Can I use this for mobile app design?

Yes, the principles covered—such as Cognitive Load and Jakob's Law—are universal and apply to web, mobile, and desktop interface design.

What is the UX Design Principles skill?

It is a specialized capability for Claude Code that provides psychological frameworks and best practices to help developers make better UX and design decisions.

Does this skill provide actual UI components?

This skill focuses on the logic and theory behind design decisions. For specific implementation patterns like colors or spacing, it is designed to work alongside related skills like ux-color-system or ux-spacing-layout.

How can it help reduce user frustration?

By applying principles like Postel's Law for input tolerance and the Peak-End Rule for experience design, it helps identify and fix friction points in user journeys.

UX Design Principles

Name: UX Design Principles
Author: matthewharwood

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Design Tools

Applies cognitive psychology and user experience principles to guide product design decisions and interface architecture.

The UX Design Principles skill transforms Claude into a senior product strategist by applying established cognitive psychology laws to software development. It provides specific guidance on optimizing choice architecture, reducing cognitive load, and aligning interfaces with user mental models. By leveraging principles such as Hick's Law, Jakob's Law, and the Peak-End Rule, this skill helps developers and designers build more intuitive products that reduce user friction and increase engagement. It serves as a decision-making framework for planning features, structuring navigation, and handling complex user journeys.

Key Features

01Cognitive load reduction through information chunking and Tesler's Law

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03User expectation alignment leveraging Jakob's Law and existing mental models

04Progress and motivation tracking using the Goal-Gradient and Zeigarnik Effects

05Choice architecture optimization using Hick's Law and Choice Overload mitigation

06Attention guidance via the Von Restorff Effect and Selective Attention strategies

Use Cases

01Conducting design audits to identify and resolve high cognitive load or poor visual hierarchy

02Simplifying complex feature sets and navigation menus to prevent decision paralysis

03Designing high-completion onboarding flows and multi-step forms

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add matthewharwood/fantasy-phonics ux-design-principles

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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