UX Microcopy Skill

How this skill behaves (read first)

This is a generative skill. Claude's default UX copy tends to be verbose, clever, or generic ("Oops! Something went wrong", "Submit", "Are you sure?"). Good microcopy is the opposite: plain, specific, and quietly helpful. The expressive part — tone — is context-dependent, so this skill gates:

1. Establish voice, audience, and the moment — tone that's right for a celebratory success state is wrong for a payment error.
2. Apply the always-true core — clarity, concision, action-orientation, consistency, and inclusive/accessible language hold for all copy.
3. Choose tone deliberately — pick the register for the brand and the specific moment; don't default to jokey or to robotic.

Then hand off to the audits: the companion ux-microcopy-audit, plus accessibility (copy that screen readers and all users can follow) and dark-patterns (copy must persuade honestly, never manipulate).

Step 0 — Establish context before writing