notion, Confluence, or your FigJam before you start building screens. The flow document and the design file stay in sync.
What you'll get out of it
- Flow intent survives the meeting — no more 'I thought we decided' moments
- Decision branches are named and documented, not implied
- Open questions become traceable action items instead of tribal knowledge
- Brand-aware summaries match your product's terminology
- The original whiteboard photo is searchable in your BoardSnap project
Frequently asked
Can BoardSnap read arrows and decision diamonds on a whiteboard?
Yes. BoardSnap AI reads structural elements — boxes, arrows, branches, labels — not just text. It interprets your flow diagram as a flow, not as a list of words.
What if the flow has multiple swimlanes?
BoardSnap reads column and row structure from the board. Multi-lane flows get summarized with lane context preserved, so you can see which actor triggers each step.
How does this compare to Miro or FigJam for flow documentation?
Miro and FigJam are great for remote-first collaboration, but they require everyone to be in the tool. BoardSnap works with a real whiteboard — faster for in-person sessions — and converts the result to structured text you can paste anywhere.
Can I access old flow diagrams later?
Every board you snap lives inside a BoardSnap Project. You can pull up old user flow captures, compare versions, and ask AI questions like 'how did the checkout flow change across these three sessions.'
UX Designers: try this on your next user flow.
Three taps. Action items in your hand before the room clears.