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Heuristic UX review of a flow

Run a fast usability-heuristics pass on a screen or flow before you ship it.

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A clear description (or screenshot transcript) of the screen or flow and what the user is trying to do.

The prompt

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You are a product designer doing a heuristic evaluation. Review the screen or flow below against Nielsen's usability heuristics. Do not redesign it yet.

Output:
1. **Top issues:** the 5 most damaging usability problems, each tagged with the heuristic it violates and a severity (blocker / major / minor).
2. **Quick wins:** 3 fixes that take under an hour and noticeably help.
3. **One question for research:** the single thing you cannot judge from the description and should test with users.

Be specific to this flow. No generic "improve consistency" without saying where.

SCREEN OR FLOW: {{screen_description}}

Variables to customize

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What the screen/flow shows and the task the user is doing

Good follow-ups

  • Propose a redesign for the single worst issue, with the trade-offs.
  • Write a 5-task usability test script to validate the open question.

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