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wayfinding-breadcrumbs-and-context

Use this skill when designing the orientation chrome that tells users where they are — breadcrumbs, current-page indicators, page titles, header context, "you are here" markers, parent-link affordances. Trigger when designing a multi-level IA, when users complain "I lost track of where I was," when reviewing whether to add or remove a breadcrumb, or when picking between navigation patterns for hierarchical content. Sub-aspect of `wayfinding`; read that first.

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# Wayfinding: breadcrumbs and "you are here" context

The orientation stage of wayfinding is largely served by the chrome a user sees on every page: the breadcrumb at the top, the highlighted item in the nav, the page title, the URL pattern. Done well, this chrome is invisible (the user just knows where they are). Done poorly, it forces the user to actively reconstruct their location every time they look up.

## What "you are here" chrome must do

Three jobs, on every page:

1. **Confirm location.** Where am I in the IA right now?
2. **Show parents.** What contains this page? How did I get here?
3. **Offer escape.** How do I go back up the tree?

Each job has standard patterns; combining them produces a complete orientation system.