Walkthrough

Announce at start: "I'm using the humane:walkthrough skill to attempt this task as the person who has it."

Inspection asks whether an interface obeys principles. Reaction asks how words land. Neither asks the question that decides whether the product works: can this person, with this goal, get through?

A walkthrough answers that by attempting the task — one concrete task, one concrete person, one step at a time — and recording exactly where the attempt would break.

When to invoke — and when not

Reach for this when you have a task and something to attempt it on.