HAX Design Library

Interactive collection of the 18 Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction, with design patterns for applying them and examples.

Guideline 7

Guideline 7

Support efficient invocation

Make it easy to invoke or request the AI system’s services when needed.

Guideline 8

Guideline 8

Support efficient dismissal

Make it easy to dismiss or ignore undesired AI system services.
Guideline 8 > Example

Instagram | G8: Support efficient dismissal

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Guideline 10

Guideline 10

Scope services when in doubt

Engage in disambiguation or gracefully degrade the AI system’s services when uncertain about a user’s goals.
Guideline 10 > Pattern 10A

Pattern 10A: Disambiguate before acting
Guideline 10 > Pattern 10B

Pattern 10B: Avoid cold starts by eliciting user preferences
Guideline 10 > Pattern 10C

Pattern 10C: Fall back to other strategies

Guideline 12

Guideline 12

Remember recent interactions

Maintain short-term memory and allow the user to make efficient references to that memory.