About field-notes
A design-analysis skill that turns product observations into structured field notes. It is intended for product reviewers documenting specific design decisions, their effects, and one shortcoming.
Key features
- 01Structure product observations
- 02Describe intended experience
- 03Record three effective decisions
- 04Explain one shortcoming
- 05Summarize a design principle
Use cases
- 01Document a product review
- 02Build a design reference library
- 03Compare design decisions and their effects
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/field-notesin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEField Notes
The format for making taste observations legible.
How to use
/field-notesWrite a structured taste breakdown of a product in this conversation./field-notes <product>Analyze the specified product using the field notes format.
Constraints
Field Note Structure
- Product name, URL, date, category
- What it's trying to be (2-3 sentences. Not what it does. What experience it's trying to create.)
- Three things that work (specific decisions with principles behind them)
- One thing that doesn't (specific decision with reasoning and impact)
- The taste principle (one sentence: "This product demonstrates that...")
- Tags (principle-based tags for the reference library)
Writing Rules
- MUST be specific. Reference actual elements, sizes, and interactions.
- MUST connect every observation to a principle.
- MUST include at least one thing that doesn't work. No product is perfect.
- SHOULD be under 500 words. Concise analysis is harder and more useful than exhaustive analysis.
- NEVER write a field note about a product you haven't actually used.
Anti-Patterns
- Writing only about famous products everyone has already analyzed
- Describing what the product does instead of how it feels to use
- Listing features instead of evaluating decisions
- Being uniformly positive (honest analysis includes what falls short)
Comments
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