# Build a studio workspace before creating an account

> PositiveForm guide · Getting started · ONB-003
> Canonical page: https://positiveform.com/guides/onboarding/draft-studio-setup/
> This Markdown: https://positiveform.com/guides/onboarding/draft-studio-setup.md

**Summary:** Build a working studio workspace before creating any account, and keep it by saving my progress. The draft workspace persists across reloads in the same…  
**Who can do this:** Studio owners  
**Required access:** `public`  
**Where in PositiveForm:** `/setup`  
**Status:** Draft: not yet verified against a deployed PositiveForm build. Labels may differ.

> Draft: this workflow does not currently complete on the deployed demo. The steps below describe the shipped flow; see Recovery and Verification.

## Who this is for

Studio owners deciding whether PositiveForm fits, who want to see their own
studio in it before committing to anything.

Required access: none. This workflow deliberately has no sign-in step.

## Before you begin

- Nothing to set up, and no account to create.
- Work in one browser on one device. The workspace belongs to that browser
  until you save it, so it will not follow you to your phone.
- Use made-up student details. Real member information belongs in a saved
  workspace, and PositiveForm will ask you to save before it accepts any.

## Steps

1. Open `/setup`. The page explains that no login or plan is required and that
   this browser receives revocable access to one isolated draft.
2. Select **Start setting up your studio**. PositiveForm creates the workspace
   at this point, not when the page loads.
3. Name the studio and work through the setup sections: locations, programs
   and their class times, and the ranks students move through.
4. Add a few sample students to see rosters and ranks populated.
5. Watch the checklist as you go. It tracks what a working studio still needs,
   so you can stop at any point and see how far along you are.
6. When PositiveForm offers to save your progress, choose whether to create an
   account now or keep exploring. It explains which of your actions prompted
   the offer.

## Expected outcome

The studio you built is still there after a reload in the same browser, with
its locations, programs, class times, ranks, and sample students intact. Saving
your progress turns it into a real organization tied to your account; until
then it stays a draft that only this browser can reach.

## Recovery

- If the page reports that draft setup is unavailable, the environment you are
  on has not been configured to provision workspaces. Nothing you can do in the
  browser will get past it; the studio must be created from an account instead
  (ONB-001). This is the state the deployed demo is in, reported to PositiveForm support
  against this story.
- If the page says the browser cannot securely create a workspace, the browser
  is blocking the storage this workflow needs. Try a normal (non-private)
  window.
- If your studio is missing after a reload, the browser discarded its storage.
  A draft cannot be recovered once that happens; save your progress earlier
  next time to keep it.
- If a limit stops you adding another location, program, class time,
  progression, or student, that is the deliberate ceiling on an unsaved
  workspace, not a fault. Save your progress to continue.
- If you want the studio gone, use the option to discard it rather than
  clearing browser data, so the workspace is revoked on the server too.

## Related guides

- ONB-001 — Create a studio organization from an account you already have.
- ONB-002 — Tell PositiveForm what moving your existing studio would involve.

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