information-architecture

Start by identifying what users need to find or do, ranked by frequency, then define a site map with URL patterns, a navigation model, and per-page content hierarchy. This Skill guides that process through a structured interview and produces a complete IA document.

An IA document should include a hierarchical site map with URLs, primary and secondary navigation models, content priority per page, critical user flows with decision points, naming conventions, a component reuse map, a content growth plan, and URL construction rules.

Yes. The Skill inspects existing routing such as the Next.js app or pages directory, navigation components, layouts, and URL patterns, then extends and improves the current structure rather than proposing an architecture that ignores what is already built.

Define IA after the design brief is written and before tasks or visual design begin. It sits between the brief and the build, ensuring structural decisions about navigation, content, and flows are settled before implementation starts.

A sitemap alone misses navigation behavior, content priority, user flow decision points, and growth planning. This Skill covers those gaps with dedicated sections for navigation models, content hierarchy, flows, naming conventions, and content growth strategies.