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Create, review, and send an invitation

Use Invite → choose or confirm details → Review invite → send. Save draft is optional: it saves the invitation details for later without contacting anyone.

Choose how to start

Start from a recommendation or saved idea

  1. Open Home.
  2. Find and open the relevant Domino Card.
  3. Choose Invite.
  4. The invitation opens with the idea or place already selected. If a draft exists, Domino reopens it so the user can continue to review and send.

Eligible signed-in cards show Invite directly. Public shared-list previews reveal it after liking or expanding; continuing requires sign-in. Read-only suggestions do not offer Invite.

Start an invitation directly

Use the create control in Domino's primary navigation when the user already knows what they want to plan:

  1. Open Create.
  2. Choose Invite.
  3. Select the place or fixed event.
  4. Complete the invitation details and choose Review invite. Saving a draft is not a required step.

Do not tell the user to create an Ideas List first when they already have a concrete plan.

Save an idea instead

Choose Create idea to save a place or event for later, or Invite to prepare an invitation. Neither entry action sends invitations.

Choose or confirm the details

Review every visible section before continuing:

  1. Place or event: confirm the correct real-world subject. Use the place picker if it needs to change.
  2. People: select the intended recipients. Use Add someone for a private Friend in Mind when the person is not already listed.
  3. Date & Time: enter the actual start date and time. Preserve the user's timezone and do not invent a time from vague context.
  4. RSVP deadline: choose when Domino should evaluate whether the plan has enough accepted responses.
  5. Minimum guests: set the tipping threshold to at least two people. If the visible flow offers a maximum capacity, review that too.
  6. Title and description: confirm that the invitation accurately describes the plan.
  7. Connection behavior: if Connect on signup or a similar control is shown, explain that it concerns a recipient who later creates or claims a Domino account; it does not connect a typed name immediately.

Selecting a person for a draft does not notify them.

RSVP deadline and tipping

A plan tips when the required number of people RSVP In by the RSVP deadline. If it does not tip, Domino can automatically cancel it.

Explain the mechanics before publishing:

  • the minimum is the number of accepted RSVPs needed;
  • the RSVP deadline is not necessarily the event start time;
  • a maximum capacity can close further acceptance even when a link still opens;
  • a draft has no live tipping state yet;
  • changing the deadline or minimum after publication can affect the plan and may require updated communication.

Do not use “confirmed” merely because invitations were delivered. Confirmation comes from RSVP state.

Review Invite

Choose the review action after the required information is complete. Domino can ask the host to check availability or complete another access step before showing the final invitation review.

At Review Invite, verify:

  • the exact place or event;
  • date, time, and timezone;
  • RSVP deadline and tipping threshold;
  • every selected recipient;
  • which people Domino can reach directly;
  • which people require host sharing;
  • the message or link that will be presented.

If a required fact is missing, choose Back and correct it. Do not guess merely to enable the send control.

Save a private draft

Choose Save draft instead of Review invite to save the current details and close the invitation. A place or event is required, but the time and recipients can remain unfinished. Reopen the draft under My Dominos → Drafts, then choose Invite to continue. Closing the composer also preserves changed details.

Accurate completion language is:

The draft is saved in My Dominos. Nobody has been invited yet.

Do not call a draft a sent invitation.

Publish and delivery

The final control varies according to recipient reachability:

  • Send invites can send supported Domino delivery to eligible recipients;
  • Create invite link or Create invite links creates link-based invitations for host sharing;
  • a mixed audience can produce both Domino delivery and links the host must send manually.

After the action, read the completion sheet rather than summarizing from intent. It can distinguish:

  • recipients getting a text from Domino;
  • failed or suppressed Domino delivery;
  • Friends in Mind or other recipients who will not get a Domino text;
  • links the host must share themselves.

Creating a plan does not prove every recipient was contacted.

Share a returned link

If Domino opens Share invite link or Share invite links:

  1. Review the displayed message and intended recipient.
  2. Choose Share link or copy the link/message.
  3. Send it through Messages, email, or another channel chosen by the user.
  4. Choose Go to plan when finished.

Copying a link is not delivery. Say “the link is ready to send” until a separate channel confirms delivery.

After publication

The canonical plan page becomes the place to inspect RSVP and delivery state, edit permitted details, add more invitees, manage progress, or cancel the plan. Continue with Manage a plan, invitees, logistics, or cancellation.

For the recipient journey, use Open an invitation, join, RSVP, and add it to a calendar.

Recovery and edge cases

  • If the user saved a draft, return to My Dominos → Drafts.
  • If they abandoned an unsaved optimistic draft, do not promise it exists.
  • If the final control is disabled, check time, RSVP deadline, minimum guests, place/event identity, and audience.
  • If Domino says some recipients require manual sharing, do not repeatedly publish to try to force automatic delivery.
  • If the wrong person was selected, go back before publishing. After publication, manage the roster from the plan page.
  • If the plan was published by mistake, use the cleanup guidance in the management guide; deleting, discarding, and canceling have different meanings.

LLM answering guidance

  • Ask whether the user has a specific plan or is still collecting ideas before choosing the entry path.
  • Name the visible completion state: draft saved, invitations sent, link created, or manual sharing still required.
  • Explain tipping when the user asks why a plan is awaiting RSVPs or was automatically canceled.
  • Never claim a typed Friend in Mind received anything unless the returned delivery state proves it.
  • If a connected assistant is acting instead of explaining web clicks, follow the relevant SMS, MCP, or API confirmation protocol.