Source: https://asterly.co/for/product-launches

For launches, release how-tos and enablement

# Every release needs a walkthrough.  
Click through it once.

The release is this week, and sales and CS both want “a walkthrough I can send.”

Customers will want one too. They should all match.

[Join the waitlist](https://asterly.co/for/product-launches#waitlist) [See a sample guide](https://asterly.co/for/product-launches#sample)

Asterly is early. Public access is a waitlist.

From sales, launch week

> “Can you send me a walkthrough of the new feature? I’ve got a demo Thursday.”

## Same feature, different walkthroughs

-   Sales, support and customers each need the same feature explained, and each gets a different version.
-   The walkthrough is a slide deck nobody can find, with screenshots of last month’s UI.
-   The honest cost: You redo screenshots the night before launch, and then redo them for the next release.

What Asterly does about it

## One walkthrough for everyone who asks.

Click through the new feature once in Chrome. AI drafts the guide with screenshots. Polish it and send one link to sales, CS and customers, then export Markdown or PDF for the enablement doc.

UI moved the night before? Edit the step that changed, or record the flow again.

From release to enablement

1.  Click through the new feature once in Chrome
2.  Polish the wording and highlight what’s new
3.  Send one link to sales, CS and customers
4.  Export Markdown or PDF for your enablement doc

The real app, with demo data

## What goes out on release day.

Led by the card people see when you paste the link. Real Asterly screens; Fernwood Invoicing is made up for the demo.

-   ![The preview card for a shared guide: the Asterly logo, “Fernwood Invoicing help center”, the title “Send your first invoice”, 4 steps, the guide’s first screenshot, and the demo help center address help.fernwood-demo.test.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/preview-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Link previews
    
    Paste the link in a launch post or a sales channel. Where previews show up, it unfurls as a card with the title and a screenshot.
    
-   ![Two crops from the Asterly step editor, side by side. Left: a soft glow highlight around the New invoice button, with a “New invoice” label under it. Right: the Highlight box panel with presets called Soft glow, Outline, Spotlight and Filled tint, and colour swatches.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/editor-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Editor
    
    Tighten the copy and point at what’s new with Soft glow, Outline, Spotlight or Filled tint.
    
-   ![The Asterly recorder side panel mid-recording: the Asterly logo, connected to Fernwood Invoicing, guide title “Send your first invoice”, 3 steps so far, and Pause, Add step, Stop and send, and Discard buttons.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/recorder-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Recorder
    
    Click through the new feature from the Chrome side panel. Stop and send when you reach the end.
    
-   ![The hosted help center for Fernwood Invoicing: “invoice” typed into the search box, and the matching guide, “Send your first invoice”, 4 steps.](https://asterly.co/home/tiles/helpcenter-1040.webp)
    
    Demo data
    
    ### Help center
    
    Publish release how-tos in a hosted help center with search, alongside your other guides.
    

What you’d record

## A walkthrough for release day.

For a release, you’d click through something like this once and send the link around:

An example, written out. Not recorded, so no screenshots

### “Try the new Reports page”

1.  Open Reports
2.  Choose a date range
3.  Add a filter
4.  Save the view

We haven’t recorded that one. Here’s a guide we did make with Asterly, for a pretend invoicing app: four steps, each with its screenshot and the click marked.

Fernwood Invoicing Help center

### Send your first invoice

4 steps

1.  ![Fernwood Invoicing dashboard with the Customers link in the top bar highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-1-480.webp)
    
    Check who you are billing
    
2.  ![Invoices page with the New invoice button highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-2-480.webp)
    
    Start a new invoice
    
3.  ![New invoice form for Harbor Street Bakery with the Add line item button highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-3-480.webp)
    
    Add what you are billing for
    
4.  ![Invoice with two line items and the Send invoice button highlighted](https://asterly.co/home/sample-guide/step-4-480.webp)
    
    Send it
    

Demo data Fernwood Invoicing is made up.

## What are you launching next?

Asterly is early. Public access is a waitlist and pricing isn’t set. Leave your email, and tell me what you’re launching next.

Just your email. No card, no grand commitment.

[Email the waitlist](mailto:hello@asterly.co?subject=Asterly%20waitlist) if the form cannot run.