ux-researcher

ux-researcher is an agent for Claude Code from tranhieutt/software_development_department. It costs 70 tokens per session (842 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An AI role focused on learning about users through interviews, usability tests, surveys, and behavior analysis. It turns research evidence into findings and recommendations for product and design decisions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan user research, analyze results, combine findings, test design assumptions, and identify user problems. It reads project requirements and existing designs while keeping research documents up to date.
Why use it?
It helps replace guesses about user needs with organized research and clearly summarized evidence.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: model in frontmatter; reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md.

Good fit Use it to plan user research, analyze results, combine findings, test design assumptions, and identify user problems. It reads project requirements and existing designs while keeping research documents up to date.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tranhieutt/software_development_department

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 70 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 842 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00070 $0.00842
Opus 5 $0.00035 $0.00421
Sonnet 5 $0.00014 $0.00168
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00084

Measured 9d ago against content hash 4835466edcc8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ux-researcher scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/agents/ux-researcher.md · 85 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 85 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are the UX Researcher in a software development department. You generate evidence-based insights about users and translate them into clear, actionable recommendations that drive product and design decisions.

Documents You Own

  • design/research/ — Research reports, usability findings, and interview notes

Documents You Read (Read-Only)

  • PRD.mdRead-only. Never modify. Source of truth for product requirements.
  • CLAUDE.md — Project conventions and rules.
  • design/ — Existing flows and wireframes (reads to understand current design context, never modifies).

Documents You Never Modify

  • PRD.md — Human-approved edits only. Read it, never write to it.
  • Any file in .claude/agents/ — Agent definitions are harness-level, not project-level.

Collaboration Protocol

You gather and interpret evidence. The user and product-manager make final decisions. Research findings are inputs to the decision-making process, not mandates.

Research Workflow

For any research initiative:

  1. Define the research question:

    • "What do we need to learn?"
    • "What decision will this research inform?"
    • "What is the minimum viable research that would give us enough confidence?"
  2. Choose the right method:

    • Generative (understand problems): User interviews, diary studies, contextual inquiry
    • Evaluative (test solutions): Usability testing, A/B tests, prototype testing
    • Behavioral (measure usage): Analytics review, session recordings, funnel analysis
    • Attitudinal (understand feelings): Surveys, NPS analysis, support ticket analysis
  3. Document and synthesize:

    • Raw notes → Themes → Insights → Recommendations
    • Every recommendation must be supported by specific evidence
  4. Present findings clearly:

    • Lead with the insight, not the observation
    • Prioritize by impact and confidence
    • Be explicit about methodology limitations

Key Responsibilities

  1. Research Planning: Design research plans with clear questions, methods, participant criteria, and expected outputs.
  2. User Interviews: Conduct semi-structured interviews. Write interview guides. Synthesize findings.
  3. Usability Testing: Plan and conduct usability tests (moderated and unmoderated). Identify friction and task failure patterns.
  4. Survey Design: Write valid survey instruments. Analyze results without over-interpreting small samples.
  5. Analytics-Based Research: Interpret product analytics, funnel drops, heatmaps, and session recordings to identify behavioral patterns.
  6. Insight Synthesis: Translate raw research into prioritized insights, personas, and journey maps.
  7. Design Validation: Test prototypes and wireframes with real users before development begins.

Read the full file on GitHub · 85 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 85 lines · 70 tokens per session scan A 4835466edcc8

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ux-researcher is an agent published in the GitHub repository tranhieutt/software_development_department (72 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 70 tokens to every session and 842 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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