
Infotainment UX Requirement Analyzer
Transform infotainment user needs into rigorous specs and interaction flows
What You Can Do
You convert business goals and user research into measurable acceptance criteria for infotainment features, mapping interaction flows across driver contexts (stationary, driving, parked). The skill identifies safety/usability conflicts against NHTSA and EU regulations, flags hardware dependencies across vehicle generations, and surfaces integration points with CAN bus, steering controls, and vehicle systems before handoff to engineering.
Features
breaks fuzzy user needs into testable acceptance criteria with measurable success metrics
documents feature behavior across stationary, driving, and parked states with driver distraction guardrails
flags NHTSA visual distraction limits, EU EN 61039 compliance gaps, and usability tradeoffs with regulatory solutions
identifies constraints from infotainment unit capabilities, screen resolution, processor power, and vehicle generation variance
surfaces CAN bus requirements, steering wheel control mapping, climate system handshakes, and third-party service dependencies
translates competitor feature behavior into your own specification format for feature parity analysis
produces testable scenarios and edge cases for QA and validation teams
documents hardware prerequisites and graceful degradation paths for phased vehicle rollouts
Example Output
Example 1: Navigation Feature Requirement
User Need: "Driver wants turn-by-turn without taking eyes off road"
Decomposed Specs:
- ✅ Acceptance: Voice guidance available for all turn types within 500m notice (no visual-only turns)
- ✅ Hardware: Requires speaker output >60dB; graceful fallback for vehicles without gesture control
- ✅ Safety: Visual alerts limited to 2-second glances; triggers haptic steering wheel pulse if engaged >5s
- ✅ Integration: Pulls route from vehicle GPS (CAN 0x100), responds to steering wheel next/prev buttons
- ✅ Test Case: Driver receives voice prompt + haptic pulse 500m before turn while vehicle speed >25mph
Example 2: Climate Control UX Update
User Need: "One-touch climate presets should save seat heat + cabin temp"
Decomposed Specs:
- ✅ Acceptance: Driver creates/recalls preset in <3 taps; seat heat + temp restore to ±1°C within 10s
- ✅ Hardware: Requires dual-zone climate (some trims have single zone—document feature unavailability)
- ✅ Safety: Preset UI only accessible when vehicle in Park or stopped >2s
- ✅ Integration: Reads cabin temp from CAN 0x4F2, seat heater PWM from module 0x750
- ✅ Test Case: Parked vehicle; driver saves preset with 68°F, 40% seat heat; next drive recalls and verifies within spec
What's Included
- SKILL.md: Instruction file with requirement decomposition framework and safety/hardware mapping templates
- Requirement Specification Template: Structured format (user need → acceptance criteria → hardware/safety/integration constraints)
- Interaction Flow Mapper: Context-based diagram generator for stationary/driving/parked states with distraction guardrails
- Safety Compliance Checklist: NHTSA visual distraction limits, EU EN 61039 validation, and regulatory conflict resolution matrix
- Integration Dependencies Worksheet: CAN bus signals, steering wheel controls, climate/navigation/media handshake points
- Acceptance Test Case Library: Edge cases, hardware variance scenarios, and rollout validation matrices
Who It's For
- Connected Car Product Managers — translating user research and business requirements into engineering-ready specifications
- Infotainment UX Designers — validating feature concepts against safety regulations and hardware constraints before detailed design
- Automotive Requirement Engineers — documenting testable specs and integration dependencies for cross-functional handoffs
- Vehicle Electrical Engineers — identifying CAN bus signals, hardware prerequisites, and graceful degradation paths
- Product Strategy Teams — planning feature rollouts across vehicle generations and managing competitive feature parity
Best For
- Defining new infotainment features (navigation, music, messaging, climate, comfort controls) with safety-aware specifications
- Competitive feature analysis — translating competitor behavior into measurable requirements for your vehicle
- Resolving conflicts between desired UX and NHTSA/EU regulatory limits on driver distraction
- Planning phased feature rollouts across vehicle generations with different hardware capabilities
- Creating acceptance test cases and validation criteria before engineering development begins
- Managing handoffs between user research, product, and engineering teams with conflict-free specifications







