Tutorials
Step-by-step walkthroughs to learn the system. Start with Your First Questionnaire.
Birdhouse
Build and configure visual aspects of the Feather app — questionnaires, policy detail pages, and vertical configurations — from the CMS.
What is Birdhouse?
Section titled “What is Birdhouse?”Birdhouse is an internal tool that enables everyone at Feather to build some of the visual aspects of the product, specifically the app: questionnaires (signup and claim flows), vertical configurations, and policy details pages.
It is made of two parts:
- A visual interface in Strapi CMS — where any team (Ops, BizDev, Product, Marketing) can collect and store configuration using reusable building blocks
- A technical solution built with code — a sync pipeline, the qnr-framework rendering library, and app components that connect the Strapi configuration with the rest of the system
How-to Guides
Task-focused guides for specific goals: create questionnaires, configure rules, set up quote pages, manage verticals, and more.
Reference
Complete specifications for question types, rule operators, quote-page components, sync commands, and all other system elements.
Explanation
Understand the system architecture, guiding principles, questionnaire lifecycle, rule evaluation, and how everything connects.
Key Concepts
Section titled “Key Concepts”The Three Builders
Section titled “The Three Builders”| Builder | What it does |
|---|---|
| Questionnaire Builder | Define questions, screens, rules, and flow logic for signup, claim, adjustment, and cancellation flows |
| Policy Details Page Builder | Configure sections, buttons, modals, and conditional visibility rules for policy management pages |
| Vertical Data Configurator | Manage product metadata: names, colors, images, plan names, policy modals, and other vertical-related content reused across the app |
Core Terminology
Section titled “Core Terminology”| Concept | What it is |
|---|---|
| Questionnaire | An ordered collection of questions, screens, rules, and calculated fields that guides a user through an insurance signup, claim, or policy adjustment |
| Question | A single page/step — can be an input (radio, date, address…), a screen (intro, blocker, success), or a functional step (checkout, processing) |
| Rule | Conditional logic that controls flow: “if answer X, go to question Y” |
| Quote Page | A pricing/customization page shown during the flow with plan options, add-ons, coverage tables, and dynamic pricing |
| Vertical | An insurance product type (e.g., Household, Liability, Dental) that ties together questionnaires, pricing, branding, and policy modals |
| Sync | The process of pulling CMS content into the app codebase, or pushing local changes back to Strapi |
| Preview | Live preview of draft questionnaires directly in the staging app |