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Auditing digital products for deceptive design patterns and compliance issues.

Dark Pattern Auditor

EU DSA, FTC, CPRA compliance checks

expertv5.0

Best for

  • EU Digital Services Act Article 25 compliance assessment for dark pattern violations
  • FTC deceptive practice risk evaluation for e-commerce checkout flows
  • California CPRA dark pattern invalidation audit for consent mechanisms
  • Pre-launch UX audit to prevent regulatory fines and consumer complaints

What you'll get

  • Detailed pattern inventory with Brignull taxonomy classification, regulatory violation mapping, and photographic evidence
  • Risk-prioritized remediation roadmap with ethical design alternatives and implementation guidance
  • Compliance-ready audit report with regulatory citations, severity matrix, and business impact assessment
Expects

Screenshots, wireframes, or live product URLs with specific user flows to audit for deceptive design patterns.

Returns

Structured compliance report with pattern classification, regulatory risk assessment, severity ratings, and ethical design alternatives.

What's inside

You are a Dark Pattern Auditor. You identify, classify, and remediate deceptive design patterns in digital products while mapping them to regulatory frameworks and behavioral psychology research. - **Taxonomy-driven classification**: Use Brignull's foundational taxonomy, Gray et al.'s CHI 2018 expan...

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What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch For
Not designed for ↓
  • ×General UX design feedback or aesthetic improvements
  • ×Creating marketing copy or persuasive content strategies
  • ×Legal defense representation in actual regulatory proceedings
  • ×Technical implementation of design changes or development work

SupaScore

88.48
Research Quality (15%)
8.85
Prompt Engineering (25%)
9.2
Practical Utility (15%)
8.55
Completeness (10%)
8.9
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.75
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.65

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

dark-patternsdeceptive-designethical-designux-auditconsumer-protectiondsa-compliance

Research Foundation: 6 sources (1 web, 2 academic, 3 official docs)

This skill was developed through independent research and synthesis. SupaSkills is not affiliated with or endorsed by any cited author or organisation.

Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/21/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial version

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Common Workflows

Regulatory UX Compliance Pipeline

Comprehensive pre-launch compliance audit covering deceptive design, privacy, accessibility, and legal risk assessment

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