user-research Skill
Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research. Trigger with "user research plan", "interview guide", "usability test", "survey design", "research questions", or when the user needs help with any aspect of understanding their users through research. Published by anthropics in knowledge-work-plugins.
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Is this a fit?
Testing, Data analysis, Design and media, Research
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Copy skill directory
23 days ago · Apache-2.0 license
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What is user-research Skill?
Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research. Trigger with "user research plan", "interview guide", "usability test", "survey design", "research questions", or when the user needs help with any aspect of understanding their users through research. Published by anthropics in knowledge-work-plugins. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement. See how SkillIndex evaluates profiles.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Testing
- Data analysis
- Design and media
- Research
- Testing use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: design/skills/user-research/SKILL.md
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use user-research Skill
- Use it for testing.
- Use it for data analysis.
- Use it for design and media.
- Use it for research.
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Editorial notes
Source
- Creator: anthropics
- Repository: anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
- Skill file: design/skills/user-research/SKILL.md
What it does
Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research. Trigger with "user research plan", "interview guide", "usability test", "survey design", "research questions", or when the user needs help with any aspect of understanding their users through research.
Skill instructions
User Research Help plan, execute, and synthesize user research studies. Research Methods | Method | Best For | Sample Size | Time | |--------|----------|-------------|------| | User interviews | Deep understanding of needs and motivations | 5-8 | 2-4 weeks | | Usability testing | Evaluating a specific design or flow | 5-8 | 1-2 weeks | | Surveys | Quantifying attitudes and preferences | 100+ | 1-2 weeks | | Card sorting | Information architecture decisions | 15-30 | 1 week | | Diary studies | Understanding behavior over time | 10-15 | 2-8 weeks | | A/B testing | Comparing specific design choices | Statistical significance | 1-4 weeks | Interview Guide Structure 1. Warm-up (5 min): Build rapport, explain the session 2. Context (10 min): Understand their current workflow 3. Deep dive (20 min): Explore the specific topic 4. Reaction (10 min): Show concepts or prototypes 5. Wrap-up (5 min): Anything we missed? Thank them. Analysis Framework - Affinity mapping: Group observations into theme
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Frequently asked questions
What is user-research?
user-research is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research. Trigger with "user research plan", "interview guide", "usability test", "survey design", "research questions", or when the user needs help with any aspect of.
Who is user-research best for?
user-research is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, testing workflows, data analysis workflows, design and media workflows.
How do I install user-research?
Install or run user-research using Copy skill directory. Check user-research for the latest setup command.
Is user-research actively maintained?
user-research may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
Project health auto-fetched from the source repository.
Maintain this resource?
Review this source-backed profile, send a correction with evidence, or link to it from your documentation. Claims verify your relationship to the project; profile facts still require source evidence and editorial review.
