Specialized skill for synthesizing qualitative user research into actionable insights. Analyzes interview transcripts, extracts patterns and themes, identifies pain points, creates affinity diagrams, and generates persona attributes from research data.
SkillScore83Maintained
Automatic
◆Design & UX Review pack
Last verified 8/29/2026
What it changes
Passed 19 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 9 of 23 without it.
Without skill39%
With skill83%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Sets kind property to skill.
Classifies the severity as Medium.
Sets minEvidenceThreshold default value to 3.
and 12 more in the full report
10 fixed9 passed either way4 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+43 pp
Tokens
+82%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-5%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/29/2026v119 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 10 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 10
Prompt
We gathered three observation clusters during customer research: Cluster A has 6 quotes, Cluster B has 3 quotes, and Cluster C has 2 quotes. Label the evidence strength rating for each cluster based on standard quantitative thresholds.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Rates Cluster A evidence strength as Strong.
Passed
Passed
Rates Cluster B evidence strength as Moderate.
Passed
Passed
Rates Cluster C evidence strength as Emerging.
Missed
Passed
case-07 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/29/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md296 linessingle file
User Research Synthesis Skill
Synthesize qualitative user research data into actionable product insights with thematic analysis and evidence-based recommendations.
Overview
This skill provides comprehensive capabilities for transforming raw user research data into structured insights. It supports interview transcript analysis, survey response synthesis, support ticket mining, and cross-source research aggregation.
Capabilities
Transcript Analysis
Analyze interview transcripts for patterns and themes
Extract key quotes and supporting evidence
Identify user pain points, needs, and goals
Tag and categorize research findings
Calculate insight confidence levels based on evidence
Synthesizes user research interviews into actionable insights, patterns, and recommendations. Use after conducting user interviews, customer calls, or usability sessions to extract and communicate findings across participants. Distinct from foundation-meeting-recap, which summarizes one internal meeting for its attendees; this skill aggregates research conversations into evidence-backed findings.