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UX Discovery Interviewer

AI-powered agent skill that conducts structured UX research interviews, transforming vague product ideas into actionable discovery insights.

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What It Does

The UX Discovery Interviewer is an AI agent skill that automates structured discovery interviews. It guides you through progressive questioning rounds to transform rough product concepts into validated insights.

How It Works

The skill operates as a professional UX researcher within coding agents like Claude Code. It restates your initial idea, then asks high-leverage discovery questions designed to uncover user needs, pain points, and opportunities. Between interview rounds, it synthesizes learnings before diving deeper into critical areas.

Key Features

  • Progressive questioning: Builds from broad context to specific pain points
  • Synthesized insights: Summarizes learnings at each stage
  • Structured output: Generates user journeys, pain points, opportunities, assumptions, and open questions
  • Conversational flow: Natural dialogue that feels like working with an actual researcher

Use Cases

Product teams validating new ideas before development. Founders testing market assumptions early. Designers gathering context for new projects. Teams documenting product rationale and user research findings.

Who Benefits

Product managers, UX researchers, designers, and founders who need discovery research but lack dedicated research resources or want to accelerate initial exploration phases.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the UX Discovery Interviewer skill?
Copy the `.agents/` directory into your project root. The skill folder contains SKILL.md, agents/agent.yaml, and references/interview-guide.md. Once installed, the skill activates automatically when you describe a product idea to your coding agent.
What does the UX Discovery Interviewer actually do?
It conducts a structured interview about your product idea, asking progressive questions about target users, their goals, current behaviors, pain points, and opportunities. It synthesizes insights between rounds and produces a final summary with user journeys, pain points, opportunities, assumptions, and open questions.
How long does a discovery interview take?
A typical interview consists of multiple rounds of progressive questioning. Most sessions take 15-30 minutes depending on idea complexity and depth of responses. You can extend or truncate as needed.
Can I use this for existing products or only new ideas?
While designed for new product validation, the skill works for exploring new features, markets, or use cases for existing products. It's flexible enough to adapt to whatever product context you provide.
What's the difference between this and talking to a real UX researcher?
This skill provides immediate, structured discovery interviews at any time without scheduling delays. It's ideal for initial exploration and hypothesis formation. For deeper validation, user testing, or statistical insights, pair this with professional user research.
How does the skill know what questions to ask?
The skill uses an interview guide that follows established UX research methodologies. It progressively explores user context, motivations, current behaviors, and pain points. The guide adapts based on your responses to stay relevant.
What format is the final discovery output in?
The skill produces structured findings including user journey maps, identified pain points, opportunity statements, key assumptions, and open questions. Output is formatted for easy sharing with product and design teams.
Can I customize the interview questions?
Yes, the skill includes a reference interview-guide.md that you can customize. Modify the questions to match your specific research goals or product domain before running the interview.

Glossary

Discovery Interview
A structured conversation aimed at understanding user needs, behaviors, and pain points. In this skill, it's conducted by an AI agent to explore product ideas before development begins.
Agent Skill
A specialized capability or module that extends the functionality of a coding agent (like Claude Code). Skills allow agents to perform specialized tasks like conducting research interviews.
Synthesis
The process of combining information from multiple sources or interview rounds into coherent insights and patterns. The skill synthesizes findings between interview rounds to deepen exploration.
Pain Points
Specific problems, frustrations, or challenges that users experience. Discovery interviews aim to identify these to inform product opportunities.
Opportunity Statement
A concise articulation of a user need or problem that represents a potential direction for product development or improvement.

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