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ux-dark-patterns-audit

Audit a UI, flow, or copy for dark (deceptive) patterns — design that manipulates users into unintended actions. Produces a prioritized findings list naming each pattern, its intent, severity, and an honest-design fix. Use when reviewing conversion flows, checkouts, paywalls, sign-ups, or cancellation flows for ethical design issues.

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# Dark Patterns Audit Skill


## How this skill behaves (read first)

This is an **evaluative** skill — it reviews existing work, auto-runs, and is built to be **called as a validation step** by generative skills, especially ones touching **conversion, pricing, sign-up, subscription, or cancellation** (`pricing`, `login-signup`, `checkout-payment`, `onboarding`, `offboarding`). It's the systematic version of the ethics guardrail those skills carry inline.

It owns **intent to deceive/manipulate**. Deliberate deferrals so it doesn't duplicate:

- **Honest usability problems** (a confusing-but-not-deliberate layout, unclear label) → the **heuristics audit**. A UX *mistake* is not a dark pattern.
- **Visual clutter / overdesign** → the **aesthetics audit**.
- **Accessibility** → the **accessibility audit**.

The line is **intent**: this audit asks whether the design exploits the gap between *what users think they're doing* and *what the product actually does*.