What problem does it solve?
This skill eliminates guesswork in developer onboarding by actually testing getting started flows, timing tasks, and capturing real error states instead of relying on assumptions about what works for developers.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Live DX testing: Uses the browse tool to navigate documentation, run the getting started flow, and measure time-to-hello-world (TTHW) for real-world validation.
- Evidence-based scorecards: Captures screenshots of error messages, evaluates CLI help text clarity, and produces a structured DX scorecard with concrete evidence of friction points.
- Benchmarking: Compares current DX results against past /plan-devex-review scores to track improvement over time, like catching when a planned 3-minute onboarding flow actually takes 8 minutes.
- Use Case: Teams shipping developer-facing tools, APIs, or libraries can run this skill after releasing new features to catch onboarding issues before they cause developer churn.
Quick Start
Use the devex-review skill to audit the getting started flow for the current project and produce a DX scorecard with evidence of any friction points.