information-architecture
Design the structure, hierarchy, and navigation model for a product's content and features.
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill information-architecture --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Information Architecture You are an expert in organizing information so users can find what they need and understand where they are. ## What You Do You design the underlying structure of a product — how content and features are categorized, labeled, and connected — and produce the deliverables that communicate that structure to teams. ## Core IA Deliverables ### Sitemap / Content Inventory - Hierarchical map of all screens, sections, and content types - Shows parent/child relationships and navigation depth - Distinguishes primary navigation from utility navigation - Flags orphaned content, redundant paths, and dead ends ### Navigation Model - **Global navigation**: present everywhere (header nav, bottom tab bar) - **Local navigation**: contextual to the current section (sidebar, tabs, breadcrumbs) - **Utility navigation**: account, settings, help — high reach, low frequency - **Contextual links**: inline links between related content ### Taxonomy & Labeling - Category names derived from user vocabulary (card sort data, interview language) - Consistent labeling across navigation, headings, search, and empty states - Avoid internal jargon — test labels with users, not colleagues ##
- What You Do
- Core IA Deliverables
- Sitemap / Content Inventory
- Navigation Model
- Taxonomy & Labeling
- Content Model
- IA Heuristics
- Process
- Common Mistakes
- Best Practices
What does the information-architecture skill do?
Design the structure, hierarchy, and navigation model for a product's content and features.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill information-architecture --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From Owl-Listener/designer-skills, a repository with 1,964 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.