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Doherty Threshold: respond under 400 ms v1.0.0

Use this resource to set a response budget that preserves user flow

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install sub-400ms-response-budget

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent finds the actions whose latency breaks the user's flow and proposes immediate feedback and technical targets. It also flags waits that cannot be avoided. You get a perceived-performance budget for each action.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: the 400 ms principle and its design applications
  • SKILL.md: where the threshold matters most, when it cannot be met, and what the principle does not claim

Good fit for

  • A perceived slowness diagnosis needs priorities
  • Your team needs a response-time target for each screen

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    Tags

    • latency
    • flow
    • performance
    • responsiveness

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    “Set the response budget for search and filtering in our catalogue: results must appear under 400 ms.”

    Card for the “Doherty Threshold: respond under 400 ms” skill

    Skill published by owl-listener under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to set a response budget that preserves user flow
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md3.7 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    owl-listener
    Source
    github.com/owl-listener/designer-skills/tree/9a6930cf84a822eb458624bd11c61aac5bbdf224/interaction-design/skills/doherty-threshold
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « doherty-threshold » (owl-listener, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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