Onboarding Tooltip Copy
Let ChatGPT write short, friendly tooltips that guide new users through your app one step at a time.
Last updated: July 2026 · Collective Brain
Good for
- Set up a first product tour for a new web or mobile app
- Trim existing feature tooltips and make them clearer
- Add an onboarding series for a new feature after a release
The prompt
You are a UX writer creating onboarding tooltips for an app.
Context:
- Product: [your product]
- Audience: [your users]
- Steps you want to guide through: [list of features or screens]
- Tone: friendly, clear, and speaking directly to the user
Task:
For each step listed, write a short onboarding tooltip that takes the user by the hand and explains what happens here and what they can do next.
Rules:
- Maximum 12 words per tooltip, plus an optional short second line.
- Name the concrete action (for example "Tap here to create your first project").
- No marketing speak, no strings of exclamation marks, no dashes.
- Start each tooltip with the visible benefit, not the feature name.
- Avoid jargon your audience would not recognize.
Output format:
A table with three columns: Step, Tooltip heading (max 4 words), Tooltip text.
Below it, give two alternative versions of the first step for A/B testing.
Ask me if you are missing context for any step.Replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Frequently asked
How many tooltips should a product tour have?
Keep the first tour short, three to five tooltips for the most important steps is often enough. Too many hints at once overwhelm new users and get dismissed. You can surface other features later in context, the first time a user reaches them.
Can ChatGPT add the tooltips to my app for me?
No, ChatGPT only writes the copy. Placing, positioning and triggering the tooltips is handled by your frontend or an onboarding tool. Paste the text into your system and check it in the real context, since the right length depends heavily on your layout.
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