UX Audit Skill

Degree of freedom: MIXED — Steps 0, 2–5 [HIGH freedom]; Step 1 research JSON and every playwright step [LOW freedom — run exactly]. Read protocol-browser-anti-stall before any browser interaction.

How to reason

1. Observe — quote the screenshot, copy, or code line
2. Interpret — what does this do to the human in this moment of the pipeline?
3. Classify — heuristic fail / law violation / microcopy / correct-as-is
4. Severity — blocks the success moment = P0; recoverable friction = P1; nit = P2

Worked example