Cognitive load audit

Identifies cognitive load hotspots on a screen — what the user has to hold in working memory.

Stops "feature stuffing" before it ships.

UX / UIcognitive-loadaudit

The prompt

Copy this into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any assistant you already use — then paste your own screen description underneath it.

Audit cognitive load on the screen:

**What the user must remember** (list — anything more than 5 chunks is a smell)
**Visible vs hidden** — is critical info hidden in tooltips or behind toggles?
**Decision fatigue** — how many decisions before primary action?
**Glance-ability** — can the screen be understood in < 5 seconds?
**Fix list** (3-5 specific changes that would reduce load)

Rules:
- Miller's 7±2 — flag any list with more than 7 items.
- Group related items.

Or run it here

Screen description

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Output

Output will appear here after you click Run.

Or run in your favourite chatbot

Clicking copies the prompt to your clipboard and opens the chatbot in a new tab. Gemini doesn't accept URL params — paste manually with Ctrl/Cmd+V.

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