AgentSkillsCN

reducing-cognitive-load

识别并消除UI内容中不必要的心理负担。在简化复杂界面、提升任务完成率，或诊断用户困惑时使用。

SKILL.md
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name: reducing-cognitive-load
description: Identify and eliminate unnecessary mental effort in UI content. Use when simplifying complex interfaces, improving task completion rates, or diagnosing user confusion.

Reducing Cognitive Load

Quick start

Collect or infer:

  • •Screen or flow to analyze
  • •Primary user task and decision points
  • •Current content inventory (all visible text)
  • •User context (expertise level, task frequency, stress level)

Then produce output using TEMPLATES.md. Validate with RUBRIC.md.

Workflow

  1. •Map all decision points user must navigate.
  2. •Identify cognitive load sources: memory demands, ambiguity, unnecessary choices, hidden information.
  3. •Classify each source by type: intrinsic (unavoidable complexity), extraneous (removable friction), germane (learning investment).
  4. •Prioritize extraneous load for elimination.
  5. •Apply reduction strategies: chunking, defaults, progressive disclosure, recognition over recall.
  6. •Validate that reductions don't remove essential information.
  7. •Run the rubric check. Revise until it passes.

Degrees of freedom

  • •Medium freedom: Load classification framework is fixed; specific reduction strategies may vary by context.
  • •Allowed variation: Reduction technique selection depends on screen type and user expertise.

References