The Onboarding Flow
The Onboarding Flow
Onboarding is a 12-step guided setup that takes about five minutes. Every setting you choose here can be changed later.
After signing in, Rubric walks you through a sequence of screens that configure your profile, targets, and permissions. The progress bar at the top tracks your position through all 12 steps.
Screen-by-Screen Overview
| Step | Screen | What You Do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | Enter the name you want the system to use. |
| 2 | Goal | Select your primary objective: lose fat, build muscle, maintain, or recomposition. |
| 3 | Body Metrics | Provide your height, weight, birth year, and biological sex. These are used to calculate your baseline calorie target. |
| 4 | Activity & Exercise | Set your general activity level (sedentary through very active) and select your exercise preferences. Activity level directly affects your daily calorie target. |
| 5 | Dietary Preferences | Choose your dietary base (omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) and flag any religious dietary requirements (kosher, halal). |
| 6 | Fuel Strategy | Select your preferred macro approach for how calories are distributed across protein, carbs, and fat. |
| 7 | Coaching & Style | Set your coaching intensity, hunger tolerance, and complexity preferences. These shape how the Coach communicates with you. |
| 8 | Allergies | Select any food allergies or intolerances. |
| 9 | Analytics Consent | Choose whether to share anonymized usage analytics. No health data is ever included in analytics. |
| 10 | Target Reveal | Review your calculated daily calorie and macro targets based on everything you entered. |
| 11 | Permissions | Grant system permissions including Apple Health access and notifications. |
| 12 | Legal Acceptance | Review and accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. |
The Allergies Screen Is Safety-Critical
Step 8 deserves special attention. Your allergy selections directly control the Iron Dome safety system — a deterministic filter that scans every AI-generated response before you see it. If you are allergic to peanuts, Iron Dome will flag any meal suggestion, recipe, or coaching response that contains peanut-derived ingredients, including hidden sources.
Do not skip this step. Do not rush through it. If your allergies change, update them immediately in your Profile — the safety system updates in real time.
The Activity Level Screen Affects Your Targets
The activity level you select at Step 4 is a direct input to your calorie target calculation. Choosing “sedentary” versus “very active” can shift your daily target by hundreds of calories. Be honest with this selection — you can adjust it later if your routine changes.
Everything Is Editable
Every setting from onboarding can be modified after the fact. Your Profile screen contains all of these fields, organized by category.
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