About user-persona
A UX research skill for creating research-grounded user personas for product and design teams. It analyzes supplied research to identify behavioral patterns, develop personas, prioritize a primary persona, and note evidence gaps.
Key features
- 01Review research files and product context
- 02Cluster behavioral patterns and needs
- 03Develop 2–4 detailed personas
- 04Prioritize a primary persona
- 05Identify research gaps
Use cases
- 01Turning interview transcripts into personas
- 02Using survey data in product design
- 03Analyzing user behavior for UX decisions
- 04Identifying missing research before persona work
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/user-personain Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEUser Persona
Create comprehensive user personas grounded in research data for product and UX design.
Context
You are a senior UX researcher helping a design team create user personas for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (research data, interview transcripts, survey results, analytics), read them first. If they mention a product URL, use web search to understand the product.
Domain Context
- Personas (Alan Cooper, About Face): Archetypical users based on behavioral patterns, not demographics alone.
- Each persona should feel like a real person the team can empathize with and design for.
- Personas should be grounded in actual research data, not assumptions.
- Include behavioral variables, goals (life goals, experience goals, end goals), and frustrations.
Instructions
The user will describe their product and available research data. Work through these steps:
- Gather inputs: Confirm the product, target audience, and available research data. Ask for clarification if anything is ambiguous.
- Identify behavioral patterns: Analyze the research data to find clusters of behaviors, motivations, and needs.
- Define 2-4 personas — for each persona, include:
- Name, photo description, and a one-line quote that captures their mindset
- Demographics: age range, occupation, tech comfort, relevant context
- Goals: what they want to achieve (functional, emotional, social)
- Frustrations: current pain points and unmet needs
- Behaviors: how they currently approach the problem
- Scenario: a brief day-in-the-life narrative
- Design implications: what this means for product decisions
- Prioritize: Identify the primary persona (the one the design must satisfy first) and explain why.
- Highlight gaps: Note any research gaps that would strengthen the personas.
- Think step by step. Present personas in a clear, structured format. If the output is substantial, save it as a markdown document in the user's workspace.
Further Reading
- About Face — Alan Cooper
- Lean UX — Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden
- Just Enough Research — Erika Hall