ux-coaching

Coach UX practitioners through problem framing, design critiques, and stakeholder advocacy conversations.

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One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core --skill ux-coaching
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Skill: ux-coaching
Source: https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/tree/main/.github/skills/design-thinking/ux-coaching
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core --skill ux-coaching

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

UX practitioners often need to think through a live task—framing the real problem, running a design critique, or persuading a skeptical stakeholder—without someone handing them a premature answer. This Skill coaches one UX moment at a time through focused questions, keeping evidence, assumptions, and unresolved questions clearly separated.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Three Coaching Moments: Enter problem-framing, critique, or stakeholder-advocacy directly, each grounded in openly licensed sources (GOV.UK Service Manual, Microsoft ISE Engineering Playbook) with honest statements of where that grounding ends.
  • Evidence Discipline: Every claim is tracked as evidence, assumption, or unresolved question, and assumptions are never silently promoted to evidence.
  • Resumable State: Session state is persisted per project slug in .copilot-tracking/ux-coaching/, so a practitioner can leave and resume a named moment instance without re-establishing context.
  • Use Case: A designer about to present a checkout flow to a skeptical product manager uses the stakeholder-advocacy moment to identify the real objection, inventory evidence at its true strength, and choose a concrete next action.

Quick Start

Ask the coach to help you frame the real problem behind a proposed checkout redesign before any solution work begins.

Frequently Asked Questions about ux-coaching

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I get coaching on framing a UX problem before designing?

Start the problem-framing moment by describing your task, even if it arrives as a proposed solution. The coach asks one focused question per turn to uncover the current experience, user needs, and assumptions, stopping when you can state the problem without naming a solution.

How do I run a design critique that surfaces real issues?

Use the critique moment to prepare a review session. It coaches you to define the decision the critique informs, choose reviewers deliberately, separate observations from interpretations and preferences, and assign owners to every action.

Can this skill help convince a skeptical stakeholder?

Yes, the stakeholder-advocacy moment helps you build an honest, evidence-backed case aimed at the skeptic's real concern. It does not promise persuasion and will tell you plainly when the evidence does not support the case.

Does the coaching skill generate slides or design artifacts?

No. The skill produces only a plain-text markdown output and a state file. It may name a downstream capability such as powerpoint once an eligible output exists, but it never renders decks, cards, or images itself.

Can I resume a previous UX coaching session?

Yes. State is stored per project slug at .copilot-tracking/ux-coaching/{project-slug}/state.yaml. On return, the coach offers open or parked instances related to your subject and resumes from the recorded summary, evidence, and unresolved questions.