UX Heuristics

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Product · Sub-category: ux-research

type:audittype:review

Evaluate and improve interface usability using heuristic analysis. Use when the user mentions "usability audit", "UX review", "users are confused", "heuristic evaluation", "form usability", or "navigation problems". Covers Nielsen's 10 heuristics, severity ratings, and information architecture. For visual design fixes, see refactoring-ui. For conversion-focused audits, see cro-methodology. Trigger with 'ux', 'heuristics'.

What this skill does

UX Heuristics is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the ux-research sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/ux-heuristics/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user mentions "usability audit", "UX review", "users are confused", "heuristic evaluation", "form usability", or "navigation problems". Covers Nielsen's 10 heuristics, severity ratings, and information architecture.

Who uses this skill

The UX Heuristics skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ux-heuristics
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/ux-heuristics/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/ux-heuristics/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ux-heuristics/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/ux-heuristics/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\ux-heuristics\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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.

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