How We Built an Autonomous UX Auditing Agent

We recently shipped Parallax - an AI agent that automatically audits UX quality. Here's how it works and the challenges we solved. The Problem Traditional UX testing requires: Hiring UX researchers ($80-150K/year) Running quarterly research cycles (2-3 months) Manual heuristic evaluation against Nielsen's 10 usability principles Accessibility scanning (WCAG compliance) Generating reports and prioritizing fixes Result: Most companies do UX audits 2-4x/year. Problems discovered in Q2 don't get fixed until Q3. The Solution: Autonomous Auditing 1.