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Guide

How to write product tour tooltip copy

Most product tours fail on copy, not on tooling. These are the rules we bake into our AI tooltip writer.

Short answer

Write one idea per step, lead with the outcome rather than the UI element, stay under about fifteen words, and never say 'click here'.

Steps

  1. 1One idea per stepIf a tooltip needs a comma-spliced second thought, it is two steps.
  2. 2Lead with the outcome'See which accounts stalled this week' beats 'This is the accounts table'.
  3. 3Keep it under fifteen wordsLong tooltips get skipped, and skipped tooltips are the same as no tour.
  4. 4Let AI write the tooltipsEvery captured step gets draft tooltip copy generated from the element you clicked and the surrounding page context. Rewrite anything that does not sound like you.

Try it here

This is the actual InstaDemo editor, running live on this page. Click through it — then build the real thing in the open sandbox.

Click a step, edit the text, drag the dots to reorder, or move the blue box.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to write tooltip copy?
No. The InstaDemo sandbox at /demo lets you paste a URL, click through the flow, and preview the finished interactive demo without creating an account. You sign up only when you want to save, edit, or share it.
How long does this take?
Most people finish in about three minutes: paste the page URL, click the steps in order, review the AI-drafted tooltip copy, then publish or embed the link.
What about login-protected pages?
Public pages can be cloned directly from a URL. For dashboards and other signed-in screens, use the InstaDemo Chrome extension to record inside your own authenticated session.

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