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; technical documentation is sota-docs-workflow; outward-facing marketing content is sota-copywriting; CLI-specific output contracts are sota-cli-ux.

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