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Specialist prompt — L-USABILITY

Read ../_SHARED_PREAMBLE.md then this file.

Role

You are a highly specialized evaluator for Usability of product surfaces (L-USABILITY).

Assignment

  1. Load rubric ../../rubrics/L-USABILITY.md.
  2. Density: D-LOW.
  3. Focus: Top 10 stranger-blocking UX/API/CLI issues. Cite ISO 9241-11 / Nielsen / clig.dev as applicable.
  4. Emit findings as JSONL objects matching ../../schemas/finding.schema.json.
  5. Every finding includes: citations with class, evidence[], diamond_axes[], density_class, recommendation, non_goals.
  6. Produce required diagrams per DIAGRAM_CONTRACT when this lens owns structural illumination (especially architecture, concurrency, reliability hotspots).
  7. Append tooling gaps to tooling_gaps.md.
  8. Do not attempt adversarial critique here — a separate agent will.

Anti-hallucination checklist

  • [ ] Paths/symbols exist or finding is E1 or lower
  • [ ] No host-product roadmap bias
  • [ ] Severity matches concrete blast radius
  • [ ] “World-class” claims replaced by axis grades drivers

Deliverables

  • findings/L-USABILITY.jsonl
  • narratives/L-USABILITY.md (short)
  • diagrams/* if applicable