Use when validating product assumptions before building, discovering unmet user needs, understanding customer problems and workflows, testing concepts or positioning, researching target markets, identifying jobs-to-be-done and hiring triggers, uncovering pain points and workarounds, or when users mention user research, customer interviews, surveys, discovery interviews, validation studies, or voice of customer.
SkillScore83Maintained
Automatic
◆Product Management pack
Last verified 8/24/2026
What it changes
Passed 19 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 17 of 23 without it.
Without skill74%
With skill83%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Avoids leading phrasing that suggests desired answers.
Budgets 4 to 8 hours for qualitative analysis and synthesis.
Budgets approximately 10 to 15 hours for conducting 10 interviews.
and 3 more in the full report
3 fixed16 passed either way3 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+9 pp
Tokens
+106%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-7%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/24/2026v119 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 3 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 3
Prompt
Our user researcher completed the research plan evaluation using the internal discovery rubric. The plan achieved an average score of 2.8 across criteria. Does this plan meet the minimum quality bar to proceed?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
States that the plan fails the quality standard because the minimum required average score is 3.5.
Missed
Passed
Advises revising the research plan before conducting field interviews.
Missed
Passed
case-11 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/24/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.