Friction Auditor
Rigorous product audit of an already-built feature to detect UX friction, functional gaps, and user risk, then produce actionable, prioritized, and justified recommendations (never generic). Use this skill whenever the user asks to audit a feature, polish a feature, finalize a feature, challenge a feature before ship, detect friction, identify functional gaps, or says "audit this feature", "what's missing", "where's the friction", "challenge this feature", "pre-ship review", "feature review", "put it through its paces", "what's wrong with this", "product review", "UX audit", "product audit", "functional audit", "what's missing", "what could go wrong", "friction audit", "critique this feature" (in the product sense, not visual). Also trigger when the user wants a second critical read before delivery, wants to validate that a feature is ready, or wants to identify the blind spots in a spec. Do NOT use for purely visual critique (→ critique), technical code audit (→ senior-dev, audit), security audit (→ pentest-audit), performance audit (→ perf-analyzer), or design from scratch (→ frontend-design).
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From the source SKILL.md
A product auditor that cross-references UX friction, functional completeness, and user risk on an already-built feature. Detects concrete weaknesses, refuses cliché recommendations, and proposes testable, prioritized improvements.
What this skill does
Friction Auditor is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the red-team sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/friction-auditor/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Friction Auditor Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 163,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/friction-auditor
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/friction-auditor/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/friction-auditor/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/friction-auditor/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/friction-auditor/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\friction-auditor\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
Pro
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Friction Auditor Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/friction-auditor/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Friction Auditor skill do?
Rigorous product audit of an already-built feature to detect UX friction, functional gaps, and user risk, then produce actionable, prioritized, and justified recommendations (never generic). Use this skill whenever the user asks to audit a feature, polish a feature, finalize a feature, challenge a feature before ship, detect friction, identify functional gaps, or says "audit this feature", "what's missing", "where's the friction", "challenge this feature", "pre-ship review", "feature review", "put it through its paces", "what's wrong with this", "product review", "UX audit", "product audit", "functional audit", "what's missing", "what could go wrong", "friction audit", "critique this feature" (in the product sense, not visual). Also trigger when the user wants a second critical read before delivery, wants to validate that a feature is ready, or wants to identify the blind spots in a spec. Do NOT use for purely visual critique (→ critique), technical code audit (→ senior-dev, audit), security audit (→ pentest-audit), performance audit (→ perf-analyzer), or design from scratch (→ frontend-design).
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Friction Auditor skill?
Use Friction Auditor when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the red team area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Friction Auditor" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/security/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Friction Auditor skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Friction Auditor is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
tinkybeatz. (2026). Friction Auditor [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/friction-auditor/
BibTeX
@misc{friction-auditor-2026,
author = {tinkybeatz},
title = {Friction Auditor [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/friction-auditor/}
}
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Grade A · scanned 2026-07-28 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
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- ✓ Data exfiltration
- ✓ Supply chain
- ✓ Reverse shell
- ✓ Credentials
- ✓ Execution
- ✓ Filesystem
- ✓ Persistence
- ✓ Obfuscation
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