Design & UX

UX Heuristics

Name: Don’t Make Me Think
Author: Steve Krug & Jakob Nielsen
ISBN: 0321965515

Usability evaluation and principles

Evaluate and improve usability using Nielsen's heuristics and Krug's "Don't Make Me Think" principles. This skill gives your AI agent a systematic framework for finding and fixing UX problems before users encounter them.

Don’t Make Me Think

by Steve Krug & Jakob Nielsen

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npx skills add wondelai/skills/ux-heuristics

Key Concepts

What your agent learns

Visibility of System Status

Always keep users informed about what's going on through timely feedback.

Recognition over Recall

Minimize memory load by making options, actions, and information visible or easily retrievable.

Error Prevention

Design to prevent problems from occurring rather than relying on error messages after the fact.

Consistency & Standards

Follow platform conventions and maintain internal consistency throughout the interface.

The Trunk Test

Every page should clearly answer: Where am I? What are my options? How did I get here?

About the Author

Steve Krug & Jakob Nielsen

Pioneering usability experts and co-founders of modern UX

Steve Krug is a usability consultant whose book "Don't Make Me Think" became the definitive guide to web usability. Jakob Nielsen co-founded Nielsen Norman Group and developed the 10 usability heuristics used industry-wide.

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Example Prompts

Try these with the skill installed

Run a heuristic evaluation on my checkout flow using ux-heuristics skill

UX audit

Identify usability issues on this dashboard page using ux-heuristics skill

Usability review

Simplify this navigation so users don't have to think using ux-heuristics skill

Information architecture

Add better error prevention to my form validation using ux-heuristics skill

Error handling

Install UX Heuristics

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