Agent skill

Wayfinding Navigation

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills

Design navigation and information architecture for cognitive accessibility.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Wayfinding Navigation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill wayfinding-navigation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills wayfinding-navigation --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/inclusive-design-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-accessibility/skills/wayfinding-navigation .claude/skills/wayfinding-navigation && 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
wayfinding-navigation
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~647 tokens
SKILL.md length
296 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
55
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design navigation and information architecture for cognitive accessibility.

  • Works in 3 steps: Where am I? → Where can I go? → How do I get back?
  • Reviewing navigation
  • SKILL.md covers Core Principle, Design Patterns, Assessment Checklist and Output Format
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Wayfinding Navigation is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills. Design navigation and information architecture for cognitive accessibility. Use when designing or reviewing navigation, site maps, page hierarchies, breadcrumbs, search, multi-step flows, or any structure where users need to find content and know where they are. Triggers on: users get lost, navigation, wayfinding, information architecture, breadcrumbs, findability, site map, confusing structure, where am I.

Its SKILL.md is about 650 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 Frontend & Design, covering UX design and Accessibility. The repository describes itself as: Inclusive design skills for AI coding agents — from cognitive accessibility to adaptive interfaces, inclusive research, and accessibility decision-making. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing navigation
  • Page hierarchies
  • Multi-step flows
  • Any structure where users need to find content and know where they are

Example prompts

  • “/wayfinding-navigation”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Where am I?
  2. Where can I go?
  3. How do I get back?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e0740f. 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

Wayfinding Navigation loads about 647 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 108 tokens; SKILL.md has 296 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~108
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~647

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/inclusive-design-skills at commit 6e0740f, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 296 words, ~647 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/wayfinding-navigation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
wayfinding-navigation
description
Design navigation and information architecture for cognitive accessibility. Use when designing or reviewing navigation, site maps, page hierarchies, breadcrumbs, search, multi-step flows, or any structure where users need to find content and know where they are. Triggers on: users get lost, navigation, wayfinding, information architecture, breadcrumbs, findability, site map, confusing structure, where am I.

Wayfinding and Navigation

Design navigation so that people with cognitive and memory difficulties can find content, understand where they are, and get back to where they were — without relying on memory.

Core Principle

Users should always be able to answer three questions instantly:

  1. Where am I?
  2. Where can I go?
  3. How do I get back?

If any answer requires more than 1 second of thought, the navigation has failed.

Design Patterns

Signpost Pattern
  • Breadcrumbs in hierarchies deeper than 2 levels
  • Step indicators in multi-step flows ("Step 2 of 4")
  • Active section highlighted in navigation
  • Page titles that match the link that brought the user here
Minimal Path Pattern
  • Important actions reachable in 1–2 clicks from any screen
  • Breadth over depth — flatten deep hierarchies
  • Shortcuts to frequently used content
  • "Back to [last meaningful location]" always available
Multiple Routes Pattern
  • Search AND browse AND shortcuts for all important content
  • Don't force a single path to any destination
  • "Jump to" links for long pages
  • Recently visited and frequently used sections accessible
Chunking Pattern
  • Break long content into headed sections (3–5 paragraphs each max)
  • Table of contents for pages longer than 3 screens
  • Progressive disclosure for detail
  • Group related form fields into labelled fieldsets

Assessment Checklist

  • Every page has a clear, descriptive title
  • Navigation is consistent across all pages (same position, same order)
  • Current location is always visually indicated
  • Breadcrumbs or back links are present in hierarchies
  • Multi-step flows show progress and allow backward movement
  • Search is available on every page
  • Important actions are reachable in 2 clicks or fewer
  • Headings describe content (not just categories)
  • Link text describes the destination (no "click here")

Output Format

When reviewing: identify navigation failures with specific locations and recommended fixes. When designing: present the information architecture with cognitive accessibility annotations.

© 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 cognitive-accessibility/skills/wayfinding-navigation of Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e0740f

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UI Automation Workflowsconorluddy/xclaude-plugin183—~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Wayfinding Navigation

What does Wayfinding Navigation do?

Design navigation and information architecture for cognitive accessibility. Wayfinding Navigation is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills. Design navigation and information architecture for cognitive accessibility.

When should I use Wayfinding Navigation?

Wayfinding Navigation fits situations like: reviewing navigation; page hierarchies; multi-step flows; any structure where users need to find content and know where they are.

How do I install Wayfinding Navigation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill wayfinding-navigation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cognitive-accessibility/skills/wayfinding-navigation in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills) into .claude/skills/wayfinding-navigation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Wayfinding Navigation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill wayfinding-navigation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cognitive-accessibility/skills/wayfinding-navigation in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills) into .agents/skills/wayfinding-navigation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Wayfinding Navigation 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/inclusive-design-skills --skill wayfinding-navigation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/wayfinding-navigation, .gemini/skills/wayfinding-navigation, .github/skills/wayfinding-navigation and .opencode/skills/wayfinding-navigation in your project.

What does Wayfinding Navigation need to run?

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

Does Wayfinding Navigation 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 Wayfinding Navigation 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 Wayfinding Navigation use?

Wayfinding Navigation 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 Wayfinding Navigation use?

About 647 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 Wayfinding Navigation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Wayfinding Navigation: Color Audit (rome-os/rome, 737 stars), Dont Make Me Think (luongnv89/skills, 131 stars), Super UI UX Design (syahiidkamil/Software-Engineer-AI-Agent-Atlas, 401 stars) and Design Critique (getcrew44/crew44, 356 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Wayfinding Navigation?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 55 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 9, 2026.

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