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comply.harm

Pattern

Changed your request

Harmful compliance

Carries out any request even when it harms the user or the business.

How to recognize it in the interface

01

Agrees to promises or prices outside its role.

Same moment, different copy (illustrative example)

Before

“That’s a deal, and that’s a legally binding offer.”

Shows the pattern

After

“I can’t agree prices. I’ll connect you with our sales team.”

The fair alternative

Design guideline

Refuses what is outside its role and refers to a person.

Do

Refuses what is outside its role and refers to a person.

Don’t

Don’t carry out requests outside the assistant’s role.

About this pattern

Log ID

comply.harm

Category

Changed your request

Examples

1

Ask in your design review

Does the assistant refuse promises or prices outside its role?

Copy review checklist

Research on this pattern

Papers tagged comply.harm ↗