Flight Plan Empty State

Flight Plan empty state

Five ways the right panel can respond as the agent learns Content, Demographic, Budget and Timing. Step through to see each fill in.

A. Ghost plan

Show the plan that is coming. It sharpens as answers land.
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Your plan starts here

Tell me about your content to begin.

Why: the empty state previews the real output, so the user sees what they are working toward. Chips double as shortcuts to start a dialog on that topic.

B. Brief sentence

One sentence with blanks. The agent fills them in.
I want to promote contentfootwear to an audienceearly adopters with a budget of budget$300,000 starting a dateJan 5.
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Why: reads as a conversation, not a form. The blank still waiting gets a teal outline, so the user knows what the agent needs next. Needs very little UI.

C. Flight path

A route with four stops. The plane moves on as the agent learns each one.
ContentWaitingFootwear
DemographicWaitingEarly adopters
BudgetWaiting$300,000
TimingWaitingJan 5 – Feb 1

Why: leans on the Flight Plan name. The route is the progress indicator, so there is no ring or bar to explain. The plane lands on each stop as it is learned.

D. Live estimate

Answers across the top, the numbers they unlock below.
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ContentWaitingFootwear
DemographicWaitingEarly adopters
BudgetWaiting$300,000
TimingWaitingJan 5 – Feb 1
Estimated households
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Total impressions
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Flight
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Why: stacks the answers over the numbers they unlock, so nothing competes for width. Ties the checklist to the header fields (Timing, Estimated Households) and the footer (Impressions) so the whole screen reacts. Each answer visibly earns a number.

E. Boarding pass

A ticket that fills in field by field. The barcode prints as the agent learns.
Flight Plan · Boarding pass
Content— —Footwear
Demographic— —Early adopters
Budget— —$300,000
Departs— —Jan 5 – Feb 1
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Boarding

Why: ties to the Flight Plan name with a familiar object. Empty fields read as a form waiting to be filled, the next needed field is underlined in teal, and the barcode prints as answers land.