user-research

user-research is a skill for Claude Code from MonumentalSystems/Atlas-Agent-Teams. It costs 21 tokens per session (1,126 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of methods for learning about users through interviews, surveys, usability tests, personas, and analysis of their feedback.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan and conduct interviews and surveys, test how people use a product, create user personas, and extract insights from research.
Why use it?
It helps teams replace guesses about user needs with evidence from real people and observed behavior.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the design-ux plugin — 4 skills, 1 command, 5 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to plan and conduct interviews and surveys, test how people use a product, create user personas, and extract insights from research.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/monumentalsystems/atlas-agent-teams/user-research
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add MonumentalSystems/Atlas-Agent-Teams --skill user-research
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MonumentalSystems/Atlas-Agent-Teams

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install design-ux, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 1 command, 5 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Your own site
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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 21 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,126 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 $0.00021 $0.01126
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00563
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00225
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00113

Measured 12d ago against content hash d768e5aeb041, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

user-research 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 12d 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.

teams/design-ux/skills/user-research/SKILL.md · 109 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 109 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

User Research

Research Methodologies

User Interviews

  • One-on-One Interviews: Deep, qualitative conversations with individual users
  • Semi-Structured: Use a guide but allow flexibility to explore unexpected topics
  • Open-Ended Questions: Ask questions that encourage detailed responses
  • Active Listening: Listen more than you speak, probe for deeper understanding
  • Recording: Record interviews (with permission) for later analysis
  • Interview Length: 30-60 minutes is optimal for maintaining engagement

Surveys

  • Survey Design: Keep surveys short and focused (5-10 minutes max)
  • Question Types: Use a mix of multiple choice, rating scales, and open-ended questions
  • Avoid Bias: Use neutral language and avoid leading questions
  • Pilot Testing: Test surveys with a small group before full distribution
  • Distribution Channels: Email, in-app, social media, or dedicated survey platforms
  • Response Rates: Expect 10-20% response rate for email surveys

Usability Testing

  • Moderated Testing: Researcher guides participants through tasks
  • Unmoderated Testing: Participants complete tasks independently
  • Think-Aloud Protocol: Ask participants to verbalize their thoughts
  • Task Design: Create realistic tasks that represent actual user goals
  • Metrics: Track task completion rate, time on task, error rate, and satisfaction
  • Sample Size: 5 users reveal 80% of usability issues

Card Sorting

  • Open Card Sort: Users create their own categories
  • Closed Card Sort: Users sort into predefined categories
  • Hybrid Approach: Combine both methods for comprehensive insights
  • Tools: Use online tools for remote card sorting sessions
  • Analysis: Look for patterns and consensus in how users organize information
  • Application: Inform information architecture and navigation design

Persona Creation

Persona Development

  • Research-Based: Personas should be based on real research data
  • Demographics: Age, gender, location, education, occupation
  • Psychographics: Goals, motivations, frustrations, attitudes
  • Behaviors: How they interact with products, technology preferences
  • Quotes: Include real quotes from interviews to bring personas to life
  • Scenarios: Describe typical use cases and contexts

Read the full file on GitHub · 109 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. 12d ago First seen · 109 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A d768e5aeb041

Subscribe to this mod's changes

user-research is a skill published in the GitHub repository MonumentalSystems/Atlas-Agent-Teams (21 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 1,126 once invoked, about $0.0001 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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