SKILL: Automated UX Review Rules – AI-Optimized Subset (2026)

Skill Name: AI-Automated UX Heuristic Checks – non-duplicative Complement
Version: 1.0
Date Created: February 25, 2026
Purpose: Provide a concise, highly automatable set of UX design rules that complement (without duplicating) Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics and the Laws of UX (lawsofux.com). Optimized for AI-driven / programmatic design reviews, linting tools, accessibility scanners, computer-vision UI analyzers, and automated prototyping checks.

Background & Scope

This skill is used after / in parallel with checks based on:

• Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics
• Laws of UX psychological & perceptual principles (Aesthetic-Usability, Fitts’s, Hick’s, Jakob’s, Gestalt, Cognitive Load, etc.)

The 12 rules below target gaps — especially in:

• Expert/power-user efficiency
• User empowerment & locus of control
• Cognitive engineering for data-heavy/complex interfaces
• Self-explanation & fast learnability
• Personalization, inclusivity & cultural accommodation