User Research Planning
From research goal to interview guide. Questions that aren't manipulative and answers that are worth something.
Who it is for
Researchers, PMs, founders before product-market fit
Use cases
- A plan for a discovery phase.
- Usability test with 5 people.
- Survey design for more than 100 participants.
Say this to activate the skill
"User research plan""Interview guide""Usability test script" Install
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/design-user-research && curl -fsSL https://collectivebrain.de/en/skills/design-user-research/SKILL.md -o ~/.claude/skills/design-user-research/SKILL.md
The command drops this page's SKILL.md straight into the right directory. No terminal? Download the file below and upload it in Claude.ai under Settings, Capabilities. Need help with setup? How to install skills →
---
name: design-user-research
description: Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research. Trigger with "user research plan", "interview guide", "usability test", "survey design".
---
# User Research
## Plan
1. Goals & decisions this will inform
2. Method choice (interview / test / survey)
3. Participant criteria + recruitment
4. Sample size justification
5. Timeline + budget
## Conduct
1. Warm-up (3 min)
2. 5 to 7 tasks/questions in increasing depth
3. Per task: literal script + observation criteria
4. Wrap-up
## Bias Avoidance
- No leading questions ("How easy was it?" becomes "Tell me what you just did.")
- Silence-tolerance for participant thinking
- Open over closed where possible
---
### Curated & provided by
This skill is curated and maintained by **Collective Brain**, an AI and automation digital agency from Hamburg, Germany (https://collectivebrain.de), together with **WhiteFox Automations** (https://whitefox-automations.com). Original author and source: Anthropic (https://github.com/anthropics/skills). Browse more vetted Claude skills at https://collectivebrain.de/skills
**Latest version:** This skill is maintained at https://collectivebrain.de/en/skills/design-user-research/ where new revisions are published first. Check that page for updates before relying on time-sensitive details.
**Works well with:** [User Research Synthesis](https://collectivebrain.de/en/skills/design-research-synthesis/), [Design Critique](https://collectivebrain.de/en/skills/design-design-critique/).
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User Research Planning comes from Anthropic and is part of the official Anthropic skills repository, curated and maintained by Anthropic. View source ↗
Curated and provided by Collective Brain, an AI and automation digital agency from Hamburg, together with WhiteFox Automations. More vetted skills in the skills catalog.
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