I’m a Solo Designer. So I Built an AI Panel to Run Heuristic Evaluations for Me.

📰 Medium · UX Design

Learn how a solo designer built an AI panel to run heuristic evaluations and improved usability testing efficiency

intermediate Published 14 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Build an AI panel using three AI tools to automate heuristic evaluations
Conduct a research paper distillery to validate AI panel results
Run usability tests to compare AI panel evaluations with human evaluations
Analyze results to identify areas where the AI panel excels and areas that require human input
Refine the AI panel based on test results to improve its accuracy

Who Needs to Know This

This micro-lesson is useful for solo designers, UX designers, and product managers who want to leverage AI to improve their design evaluation process. It can help teams with limited resources to conduct efficient usability testing.

Key Insight

💡 AI can be used to automate heuristic evaluations, but human input is still necessary to validate results and improve the AI panel's accuracy