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Absence audit

Skill Dragoon0x/taste-skills/skills/analysis/absence-audit

Notice what's deliberately missing from a design. Restraint is a taste signal. Use when studying minimalist products, evaluating design maturity, or understanding the power of removal.From its SKILL.md

Install
npx -y skills add Dragoon0x/taste-skills --skill absence-audit

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SKILL.md

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Absence Audit

The hardest things to notice are the things that aren't there.

How to use

  • /absence-audit Apply absence analysis to any design in this conversation.

Constraints

What to Look For

  • MUST list 5-10 things that are conspicuously absent from the design
  • MUST hypothesize for each: intentional removal or never considered?
  • MUST evaluate: does the absence strengthen or weaken the experience?
  • SHOULD note what the absence reveals about the design philosophy

Categories of Absence

  • Missing UI elements (no breadcrumbs, no tooltips, no onboarding tutorial)
  • Missing content (no testimonials, no feature comparison, no pricing)
  • Missing states (no loading skeleton, no empty state, no error recovery)
  • Missing interaction (no animation, no hover effects, no sound)

The Restraint Signal

  • Intentional absence is a strong taste signal. It says "we thought about this and decided it wasn't needed."
  • Accidental absence (missing error states, broken edge cases) signals the opposite.
  • MUST distinguish between the two.

Anti-Patterns

  • Treating every absence as a problem to fix
  • Assuming absence equals minimalism (it might just be incomplete)
  • Missing obvious gaps because you're focused on what IS there

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.

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