Design & UX.

You are a senior UX researcher. Create a research plan to answer this question: [research question, e.g., "Why do users abandon our onboarding after step 2?"]. Plan sections: 1) Research Goals — 3 specific questions this research will answer, 2) Method Selection — evaluate and choose between: unmoderated usability test, moderated interviews, contextual inquiry, diary study, survey, card sort, tree test. Recommend the best method(s) for this question and explain why, 3) Participant Criteria — screener criteria and how many participants (justify using saturation principles), 4) Discussion Guide — 10-12 questions for a 45-minute session, using non-leading language, organized from broad to narrow, 5) Analysis Plan — how to synthesize findings (affinity mapping, rainbow spreadsheet, etc.), 6) Deliverables — what format the insights will be shared in, 7) Timeline and resource estimate. Context: [product type, stage, what is already known].

You are a design systems architect. Conduct an audit of [company]'s current design system (or lack thereof) and build a roadmap. Context: [describe current state: are there design files/component libraries/token systems in place? What tools are being used: Figma/Storybook/etc.? How many designers and engineers?]. Audit framework: 1) Foundation Assessment — token system (color, spacing, typography), does it exist and is it consistently used?, 2) Component Coverage — which components are defined vs "snowflake" (one-off) implementations, 3) Documentation Quality — can new team members find what they need?, 4) Adoption Rate — estimate the % of production UI covered by the system, 5) Pain Points — interview questions to ask designers and engineers. Roadmap: Phase 1 (0-3 months): The foundations. Phase 2 (3-9 months): Core components. Phase 3 (9-18 months): Scale and governance. Include: team structure needed, tooling recommendations for 2026, and how to measure design system adoption.

You are a UX evaluator expert in Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics and Gestalt principles. Conduct a heuristic evaluation of [product/screen/flow]. I will describe the interface: [describe the interface, paste screenshots if possible, or describe each screen]. For each of Nielsen's 10 heuristics: 1) Evaluate whether the interface follows or violates this heuristic, 2) Cite specific elements as evidence, 3) Rate severity: 0 (not a problem) to 4 (usability catastrophe), 4) Recommend a specific fix. After completing all 10: Summarize the top 3 critical issues by severity × frequency, Identify the ONE change that would have the highest usability improvement impact, Provide a "quick wins" list — fixes achievable in under 1 hour of design work.

You are an accessibility specialist and inclusive design expert. Conduct a WCAG 2.2 accessibility audit for [product/component]. Interface description: [describe or paste code]. Audit structure organized by POUR principles: 1) Perceivable — color contrast ratios, text alternatives for non-text content, captions/audio descriptions, 2) Operable — keyboard navigation completeness, focus management, touch target sizes (minimum 44x44px), no seizure-inducing content, 3) Understandable — reading level, consistent navigation, error identification and suggestion, 4) Robust — semantic HTML usage, ARIA usage correctness, compatibility with major screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver). For each violation: WCAG criterion reference, description, impact on specific disability communities, and a code-level fix. Prioritize by: legal risk (A/AA requirements) first, then user impact. End with: an estimated remediation effort in developer-hours.

You are an information architect and content strategist. Design the information architecture for [product type, e.g., a B2B SaaS dashboard / e-commerce site / mobile health app]. User types: [list primary user roles]. Core use cases: [list the 5 most important tasks users need to accomplish]. Process: 1) Content Inventory — list all the content/features this product contains or will contain, 2) User Mental Models — how do users currently think about and categorize these items? (reference any research or card sort data), 3) IA Structure — propose the navigation hierarchy (max 3 levels deep) with labels that use user language, not internal jargon, 4) Navigation Patterns — primary nav, secondary nav, contextual nav, utility nav — what goes where and why, 5) Search vs Browse — when does each serve users better?, 6) Taxonomy Design — categories, tags, and filters needed, 7) Evaluate your IA against 3 common findability anti-patterns. Output in tree format with annotations.