organize

Structure information so people can find what they need, understand where they are, and navigate confidently. Covers navigation pattern design, taxonomy, labeling systems, search and browse strategy, wayfinding, and IA research methods. Trigger when designing navigation structures, categorization schemes, site maps, taxonomies, labeling systems, search experiences, or asking "how should we organize this?" Also trigger for card sorting, tree testing, information findability problems, or when users report they can't find things. Use this skill any time the structural organization of information is the problem — not the flow through it, not the words in it, not the visual presentation of it.