Instead of placing tour steps one by one, Capture Flow lets you record yourself using your product. Candu captures everything that happens, page URLs, DOM states, modals, clicks, and uses AI to generate a complete, ready-to-review tour from that session.
Capture Flow requires the Candu Chrome Extension to be installed. If you haven't set it up yet, install it here.
Start a new recording
When creating a Tour, select "Record a Session with Chrome Extension" from the content creation options.
Enter the URL of the page where you want to begin recording, then click Start. The extension will open that URL in a new tab with a capture panel.
Click Start Capture in the panel, then use your product as you normally would. Walk through the exact flow you want to turn into a tour, navigate pages, open modals, fill out forms, click through steps.
When you're done, click Stop Capture, then Save and edit in Candu. You'll be redirected to the editor automatically.
Candu's AI uses your recorded session to generate the full tour, step sequence, tooltip copy, selectors, and URL targeting.
Tour Start URL and URL Templating
Many products use dynamic URLs that include user-specific values like organization IDs or account names. If your tour's Start URL contains values like these, Candu automatically detects them and converts them into dynamic templates so the tour works correctly for every user.
For example, a URL like app.example.com/org/acme/dashboard might become app.example.com/org/{{user.organizationId|fallback}}/dashboard.
Candu uses two types of variables to do this:
User traits pull from known attributes about the viewer, like their organization ID or workspace slug. They look like
{{user.organizationId|fallback}}.URL path segments extract parts of the URL by position when a matching user trait isn't available. They look like
{{url.pathname[1]|fallback}}.
The |fallback part tells Candu what to use if the trait value isn't available for a given user, so the tour still displays even with incomplete data.
You can review and adjust the templated URL in the editor before publishing.
Tips
Walk through the flow slowly and deliberately during recording. The more clearly you demonstrate each step, the better the AI output.
If your product has a specific state you want to capture (like an open modal or a loaded form), make sure you interact with it during the session, Candu captures what it sees.
Capture Flow is currently in beta. If you have questions or feedback, please reach out to our support team.