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Guides They Follow Live — Not Screenshots They Scroll Past
Record a workflow once and get a guide that advances only when the follower clicks each step, on the real page. Not another PDF of screenshots.
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By Virgil Dean · Updated
Sound familiar?
The everyday friction this page exists to remove.
Screenshot docs don't teach doing
A step-by-step PDF shows the button circled in red. Two screens later the reader is lost anyway, because reading where to click and clicking it are different skills.
Videos are watched, not done
A screen recording plays while the learner watches passively — then it ends and they face the real page with nothing rehearsed.
Docs expire faster than features ship
Every UI update re-breaks the screenshot guide, and nobody notices until a confused colleague surfaces the stale capture.
The fix, step by step
From capture to finished image in 4 steps.
Record the workflow
Walk through the flow once in the recorder — click through it exactly as the follower should. Steps are captured as you go.
Tighten the steps
Each step is a text description bound to the element it targets; fix wording, or re-pick a target on the live page if the site has changed.
Publish the link
Publishing uploads the recorded step list and gives you a share link. Nothing is uploaded before you choose to publish.
They follow it live
The follower opens the link, gets the real page with step one highlighted, and performs each action — the walkthrough advances as they do.
Overview#
An interactive walkthrough is the answer to a specific failure: the step-by-step document that circulates for months, gets opened by someone who needs to do the thing, and still leaves them stuck at step two. Reading where to click and clicking it are different skills — and screenshots teach the first one.
The tool on this page practices the second. It is FlowSherpa, built in this library: record a workflow once and it captures the steps as element targets with instructions; publish a link, and the follower performs each step on the real page, the guide advancing only as they act. No screenshots to expire, no video to sit through — and recording stays local until you deliberately publish.
Where it is honest to lose: it is not a reference document, it cannot cover desktop applications, and its share links are public by design. The extension's own page documents the permission model and every limit — including the deliberate ones.
What you can do
What this workflow looks like with the extension installed — as implemented today.
Record the flow, not the pixels
Walk through the workflow once; the recorder captures what each step touches — text descriptions plus element fingerprints — not screenshots of a UI that will change.
The follower does it live
Opening a walkthrough shows the real page with the current step highlighted. It advances only when the follower performs the action — hands on, not hands folded.
Survives UI drift
Steps target elements, not their screenshots. Small layout shifts don't invalidate the guide; when a site redesigns for real, re-pick the element on the live page in the editor.
Share with a link
Publish a flow and send the link — the follower opens the walkthrough and starts doing. Deleting the share deletes it server-side.
One-time, site-scoped permission
Recording and replaying use a one-time permission covering only the sites you choose. Nothing runs on pages you didn't record or replay.
Who it is for
The situations this task page is written for.
Internal how-do-I questions
Answer "how do I export this?" once with a link that walks them through it — on the real admin screen, clicking the real buttons.
Customer onboarding flows
New clients complete setup in your product by doing it, with the guide pacing them step by step, instead of scheduling a screen-share call.
Training new teammates
The recurring internal-tool orientation, recorded once and followed live by every new hire without you in the room.
Process handovers
The monthly procedure only one person knows, turned into a flow anyone can execute correctly the first time.
How it compares
An honest look at where this tool fits — and where other options fit better.
| Criterion | Interactive Walkthrough | Screenshot documentation (Scribe-style) | Screen-recording tutorials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follower performs the steps | Yes — on the live page | No — they read | No — they watch |
| Survives UI updates | Mostly — element targets, quick fixes for redesigns | No — screenshots expire silently | No — re-record the video |
| Works offline / as a document | No — it needs the live page | Yes | Yes, once exported |
| Records any desktop application | No — web workflows only | Yes, desktop apps too | Yes |
| Viewable without acting | No — it advances by doing | Yes | Yes |
Our take: Screenshot docs and videos win as references — things to read or watch at your own pace, including desktop apps. When the goal is that someone can *do* the workflow, an interactive walkthrough is the format that practices the doing.
Limitations & known boundaries
What this extension does not do, and the cases where results may be imperfect. Stated plainly so you can decide before installing.
- It records workflows, not images or video: it cannot produce screenshot documentation. For static captures, use a screenshot tool.
- The walkthrough advances only when the follower performs each action — it is a hands-on guide, not a video to sit back and watch.
- Browser-internal pages (chrome:// pages, the Chrome Web Store) cannot be recorded.
- Share links are public: anyone with the link can follow the flow. There are no viewer accounts or per-viewer access controls.
- If a site changes its layout, a step's target may no longer be found — fix it by re-picking the element in the editor.
- A flow can contain up to 200 steps.
Frequently asked questions
Questions people search for before choosing a interactive walkthrough.
What is an interactive walkthrough?
A guide that runs on the real page instead of in a document: each step highlights the actual element to act on and the walkthrough advances only when the follower performs the action — as opposed to screenshots or video, which are watched rather than done.
How is this different from screenshot documentation?
Screenshot guides capture pictures of a UI, which expire when the UI changes and teach recognition instead of action. This records the workflow itself — element targets plus instructions — so followers act on the live page and small UI drift doesn't break the guide.
Do followers need to install anything?
No — followers open the share link and follow along in their browser. The extension is needed to record flows and to edit them.
What gets uploaded, and when?
The recorded step list — text descriptions and element fingerprints — uploads only when you choose to publish a share link. Recording itself stays local, and deleting the share deletes it server-side.
Is it free?
Yes — free to install from the Chrome Web Store, free to record and to follow published walkthroughs, no account required.
What if the site changes its design?
Small shifts don't matter — steps target elements, not screenshots. A real redesign can break a step's target; the editor lets you re-pick the element on the live page in seconds.
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Editorial disclosure
We are the developers of the extensions documented on this site. This page describes the shipped version as we built and tested it — including its limitations — and was fact-checked on . Claims are based on our own testing of released builds; where third-party tools are named, their capabilities are described as documented by their publishers.
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