# ux-research-discovery-testing

Gives your agent a working method for discovery interviews, usability tests and synthesis, so product calls rest on observed behavior instead of opinions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 468 installs · ★ 23
- Author: hueyexe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing

## What it does

The skill starts from the decision the research has to inform, then picks only the methods that reduce uncertainty for it. Inside are twelve principles: separate business questions from research questions, treat preference claims as weak evidence, list assumptions before critiquing a UI, recruit by behavior and role rather than demographics alone. Each principle also exists as a reusable card in `references/principle-cards.md`.

A defaults table covers the usual choices — one decision and one primary research question, 5-8 semi-structured interviews or contextual sessions to start, weekly customer contact for ongoing teams, small iterative batches for usability testing. Those are starting points, not limits. If you need prevalence or segmentation, the skill says so and points you elsewhere.

It also names what it is not for: pure visual styling with no user goal, brand and illustration work, statistical analysis that needs rigorous sampling, and regulated human-subjects research, where it recommends qualified review. The agent can produce interview guides, screeners, usability scripts, research plans, journey maps, personas and opportunity maps. Runs in Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenCode.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill ux-research-discovery-testing -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill ux-research-discovery-testing -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill ux-research-discovery-testing -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills ux-research-discovery-testing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill ux-research-discovery-testing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --path ux-research-discovery-testing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill ux-research-discovery-testing -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/ux-research-discovery-testing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a vague build question into researchable questions
- draft a discovery interview guide and participant screener
- write a usability test script around realistic tasks
- synthesize notes, support tickets and analytics into an opportunity map
- critique a prototype or onboarding flow against task success

## Example prompts
- Plan a discovery interview study for the new onboarding, 6 participants, with a separate guide
- Synthesize these field notes into an opportunity map with priorities
- Write a usability test script for the checkout form, realistic tasks, no leading prompts

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: ux-research-discovery-testing
description: "Use when planning UX research, discovery interviews, usability tests, synthesis, or evidence-backed product recommendations."
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metadata:
  author: hueyexe
---

# UX Research Discovery Testing

## Purpose

Help an agent make better product, UX, UI, and frontend recommendations by grounding them in user goals, observed behavior, business outcomes, and testable evidence. Use this skill to choose just-enough research methods, write interview and usability-test plans, synthesize findings, identify opportunities, and explain evidence-backed product decisions.

It is an operating manual for doing practical research under real product constraints.

## When to use this skill

Use this skill when the user asks you to:

- Plan discovery, customer interviews, field visits, contextual inquiry, or stakeholder interviews.
- Review, critique, redesign, or generate a UI where user behavior, task success, accessibility, or product outcomes matter.
- Create an interview guide, screener, usability-test script, research plan, synthesis framework, opportunity map, journey map, persona, task flow, or evidence-backed recommendation.
- Decide what to build, improve, remove, or test next.
- Evaluate a prototype, live UI, design system component, onboarding flow, form, navigation model, dashboard, empty state, error flow, or content hierarchy.
- Turn qualitative notes, analytics, survey findings, support tickets, screenshots, or observations into product decisions.

## When not to use this skill

Do not use this skill as the primary tool when the task is only:

- Visual UI styling with no user goal, task, behavior, or product decision involved.
- Brand identity, illustration, or aesthetic exploration unrelated to use.
- Statistical analysis requiring rigorous sampling, inferential statistics, or experimental design beyond lightweight product research.
- Legal, medical, or regulated human-subjects research advice. In those cases, recommend qualified review and use only general UX planning guidance.
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