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MultiPersonas

AI persona-based website testing CLI that simulates diverse user types navigating your site. Each persona (developer, senior citizen, non-native speaker, accessibility user, etc.) reports friction, confusion, and UX issues from their unique perspective.

Building the tools that build the tools

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Evidence first, then constraint → build → proof. Use the chapter rail to jump sections; orbit to adjacent work from the bottom of the case study.

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Evidence

System surface

No public screenshot on file—generative preview stands in for the visual layer.

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Story arc

How this shipped

Building the tools that build the toolsThree beats: what pressed against the work, how the stack answered, and what changed once it was live.

I · Constraint

The brief

Real user testing is expensive and slow. Developers need fast, diverse feedback on UX without recruiting actual testers for every iteration.

II · Build

The craft

Built CLI that spawns AI personas with distinct backgrounds, abilities, and goals. Each persona navigates the site autonomously and reports issues from their perspective — surfacing problems a single developer would never catch alone.

III · Proof

What moved after launch

Catches accessibility, i18n, and UX friction issues without recruiting testers. Personas provide diverse perspectives in seconds. CLI integrates into CI/CD for continuous UX regression testing.

Inventory

Stack & signals

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