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ux-microcopy

Write or improve UX microcopy — button labels, error and empty states, tooltips, form labels, notifications, and confirmations — so it's clear, concise, action-oriented, and on-voice. Trigger when asked to write microcopy, improve a button label or error message, write copy for a flow, or make interface copy clearer or friendlier.

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# UX Microcopy Skill


## How this skill behaves (read first)

This is a **generative** skill. Claude's default UX copy tends to be **verbose, clever, or generic** ("Oops! Something went wrong", "Submit", "Are you sure?"). Good microcopy is the opposite: plain, specific, and quietly helpful. The expressive part — *tone* — is context-dependent, so this skill gates:

1. **Establish voice, audience, and the moment** — tone that's right for a celebratory success state is wrong for a payment error.
2. **Apply the always-true core** — clarity, concision, action-orientation, consistency, and inclusive/accessible language hold for all copy.
3. **Choose tone deliberately** — pick the register for the brand and the specific moment; don't default to jokey or to robotic.

Then **hand off to the audits**: the companion `ux-microcopy-audit`, plus `accessibility` (copy that screen readers and all users can follow) and `dark-patterns` (copy must persuade honestly, never manipulate).

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