ux-heuristics SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 3 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
ux-heuristics from wondelai/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add wondelai/skills/ux-heuristics@v1.6.0Pins v1.6.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- wondelai/skills
- Path
ux-heuristics/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.6.0, committed Jun 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 22, 2026
- Size
- 16,518 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,640
- License
- MIT
Evaluate and improve interface usability using heuristic analysis. Use when the user mentions "usability audit", "users are confused", "form usability", "navigation problems", "Nielsen heuristics", "cognitive walkthrough", or "is this easy to use". Also trigger when reviewing a design for usability issues, improving form-completion rates, or evaluating information architecture and navigation. Covers Krug''s laws, Nielsen''s 10 heuristics, severity ratings, dark-pattern recognition, and…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# UX Heuristics Framework Practical usability principles for evaluating and improving user interfaces. Users don't read, they scan; they don't make optimal choices, they satisfice; they don't figure out how things work, they muddle through. ## Core Principle **"Don't Make Me Think"** — every page should be self-evident. If something requires thinking, it's a usability problem. Users have limited patience and cognitive bandwidth, so design for the scanning, satisficing, and muddling-through behavior described above. ## Scoring **Goal: 10/10.** Audit the interface, rate every issue on the severity scale below, then score the interface from its Quick Diagnostic results: start at 10 and subtract per failed diagnostic row, weighted by the worst severity it triggers (catastrophic/major rows cost ~2, minor/cosmetic ~1). Bands: **9-10** = no severity-3+ issues and ≤1 failed diagnostic row; **6-8** = some major issues or several failed rows; **3-5** = a catastrophic issue or many failed rows; **≤2** = core tasks blocked. Always state the current score, the highest-severity issues, and the specific fixes needed to reach 10/10. ## Krug's Usability Principles …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add wondelai/skills/ux-heuristics@sha256:cb1ea3de8b6e6056The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.6.0, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Feb 22, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026, about one every 32 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.6.0 latest | 2026-06-30 | 0dea03f | 16,518 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.5.0 | 2026-06-24 | 5356d12 | 16,178 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.0 | 2026-06-10 | 968c871 | 16,096 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0 | 2026-04-05 | 4d32253 | 19,742 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.2.1 | 2026-02-22 | ba37181 | 19,529 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (16518 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
wondelai/skills · 2,640 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xcnqyudzc4pr35kk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=wondelai/skills/ux-heuristics GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cb1ea3de8b6e605614cc59b21d41830d2d82af22e51069bb4c5bb53790cd622b
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.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.