Classify each status by role
Every status is checked against five roles a healthy workflow needs: a clear start, in-progress states, a positive terminal state, a negative terminal state, and (if relevant) a blocked state.
Free status system design tool
StatusCraft
Enter your workflow's statuses and transitions and get a consistency check — missing terminal states, ambiguous labels, and a recommended color-coding scheme.
- Calculated instantly from your inputs
- No signup or data submission
- A focused next step for MVP planning
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Your inputs
List your statuses
Enter one status per line as Status | type (start/in-progress/terminal-good/terminal-bad/blocked).
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How it works
Flag missing or duplicate roles
A workflow missing a terminal-bad state (like "Rejected" or "Cancelled") often traps items in limbo; multiple statuses claiming the same role signal ambiguity about what each one means.
Recommend a consistent color scheme
Statuses are mapped to a semantic color scheme — green family for terminal-good, red/orange for terminal-bad or blocked, neutral for in-progress — so the visual treatment matches meaning consistently.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a "blocked" status?
Only if your workflow genuinely has items that stall waiting on an external dependency — if nothing ever gets stuck, you can skip it without losing anything.
What if two statuses seem to mean almost the same thing?
The tool flags any duplicate role (e.g. two different "terminal-good" statuses) so you can decide whether to merge them or clarify the distinct meaning of each.
Should every status have its own color?
No — color should map to role, not to each individual status. Multiple in-progress statuses can share one neutral color family; only the terminal/blocked roles need distinct, meaningful colors.
How is this different from NotificationUX?
StatusCraft designs the status/label system itself; NotificationUX designs when and how users are alerted about status changes across in-app, email, and push channels.
How we compare
| Capability | MVPHub | Copying a project-management tool's status set | A generic Kanban board template |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checks your actual statuses for missing roles | ✓ | × | × |
| Flags ambiguous/duplicate statuses | ✓ | × | × |
| Recommends a semantic color scheme | ✓ | — | — |
| Instant, no design engagement required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MVPHub checks your workflow's own statuses against a consistent role framework. A copied status set or generic template may not fit your specific workflow's terminal states.