hooked-ux
hooked ux
What it does
- Map your product to the specific negative emotion it resolves (boredom, loneliness, confusion, FOMO)
- Effective external triggers are well-timed, actionable, and lead to the simplest possible next action
- If users still need external prompts after ~30 days, no internal trigger has formed
- "Don't miss what happened while you were away" (FOMO trigger)
- "Your friend just..." (social trigger bridging to internal)
- "Pick up where you left off" (routine trigger)
- Six elements of simplicity: time, money, physical effort, brain cycles, social deviance, non-routine
Requirements & configuration
- If users still need external prompts after ~30 days, no internal trigger has formed
- | High Perceived Value | Viable product (needs ads/marketing) | HABIT ZONE |
- Ask: how often do users need to engage, what's the perceived value of each engagement, and is frequency high enough to form automatic behavior?
- Ask: would I use this myself? Does it genuinely help users achieve their goals? Am I exploiting vulnerabilities or serving needs?
- The business model depends on user regret
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
hooked-ux FAQ
What does the hooked-ux skill do?
Design habit-forming product loops using the Hook Model (Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, Investment). Use when the user mentions "users arent coming back", "habit formation", "engagement loops", "habit zone", or "the manipulation matrix". Also trigger when designing notification or re-engagement strategies, building streaks or progress systems, or analyzing why users stop after signup. Covers ethics evaluation and onboarding for habits. For friction reduction and B=MAP, see improve-retention. For viral sharing, see contagious. Map your product to the specific negative emotion it resolves (boredom, loneliness, confusion, FOMO) Effective external triggers are well-timed, actionable, and lead to the simplest possible next action
What does hooked-ux require?
If users still need external prompts after ~30 days, no internal trigger has formed | High Perceived Value | Viable product (needs ads/marketing) | HABIT ZONE | Ask: how often do users need to engage, what's the perceived value of each engagement, and is frequency high enough to form automatic behavior? Ask: would I use this myself? Does it genuinely help users achieve their goals? Am I exploiting vulnerabilities or serving needs? The business model depends on user regret
How do I install hooked-ux?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/wondelai/skills --skill hooked-ux --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/wondelai/skills.
Maintain hooked-ux?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[hooked-ux on getagentictools](https://getagentictools.com/skills/wondelai-skills-hooked-ux?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/wondelai-skills-hooked-ux The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
