A useful UX recording follows one task from beginning to end. Instead of collecting unrelated screenshots, capture the decisions, transitions, and states that explain what a person is trying to do. Flow Capture turns that recording into a flow you can review and share.
Start with one question
Choose a small journey: finding a place to stay, signing in, or changing a setting. Write down what you want to understand before recording. “Where does choosing dates become confusing?” is easier to review than “Look at this whole app.”
Open the target app at the starting screen. Enable Do Not Disturb and check for private information that should not appear in your recording. A clean starting point gives the resulting flow a clear beginning.
Record the journey
- Start a recording in Flow Capture. In the iOS broadcast panel, select Flow Capture and tap Start Broadcast.
- If you want to narrate, enable Microphone before starting. Speak while the relevant screen is visible.
- Move through the app naturally. Pause briefly on each meaningful state so it can be distinguished from a transition.
- Return to Flow Capture and choose Finish Recording. Keep the app open while the recording is saved and attached.
Include the outcome as well as the action. For example, show the search results after submitting a search, not just the button you tapped. When an error is part of the experience, keep the error and the recovery step in the same journey.
Review the screens before sharing
Screen selection runs on your iPhone. Review the result to confirm that the key states are present and repeated frames do not distract from the task. If a state was missed, use the Frame Editor to recover it from the original recording where available.
Give screens useful names and organize related steps into flows. The map helps explain how those steps connect; the screenshots show what each step looked like. Neither replaces a short comment explaining the issue you want someone to notice.
Keep the first recording focused
A short recording of one complete task is often easier to act on than a long tour. If you need to investigate another branch, capture that branch separately and keep its context with the project. Review personal information before exporting anything.
Deleting the original video frees space, but prevents you from recovering additional frames from that video later. Finish selecting the screens you need first.
What to do next
Add voice or text comments to explain the important moments. When the flow is ready, send the selected screens to Claude or Codex, or prepare a Figma handoff.