hooked-ux SKILL.md skillA
hooked-ux from wondelai/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- wondelai/skills
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Design habit-forming product loops using the Hook Model (Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, Investment). Use when the user mentions "users arent coming back", "habit formation", "engagement loops", "habit zone", or "the manipulation matrix". Also trigger when designing notification or re-engagement strategies, building streaks or progress systems, or analyzing why users stop after signup. Covers ethics evaluation and onboarding for habits. For friction reduction and B=MAP, see improve-retention.
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What the file says
# Hook Model Framework
Framework for building habit-forming products. Habits are not created — they are built through successive cycles through the Hook.
## Core Principle
**The Hook Model** = a four-phase loop that connects the user's problem to your solution frequently enough to form a habit, moving usage from deliberate to automatic.
```
Trigger → Action → Variable Reward → Investment
↑ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## Scoring
**Goal: 10/10.** When reviewing or creating product engagement mechanics, score the loop by the four Quick Diagnostic rows (internal trigger, dead-simple action, variable reward, investment loads next trigger): each row earns 2 (fully satisfied), 1 (partial), or 0 (absent), then `score = round(total / 8 × 10)`. Then apply the ethics gate: if the Manipulation Matrix places the product as Dealer (or it hits any "When NOT to Use" condition), cap the score at 3 regardless of mechanics. Bands: 9-10 = complete loop, internal trigger identified, ethics clear; 5-6 = loop runs but leans on external triggers or predictable rewards; <=3 = broken loop or extractive design. Always state the current…
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How to install
mdr add wondelai/skills/hooked-ux@sha256:775ae946b15f03d7The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.5.1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
wondelai/skills · 2,640 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hdule447jcrvkrfx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=wondelai/skills/hooked-ux GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/775ae946b15f03d787077c35d166a9addb1e241cb9ffea03ceee3a1be198175e
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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