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How We Built an Autonomous UX Auditing Agent
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How We Built an Autonomous UX Auditing Agent

DEV CommunityΒ·Amf FloydΒ·about 1 month ago
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We recently shipped Parallax β€” an AI agent that automatically audits UX quality. Here's how it works and the challenges we solved. The Problem Traditional UX testing requires: Hiring UX researchers ($80-150K/year) Running quarterly research cycles (2-3 months) Manual heuristic evaluation against Nielsen's 10 usability principles Accessibility scanning (WCAG compliance) Generating reports and prioritizing fixes Result: Most companies do UX audits 2-4x/year. Problems discovered in Q2 don't get fixed until Q3. The Solution: Autonomous Auditing 1. Crawling Smart User Paths Instead of crawling every page, we identify critical flows: Sign-up β†’ Payment Search β†’ Product detail β†’ Checkout Login β†’ Dashboard β†’ Action Each flow gets scored individually, so you see where users actually struggle. 2.…

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