Information Architecture Audit

This skill enables AI agents to evaluate or design the information architecture (IA) of a website, app, or digital product: how content is structured, grouped, labeled, navigated, and searched so users can find and understand what they need.

IA is the structural backbone of UX. It differs from broader UX or UI work by focusing on the structure of information and the cognitive effort needed to move through it. It rests on the classic four-system model (Rosenfeld, Morville & Arango): organization, labeling, navigation, and search, informed by users, content, and context.

Combine with nielsen-heuristics-audit (recognition vs. recall, consistency) and cognitive-walkthrough (task-level findability), and follow with ui-design-review for visual treatment of navigation.

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill when:

• Users cannot find content, features, or products
• Planning a new site/app, a redesign, or a content migration
• Navigation menus are overloaded, inconsistent, or deeply nested
• Labels use internal jargon or inconsistent terminology
• Search returns poor results or filters/facets are confusing
• Content has grown organically and needs restructuring
• Preparing card sorting, tree testing, or sitemap work
• Reviewing a sitemap, navigation spec, or wireframes before build