PE-886 · DC first, then clone to VC

Circle Onboarding Gate — New Student Flow

Program spaces are Secret (invisible until granted). Completing the Start Here course is the only unlock. Day 7 escalates to a human — it never bypasses the gate.

Whop

Customer purchases

Via the dedicated checkout link for their program (DC live · VC by EOW).

Whop → Circle

Redirect to Circle signup

Checkout success redirect, using the purchase email. Checkout tag records the program: DCU (Group) · DCU VIP (PIF) · VCU · VCU VIP · DFEM · VFEM.

n8n · Sales Automation

Onboarding email + SMS send

Whop webhook → DC - Sales Automation: Gmail welcome ("Set Your Password" → members.digitalcreator.ai) + Circle invite with the program tag.

Which program tag?

DCU · Group / PP
Circle

Lands in Welcome group only

Start Here course (video: navigation + how to use DMs) and Checklist (profile, say hi, add calls to calendar — encouraged, not gated).

completes course
Circle workflow

"Completed course" trigger fires

Adds onboarded tag → existing tag→grant workflows unlock program spaces → removes Welcome channels.

Done

Full program access

DC → Digital Creator Bundle · VC → Faceless Automation Course, plus community & calls.

not done by day 7
n8n · daily sweepSlack

Day-7 human escalation

Joined ≥7 days, no onboarded tag → Slack alert tags the onboarder/coach (PE-808 map) to chase the student.

Gate stays closed — human follows up, student completes course ↺

DCU VIP · PIF ($5k)
Bypass

Skips the gate entirely

DCU VIP tag→grant workflow grants community + program spaces immediately and removes Welcome channels.

Done

White-glove onboarding

Handled personally over WhatsApp with the onboarder (per PE-849). Never sees onboarding channels.

Alongside the gate

Existing students

Soft push, no re-gate

Keep all access. Pinned announcement in the main space + one-time DM/email with the video. Zero lockout risk.

Migration order

Do this in order — or mass lockout

  1. Verify/bulk-add existing students to their program spaces
  2. Flip program spaces to Secret
  3. Enable the new-member gate