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How to create a product tour in a v0 app without a developer

A guided walkthrough in a v0 app in about twenty minutes: install one line, click through your own interface in the visual editor, and publish a tour that starts where new users need it.

Time
● 20 minutes
Price
Free plan
Who does it
You and the v0 chat

Example: a product tour in a v0 app

An analytics dashboard generated in v0 renders charts after the data loads. On /dashboard/analytics the tour waits 2 seconds, then shows the date filter, the main chart and the export menu.

Free on the Clew Free plan — no card, no time limit: one site and up to 3 published tours or tooltips. Audience rules and A/B tests come with Pro.

How to build the product tour in a v0 app, step by step

  1. Step 01

    Copy your Clew snippet

    Create a free account (or sign in), add your site and open Admin → Overview. Click the line in the “No signal from the widget yet.” card to copy it — it carries your real site key instead of the placeholder.

    <!-- Clew: replace PASTE_YOUR_SITE_KEY with the site key from Admin > Overview -->
    <script src="https://tryclew.io/widget/PASTE_YOUR_SITE_KEY.js" async></script>
    Clew admin Overview with the embed line and a masked site key (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 1 · schematic illustration
  2. Step 02

    Open the chat of your v0 project

    Open the project in v0. v0 generates Next.js with the App Router, so the right file is app/layout.tsx.

    An app builder with the AI chat panel next to the preview (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 2 · schematic illustration
  3. Step 03

    Send the prompt with your key

    Replace PASTE_YOUR_SITE_KEY with your key and send the prompt. It uses next/script, which is how Next.js loads third-party scripts.

    Add the Clew onboarding widget to this app.
    
    Insert this exact tag once so it loads on every page, including after client-side route changes:
    <script src="https://tryclew.io/widget/PASTE_YOUR_SITE_KEY.js" async></script>
    
    This is a v0 project on Next.js App Router: in app/layout.tsx import Script from "next/script" and add <Script src="(the same URL)" strategy="afterInteractive" /> inside <body>.
    
    Also add stable data-tour attributes to the elements a product tour will point at: the main navigation, the primary create/add button, the main filter or search, and the page heading — for example data-tour="create-button". Do not change their styles, text or behaviour.
    
    Rules:
    - Use the script URL exactly as given. Do not download it, bundle it or install an npm package.
    - If the project sets a Content-Security-Policy, allow https://tryclew.io in script-src and connect-src.
    - Change nothing else and show me the diff.
    AI chat with the Clew prompt in the message box (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 3 · schematic illustration
  4. Step 04

    Check layout.tsx and deploy

    Expect a <Script> element in app/layout.tsx. Then Deploy to Vercel and open the production URL.

    Code diff with a Script component added to the root layout (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 4 · schematic illustration
  5. Step 05

    Build the tour on top of your page

    In Clew open Flows → + New flow, keep Format at Step-by-step tooltips and press Edit on your site. On your page press Pick element and click the element for step 1, then write a title and one or two sentences. Repeat for 3–5 steps; the preview updates as you type.

    A product tour tooltip pointing at a button in a web app, with step dots and a Next button (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 5 · schematic illustration
  6. Step 06

    Choose where, when and for whom it shows

    In the same editor, set Where to show (page URL), When to show, Audience targeting and Frequency. These are the settings of the example above:

    SettingValue
    FormatStep-by-step tooltips
    Where to show (page URL)Section by prefix /dashboard/analytics
    When to showAfter N seconds: 2 seconds
    Audience targetingNo rules — everyone who opens the page
    FrequencyOnce per visitor
    Clew tour editor with the format, page URL rule, trigger and audience rule fields (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 6 · schematic illustration
  7. Step 07

    Publish and check it on the live site

    Set Status to Published and save. Open the page in a private window — Clew remembers who has already seen a “once” item, so your usual browser may skip it. Views, completions and drop-offs appear in the tour stats.

    Clew admin Overview with the green “Widget is live” card (product tour in a v0 app)
    Step 7 · schematic illustration

Pitfalls: product tour in a v0 app

Server components can’t call identify

Clew.identify() runs in the browser. It belongs in a client component ("use client") that has the session, not in a server component or layout.

Wait for data before pointing at charts

Dashboards render placeholders first. Anchor steps to headings and buttons, or use After N seconds of a couple of seconds so the product tour appears after the data.

Generated class names change on every rebuild

AI-built apps often use utility classes or hashed CSS modules. A selector like .bg-blue-600.px-4 breaks after the next prompt. That’s why the prompt above asks for data-tour attributes: pick those elements and the tour survives regenerations.

Questions and answers

Do I need to change the Next.js code for each step?

No. Only the stable attributes from the prompt; steps are added in Clew.

Why not a plain script tag in v0?

In the App Router, next/script is the supported way to add third-party scripts; a raw tag in a component may render twice or not at all.

Is the product tour free?

Yes — tours are on the Free plan with up to 3 published. You only need Pro for audience rules, A/B tests and more tours.

Can’t I just ask the AI to build the tour?

You can, but then every text change is a new prompt, a new diff and a new deploy, and you get no stats. With Clew the AI adds one line and a few attributes once; the tour itself is edited in minutes by anyone on the team.

One line on your site — then tours, tooltips and checklists without releases.

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