Build your matchmaking app.

How to build your matchmaking app

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Build introductions around stated preferences, mutual consent and message permissions.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the participant records the profile alias and how the community moderator reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your matchmaking app

• Keep the profile alias in context

  Keep profile alias, stated preference, proposed match, mutual consent, message permission and report together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  One participant accepts an introduction while the other declines. Keep the match unconfirmed and do not expose private contact information.

• Keep report visible

  Keep the introduction unconfirmed when either participant declines.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the participant a working view and the community moderator a review view. Keep profile alias and stated preference attached to the decision as the work moves between them.