control-locus

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps you design AI-assisted and automated product behaviors that intentionally balance agency: when the system should act for the user versus when the user should direct the system.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Locus-of-control framing: Use internal locus when users must exercise judgment and external locus when automation is routine, low-stakes, and reversible.
• Design for visibility and trust: Ensure automated actions are visible (in-the-moment and/or via logs) so users can understand what changed and why.
• Calibrated control mechanics: Pick appropriate patterns such as suggestion-with-acceptance, confidence-gated automation, explicit invocation, and undo/review affordances.

Quick Start

Ask your AI assistant: “Design the UX for an AI feature that can either auto-apply changes or ask first, and recommend the correct locus of control with specific UI behaviors and edge cases.”