What problem does it solve?
Removes unnecessary complexity from product and interface designs to reveal the essential elements that let users accomplish their primary goal quickly and with less cognitive load. It helps teams declutter UIs, improve hierarchy, and reduce feature noise while preserving necessary functionality and accessibility.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Assess current state: Identify sources of complexity such as redundant controls, excessive variations, information overload, and unclear hierarchy.
- Plan and prioritize: Define the single core purpose, essential elements, progressive disclosure, and consolidation opportunities.
- Systematic simplification: Apply changes across information architecture, visual design, layout, interaction, content, and code while preserving accessibility and necessary features.
- Verification and documentation: Validate faster task completion, reduced cognitive load, and preserved functionality, and record what was removed and why.
- Use Case: Simplify a crowded dashboard by selecting one primary CTA, hiding secondary tools behind progressive disclosure, and consolidating duplicate actions into a single streamlined workflow.
Quick Start
Use the distill skill to simplify the main dashboard by prioritizing the core user goal, removing redundant controls, and proposing a minimal hierarchy.