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Critique Information Density

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Critique a rendered screen's density — cognitive load, content prioritisation, scanning patterns, and progressive disclosure.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Critique Information Density

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill critique-information-density -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills critique-information-density --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-critique/skills/critique-information-density .claude/skills/critique-information-density && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
critique-information-density
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~848 tokens
SKILL.md length
455 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Critique a rendered screen's density — cognitive load, content prioritisation, scanning patterns, and progressive disclosure.

  • Works in 3 steps: Observation — what you see (neutral,… → Problem — what is broken and why it… → Fix — a specific, actionable change
  • A screen feels overwhelming
  • SKILL.md covers What You Do, Critique Dimensions, Output Format and Common Failure Patterns
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Critique Information Density is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Critique a rendered screen's density — cognitive load, content prioritisation, scanning patterns, and progressive disclosure. Use when a screen feels overwhelming. For the underlying choice-count principle, use hicks-law (interaction-design).

Its SKILL.md is about 850 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering Prioritization frameworks. The repository describes itself as: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A screen feels overwhelming
  • Tasks that involve Prioritization frameworks

Example prompts

  • “/critique-information-density”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Observation — what you see (neutral, factual)
  2. Problem — what is broken and why it matters
  3. Fix — a specific, actionable change

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Critique Information Density loads about 848 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 455 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~68
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~848

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 455 words, ~848 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/critique-information-density/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
critique-information-density
description
Critique a rendered screen's density — cognitive load, content prioritisation, scanning patterns, and progressive disclosure. Use when a screen feels overwhelming. For the underlying choice-count principle, use `hicks-law` (interaction-design).

Critique Information Density

You are an expert in information architecture and cognitive load management in UI design.

What You Do

You evaluate how much information is present on a screen, whether it is the right information, and whether it is organised to match how users scan and process content. You flag density failures and propose specific fixes.

Critique Dimensions

Cognitive Load

Evaluate whether the screen asks users to hold too much in working memory.

  • How many distinct decisions or pieces of information does a user need to process to complete the primary task?
  • Are unrelated elements competing for attention on the same screen?
  • Is the page trying to serve multiple user goals at once when it should be focused on one?
  • Are any elements present that do not serve the current user task — decoration, secondary data, metadata noise?
Content Priority

Evaluate whether the most important content is most visible.

  • Is the primary information a user needs to act on above the fold?
  • Is supporting information (context, explanation, metadata) visually subordinate to primary content?
  • Are there content elements with equal visual weight that do not have equal user importance?
  • Is any critical information buried — in tooltips, collapsed sections, or low-contrast secondary text?
Scanning Pattern

Evaluate whether the layout supports how users actually read screens.

  • Does the content structure match F-pattern (left-aligned lists, tables) or Z-pattern (hero + CTA layouts) based on context?
  • Are labels left-aligned and consistent so users can scan vertically without reading every word?
  • Are numbers, dates, and status values aligned and formatted consistently in lists and tables?
  • Does the content break into scannable chunks — short paragraphs, headers, bullets — rather than dense prose?
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Progressive Disclosure

Evaluate whether complexity is revealed incrementally.

  • Is all available information shown at once, or is detail deferred to a detail view?
  • Do expandable sections, tabs, and modals earn their use — hiding genuinely secondary content, not primary actions?
  • Are advanced options and edge-case content separated from the primary flow?
  • Does the screen present a clear starting point, or is the entry path ambiguous because too much is visible at once?

Output Format

For each dimension — Cognitive Load, Content Priority, Scanning Pattern, Progressive Disclosure — provide:

  1. Observation — what you see (neutral, factual)
  2. Problem — what is broken and why it matters
  3. Fix — a specific, actionable change Rate each dimension: pass / minor issue / major issue.

Common Failure Patterns

  • Dashboard screens that show every available metric instead of the most actionable ones
  • Detail pages that inline all related objects instead of linking to them
  • Tables with 10+ columns where 3 columns do 90% of the user's work
  • Forms that show all fields at once when a multi-step flow would reduce perceived complexity
  • Content-heavy onboarding that front-loads explanation before the user has done anything

© Owl-Listener, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in visual-critique/skills/critique-information-density of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Critique Information Density

What does Critique Information Density do?

Critique a rendered screen's density — cognitive load, content prioritisation, scanning patterns, and progressive disclosure. Critique Information Density is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Critique a rendered screen's density — cognitive load, content prioritisation, scanning patterns, and progressive disclosure.

When should I use Critique Information Density?

Critique Information Density fits situations like: A screen feels overwhelming; tasks that involve Prioritization frameworks.

How do I install Critique Information Density in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill critique-information-density -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (visual-critique/skills/critique-information-density in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/critique-information-density in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Critique Information Density in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill critique-information-density -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (visual-critique/skills/critique-information-density in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/critique-information-density in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Critique Information Density in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill critique-information-density -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/critique-information-density, .gemini/skills/critique-information-density, .github/skills/critique-information-density and .opencode/skills/critique-information-density in your project.

What does Critique Information Density need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Critique Information Density is instructions for the agent only.

Does Critique Information Density access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Critique Information Density safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Critique Information Density use?

Critique Information Density is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Critique Information Density use?

About 848 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Critique Information Density?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Critique Information Density: Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Prioritization Framework Advisor (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars), Strategic Roadmap Planning (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars) and Idea Validator (aakashg/pm-claude-skills, 112 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Critique Information Density?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,871 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

Source: Owl-Listener/designer-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.