design/skills/user-research/SKILL.md
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.
npx skillsauth add grailautomation/claude-plugins user-researchInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Help plan, execute, and synthesize user research studies.
| 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 |
development
Parse and analyze Workato recipe JSON exports. Use when the user asks about a Workato recipe's logic, data flow, field mappings, error handling, or control flow. Also use when the user references a .recipe.json file or asks to debug a Workato integration.
databases
Review implementation plans as a staff software engineer. Use when the user asks for staff engineer feedback, senior engineering review, plan review, architecture review, implementation-plan critique, approval before proceeding, risk review, or feedback on a proposed technical plan.
tools
Use when the user invokes $spec-kit:tasks or /spec-kit:tasks, or asks to generate dependency-ordered tasks from the plan and repo context.
testing
Use when the user invokes $spec-kit:specify or /spec-kit:specify, or asks to create a brownfield-aware feature specification from a natural language description.