Companion mode

The objective

Launch Pad becomes a companion to your app: your user clicks "Plan this field" in your product and lands directly on a screen where they create or edit a path plan for your boundary - no Launch Pad sign-up, no login screen, no setup, no file upload.

Two things make that possible:

  1. The plumbing - your backend quietly provisions the Grower > Farm > Field > Boundary (GFFB) hierarchy through the API. Users never see this.
  2. The handoff - your app opens a Launch Pad browser window, signs your user in automatically, and shows them exactly the boundary you expect them to work on.

1The plumbing - behind the scenes, in your backend

A few API calls, invisible to the user. Boundary upload is the single biggest drop-off point when farmers adopt a new tool - this is where you remove it.

2The handoff - the moment your user sees

One line of code: open Launch Pad deep-linked to the boundary you just pushed. The user starts planning immediately. The user signs in to Launch Pad once in this browser; Partner mode removes that sign-in entirely with a single-use launch code - details on How it works.

Run the plumbing above to enable the handoff.