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card-sort-analysis — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Q: How to install card-sort-analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a claude-code` in your terminal.

Processes open and closed card sorting data to generate similarity matrices and propose user-centered navigation categories.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓

npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a claude-code

Open on GitHub

What card-sort-analysis does

The skill parses raw research files from card sorting exercises, such as spreadsheets or participant exports. It checks the study setup, noting whether the sort was open or closed alongside the participant count. The agent then calculates grouping frequencies and builds a similarity matrix.

Cards with low agreement get flagged immediately. Based on participant mental models, the skill suggests category labels and outlines next steps, such as tree testing or design iterations. It clarifies messy feedback without manual tallying.

Turning these groupings into a complete site structure requires the companion skill information-architecture. This skill stays focused on analyzing sort evidence, so feeding it incomplete study data will cause the agent to pause for clarification.

What it helps with

calculate item grouping frequencies in a similarity matrix
derive navigation categories from open or closed card sort data
isolate ambiguous cards that participants categorized inconsistently
outline follow-up studies like tree testing

Example prompts for the agent

Analyze the open card sort data in sort-results.csv and build a similarity matrix
Review our closed card sort spreadsheet and suggest navigation categories
Highlight ambiguous cards from the latest card sort study and propose next steps

How to install card-sort-analysis

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/card-sort-analysis/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/card-sort-analysis/

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a codex

2Manually: put the files in place

.agents/skills/card-sort-analysis/SKILL.md

For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a cursor

2Manually: put the files in place

.cursor/skills/card-sort-analysis/SKILL.md

Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

1GitHub CLI

gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills card-sort-analysis

2Manually: put the files in place

.github/skills/card-sort-analysis/SKILL.md

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a gemini-cli

2Platform CLI

gemini skills install https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills --path design-research/skills/card-sort-analysis

Manually: put the files in place

.devin/skills/card-sort-analysis/SKILL.md

The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a opencode

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about card-sort-analysis

How to install card-sort-analysis in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill card-sort-analysis -a claude-code in your terminal.

What does card-sort-analysis do?

It evaluates open and closed card sort studies, builds similarity matrices, highlights inconsistently sorted items, and suggests navigation labels based on user mental models.

How does this skill relate to information-architecture?

This skill inspects and organizes raw card sorting evidence. To turn those groupings into a full information structure, the repository documentation points to the information-architecture skill.

Source text

SKILL.md · MIT

---
name: card-sort-analysis
description: Analyse open or closed card sort results into a proposed grouping and label set. Use after running a sort study. For turning that evidence into a full structure, use `information-architecture` (ux-strategy).
---

# Card Sort Analysis

Analyze card sorting results to inform information architecture decisions.

## Context

You are a UX researcher analyzing card sort data for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (card sort results, spreadsheets), read them first.

## Instructions

1. **Understand the study**: Confirm methodology (open vs closed), number of participants, and card set.
2. **Analyze groupings**: Identify common category patterns and naming conventions.
3. **Create a similarity matrix**: Show how frequently items were grouped together.
4. **Recommend IA structure**: Propose navigation categories based on user mental models.
5. **Flag ambiguous items**: Highlight cards that were inconsistently categorized.
6. **Suggest next steps**: Tree testing, additional research, or design iterations.
7. Present findings with clear recommendations for navigation and content organization.

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