# Behavioral design review · [Feature or flow] · [Date] **Reviewers:** [PM, designer, engineer, legal or compliance where billing, consent or data is involved] **Spec:** [link] **Markets:** [US / EU / other] ## 1. Choice architecture inventory | Element | Type (default, framing, ordering, prominence, choice set, prompt, AI suggestion) | Current design | Intended effect on behavior | Rationale | |---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | ## 2. Persuasion or manipulation: four tests (per element) | Element | Serves user's own goal? | Survives disclosure? | Symmetric (out as easy as in)? | True information? | Verdict | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | Keep / Change / Escalate | ## 3. Dark-pattern check Mark any that apply and name the screen and element. - [ ] Sneaking (items, renewals or changes added without clear notice) - [ ] Hard to cancel or downgrade (exit harder than entry) - [ ] Preselection that favors us over the user - [ ] Obstruction (data export, account closure or opt-out made laborious) - [ ] Hidden costs or hidden subscription terms - [ ] Trick wording or confirmshaming - [ ] Visual interference (the option we prefer is dominant, the other hidden) - [ ] Nagging (asking again for a choice already made) - [ ] Fake urgency, scarcity or social proof - [ ] Comparison prevention (plans or prices hard to compare) - [ ] Privacy choices obscured or subverted - [ ] AI-specific: agent that flatters, pressures or exploits the user's situation Regulatory lenses to note (confirm applicability with counsel): FTC Act Section 5 and ROSCA (US); DSA Article 25 for online platforms, UCPD and GDPR (EU); AI Act Article 5 for AI systems (EU). ## 4. AI trust check (AI features only) - Is evidence shown where the decision is made? - Is confidence shown honestly, including uncertainty? - Can the user adjust the output, not only accept or reject? - Are acceptance and wrong acceptance both measured? - Does the design guard against automation bias at approval points? ## 5. Defaults register | Default | Value | Owner | Rationale | Share of customers who change it | Review date | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | ## Outcome Approved / Approved with changes / Escalated to [name]. Changes required: [list]. Signed off by [names] on [date].