---
title: "User Research"
type: skill
id: "knowledge-work-plugins/design/user-research"
category: "Design"
publisher: "Anthropic"
license: "Apache-2.0"
source: "https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/d900840"
canonical: "https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/user-research"
open_in_pho: "https://pho.chat/customize?item=knowledge-work-plugins%2Fdesign%2Fuser-research&utm_source=labs&utm_medium=skill-page&utm_campaign=skills-library"
---

# User Research

Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research. Trigger with "user research plan", "interview guide", "usability test", "survey design", "research questions", or when the user needs help with any aspect of understanding their users through research.

Source: Anthropic (Apache 2.0), copied at a pinned commit. Free to use. Part of the Phở Skills library (https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills).
Skill set: Design (https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design.md).

## What it covers
- Research Methods
- Interview Guide Structure
- Analysis Framework
- Deliverables

## Other skills in this set
- [Accessibility review](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/accessibility-review.md): Run a WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audit on a design or page. Trigger with "audit accessibility", "check a11y", "is this accessible?", or when reviewing a design for color contrast, keyboard…
- [Design critique](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/design-critique.md): Get structured design feedback on usability, hierarchy, and consistency. Trigger with "review this design", "critique this mockup", "what do you think of this screen?", or when sharing a Figma link…
- [Design handoff](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/design-handoff.md): Generate developer handoff specs from a design. Use when a design is ready for engineering and needs a spec sheet covering layout, design tokens, component props, interaction states, responsive…
- [Design system](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/design-system.md): Audit, document, or extend your design system. Use when checking for naming inconsistencies or hardcoded values across components, writing documentation for a component's variants, states, and…
- [Research synthesis](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/research-synthesis.md): Synthesize user research into themes, insights, and recommendations. Use when you have interview transcripts, survey results, usability test notes, support tickets, or NPS responses that need to be…
- [Ux copy](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/knowledge-work-plugins/design/ux-copy.md): Write or review UX copy — microcopy, error messages, empty states, CTAs. Trigger with "write copy for", "what should this button say?", "review this error message", or when naming a CTA, wording a…

## Use it
- In Phở: open https://pho.chat/customize?item=knowledge-work-plugins%2Fdesign%2Fuser-research&utm_source=labs&utm_medium=skill-page&utm_campaign=skills-library and press Try, or add it so Phở loads it whenever a request matches. Phở works with your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others).
- Full instructions (original SKILL.md, unchanged): https://labs.pho.chat/skills/raw/knowledge-work-plugins/design/skills/user-research/SKILL.md
- Original files: https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/d900840 (Apache 2.0).
- Full machine-readable index: https://labs.pho.chat/skills.json