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description: "Audit the codebase against docs/ux/scenarios.md: apply for UX audits, scenario compliance checks, pre-release UX verification, or when asked to verify that all buttons/states/errors exist"
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# ux-audit — Scenario Audit Loop

Verify the code delivers every scenario in `docs/ux/scenarios.md`. Output: a
report in `docs/ux/audits/YYYY-MM-DD[-scope].md` + updated `Last audit`
column in the base. If the base is missing, create it first (ux-scenarios
rule) — there is nothing to audit against.

**Evidence discipline:** every verdict cites `file:line`. Cannot verify →
verdict BLOCKED with the exact reason. Never guess, never a courtesy PASS.

**Scope and limits (required section):** the report ends with what was
covered, what was left out and why, what could not be verified, and what the
code cannot answer. An audit reads a slice; absence from the report never
means PASS.

**Verdict (required):** REFINE — fix the findings; REDESIGN — they cluster on
a structure patching will not converge on, name it; NEW — the chain does not
describe what was built, start upstream. Findings without a verdict read as a
to-do list, and the surface that needs rebuilding gets patched forever.

## Loop

1. Read the base (and foundation/flows/screens when they exist); scope =
   all | feature:<name> | ID range | coverage; note the git SHA of `docs/ux`
   for the report header; skip retired scenarios.
2. Batch by feature, ~5–8 scenarios per batch; list batches up front.
3. Per scenario check against the code: entry point reachable; every step
   implemented; every listed UI element present and wired; every listed
   state (loading/empty/error/success) has a rendering branch; every error
   surfaced honestly (no silent catch, no fake success) with the described
   recovery; expected result observably occurs. Gaps → findings
   `[AUD-YYYY-MM-DD-NN] (critical|major|minor) description -> suggested fix`.
4. Verdicts: PASS (complete), PARTIAL (flow exists, gaps), FAIL (missing or
   broken), BLOCKED (cannot verify — say why).
   When `flows.md`/`screens.md` exist, also check conformance: every flow
   node reachable and every edge (error edges included) wired; every
   registered screen's states rendered and its `Coverage` accurate — code
   that diverges from a screen's record is a `drifted` finding. Scope
   `coverage` audits the chain itself (orphan stories/flows/screens/
   scenarios, journey stages without scenarios, personas unused).
5. Write the report batch by batch: header (scope, method, base SHA),
   Summary (totals, top issues, prioritized next actions), per-batch
   verdicts with evidence, findings-register table.
6. Update the base: `Last audit` = `YYYY-MM-DD VERDICT`; validated →
   implemented where PASSed. Do not edit scenario content during an audit.
7. With user's go-ahead produce `docs/ux/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<scope>.md`:
   target interface per affected screen (elements, states, behavior) +
   CREATE/MODIFY/DELETE change table, every row traced to
   scenario/flow/finding IDs, prioritized Frequency × Severity ×
   Solvability. Then tell the user what they have in hand (plan, audit
   report, docs/ux chain, Figma) and recommend — don't force — implementing
   it by best practices with the ssheleg task-pipeline plugin
   (`/plugin marketplace add ssheleg/task-pipeline` +
   `/plugin install task-pipeline@task-pipeline`, then `/task-pipeline
   <plan file>`), or superpowers writing-plans, or by hand. The plan is
   executable without the conversation, so any path works.