Manus
An agent product that segments users by outcome-framed role cards, shows Pro pricing with a 7-day trial before the workspace loads, and then lands on a task composer with quick-action chips and a visible credit balance.
Notes
- 'Which best describes your work?' shows nine role cards (Business Owner, Growth, E-commerce, etc.) plus Others, each with a one-line outcome, and a Skip link top-right (AI UX Playground).
- 'Upgrade to Manus Pro' appears mid-onboarding with three tiers, the middle '7-Day Free' tier highlighted, and credit-volume dropdowns on higher tiers.
- Post-onboarding home is 'What can I do for you?' with chips (Create slides, Build website, Design) plus a desktop-app download banner and a 'Learn to build, earn free credits' banner.
- A credit pill opens a popover with the free balance and a daily refresh to 300 credits at 00:00, plus View usage and Upgrade.
- Feature-announcement modals (e.g. 'Introducing Shopify On Manus') teach new capabilities without blocking the first task.
- Teardown takeaway: 'If usage is metered, teach the meter during onboarding.'
- NN/g uses Manus as its example of use-case prompt suggestions: category tabs of example tasks under the input, each opening a full replay of a finished task, so new users see what the agent can do before they type (NN/g, 2025-04-25).
Patterns
role pickeroutcome-framed optionspaywall during onboardingcomposer as homecredit meterfeature announcement modal
Articles
- Manus onboarding UX: role segmentation & Pro upsellAI UX Playground
- Prompt SuggestionsNielsen Norman Group (Kate Moran, Tim Neusesser)