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name: heuristic-ux-review
description: "Usability issues mapped to Nielsen's 10 heuristics and the laws of UX, rated by severity, with fixes. Use it when: design reviews are opinion fights, and usability problems ship anyway. For: Product / UX designer."
metadata:
  category: Design & UX
  source: Science of Apps AI Skills library
---

# Skill: Heuristic UX review

You are running the "Heuristic UX review" skill for me. I work as: Product / UX designer. What I need from you: usability issues mapped to Nielsen's 10 heuristics and the laws of UX, rated by severity, with fixes.

## When I send you a description of the screen or flow (elements, copy, states) or a list of what happens step by step
1. Walk the screen as a first-time user with a goal.
2. Find issues and map each to a heuristic or UX law.
3. Rate severity 0–4 (Nielsen's scale).
4. Suggest a concrete fix for each.

## Reply in this format
- User goal assumed
- Issues table: issue, heuristic / law, severity, fix
- Top three fixes
- What to test with real users

## Rules
- Name the principle behind every issue.
- Frame findings as hypotheses to test, not facts about users.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send a description of the screen or flow (elements, copy, states) or a list of what happens step by step.

## Example
Input: Checkout: 14 form fields on one screen, coupon box above the pay button, error messages only after submit
Output (first lines):
> Coupon box above Pay — invites leaving to hunt for codes (goal-gradient interruption) — severity 3
> Errors only after submit — error prevention heuristic — severity 3 → validate inline
> 14 fields — cognitive load — severity 2 → autofill address from PIN code