/skills/nielsen-heuristics

Nielsen heuristics

Run a formal usability inspection with a consistent rubric, severity, and evidence locator for every finding.

Which familiar usability failures are present here?

Test

A narrow job with a visible boundary

Use it on screenshots, live URLs, code, written interface descriptions, or specifications when a disciplined inspection is useful.

Input

An interface artifact and the observable scope available to the reviewer.

Outputs

  • Findings mapped to Nielsen's ten heuristics
  • Severity and evidence location
  • Explicit verification limits

Boundary

The review stays within observable evidence. Accessibility and product strategy outside the heuristic scope are marked not reviewed.

Invocation

humane:nielsen-heuristics

See the decision change

H1 Visibility of system status, severity 3: after upload, the action disables without progress or completion status. Evidence: upload panel after activation.

A feeling becomes a located, scoped usability finding.

1 / 2
  1. Vague finding

    The flow feels confusing.

    H1 Visibility of system status, severity 3: after upload, the action disables without progress or completion status. Evidence: upload panel after activation.

  2. Missing evidence

    Users will not understand this icon.

    Not verified from the screenshot alone. Inspect the accessible name, tooltip, surrounding copy, and task context before filing a finding.

Run the skill by name

Install the Humane pack once, then name this skill when the task reaches its boundary.

humane:nielsen-heuristics