---
title: "Without the facade — Onboarding for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Skip the facade: inject OnboardingManager for the same API without static calls. The package has no action classes."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/onboarding-for-laravel/without-facade
language: en
---

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# Without the facade

The facade is the recommended default, not a requirement. The facade root, RoundlyConsulting\\Onboarding\\OnboardingManager, is a container singleton — inject it through the constructor for exactly the same API, as an explicit dependency with no static calls:

```php
use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use RoundlyConsulting\Onboarding\OnboardingManager;

final class OnboardingController
{
    public function __construct(private OnboardingManager $onboarding) {}

    public function show(Request $request): JsonResponse
    {
        return response()->json($this->onboarding->for($request->user())?->toData());
    }

    public function dismiss(Request $request, string $step): RedirectResponse
    {
        $this->onboarding->for($request->user())?->dismiss($step);

        return back();
    }
}
```

Onboarding::fake() swaps the container binding as well as the facade, so an injected OnboardingManager gets the fake too.

## No action classes

Unlike most Roundly packages, Onboarding ships no actions to compose: flows and steps are declarative, and the manager registers, resolves and persists them. The facade and the injected manager are the two entry points.

## Manager methods

| Method | Returns | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `register($key, $flow = null) / flow(string $key)` | `OnboardingManager / Flow` | Register a flow (steps array, Flow or class) / start one fluently. |
| `for($subject, ?string $key = null)` | `?Flow` | A copy of the subject’s flow, bound to it. |
| `find(string $key, ?Flow $default = null)` | `?Flow` | The registered definition. |
| `has() / all() / forget() / flush()` | `—` | Inspect and edit the registry. |
| `resolveUsing(Closure) / resolveFor($subject, ?string $fallback = null)` | `OnboardingManager / ?Flow` | Pick the flow per subject. |
| `useStore(OnboardingStore\|string $store)` | `OnboardingManager` | Configure persistence. |
| `store() / hasStore()` | `?OnboardingStore / bool` | The store in use. |

dismissStep(Flow $flow, string $step) is public but @internal — the single path every dismissal takes, so the fake sees them all. Dismiss through Flow::dismiss() or $user->dismissOnboardingStep() instead.

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