sota-ux-writing SKILL.md skillA
sota-ux-writing from martinholovsky/sota-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add martinholovsky/sota-skills/sota-ux-writing@git:20261024.8dd2b0aPins git:20261024.8dd2b0a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- martinholovsky/sota-skills
- Path
skills/sota-ux-writing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261024.8dd2b0a, committed Oct 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 2, 2026
- Size
- 8,558 bytes
- Repository stars
- 26
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
State-of-the-art UX writing and product-copy guidance (2026) covering voice and tone systems, plain language (ISO 24495-1), microcopy (buttons, labels, empty states, onboarding, notifications), error and feedback message craft, and the accessibility and localization of interface language (WCAG 2.2 language criteria, alt text, ICU pluralization, i18n-safe strings). Use when writing or reviewing ANY user-facing interface text — web, mobile, desktop, or CLI products — AND when auditing existing…
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
# SOTA UX Writing & Product Copy ## Purpose Expert-level rules for the *words inside the product*: labels, buttons, errors, empty states, onboarding, notifications, and every other string a user reads while trying to get something done. The core thesis: **interface text is functional infrastructure, not decoration — a user reads it under task pressure, often in a second language, often through a screen reader, and every word either moves them forward or costs them a support ticket.** Boundaries: this skill owns the *language*. The UX *patterns* the language lives in (when to show an empty state, validation timing, dialog escalation) are [`sota-frontend-design` rules/04](../sota-frontend-design/rules/04-ux-patterns.md); technical documentation is [`sota-docs-workflow`](../sota-docs-workflow/SKILL.md); outward-facing marketing content is [`sota-copywriting`](../sota-copywriting/SKILL.md); CLI-specific output contracts are [`sota-cli-ux`](../sota-cli-ux/SKILL.md). ## BUILD mode When writing or changing interface text: 1. **Write the unhappy paths first** — errors, empty states, and confirmations …
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How to install
mdr add martinholovsky/sota-skills/sota-ux-writing@sha256:1c70e8aa79f0522eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.8dd2b0a, 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 4 versions of this file, between Jul 2, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 38 days.
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| git:20261024.8dd2b0a latest | 2026-10-24 | 8dd2b0a | 8,558 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.ae1b29b | 2026-10-12 | ae1b29b | 8,317 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260927.fe83fea | 2026-09-27 | fe83fea | 7,330 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260702.7b66209 | 2026-07-02 | 7b66209 | 7,334 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
martinholovsky/sota-skills · 26 stars · license CC-BY-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xorvhyok3fclyfn5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=martinholovsky/sota-skills/sota-ux-writing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1c70e8aa79f0522e33652fbadc6a43d850e832fc797de29138682449ea51ff34
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