--- name: customer-feedback-loop-analyzer description: "Synthesizes raw customer feedback — support tickets, CSAT/NPS verbatims, churn reasons, feature requests, and usage signals — into a ranked set of product priorities with theme clustering, severity-frequency scoring, root-cause analysis, and a closing-the-loop communication plan. Use when turning a backlog of CX tickets, survey responses, and product analytics into a defensible roadmap input or quarterly insights report." argument-hint: "[feedback-source] [product-area]" allowed-tools: ["Read"] --- # Customer Feedback Loop Analyzer ## Purpose Convert scattered, high-volume customer feedback into a ranked list of product priorities — each backed by frequency, severity, segment, and root cause — so product managers can defend roadmap decisions with evidence instead of anecdotes and close the loop with the customers who raised the issue. ## When to Use Invoke this skill when the user asks to: - Synthesize support tickets, CSAT/NPS comments, and usage data into themes - Turn a pile of feature requests into a prioritized roadmap input - Build a quarterly customer insights or voice-of-customer report - Identify the top drivers of churn or dissatisfaction from raw feedback - Decide what to build next based on what customers are actually saying - Find which complaints are high-frequency vs. high-severity (and which are both) ## Inputs Required Before starting, collect: - **Feedback data**: The raw input — pasted tickets, survey verbatims, request lists, review excerpts, or a summary of each - **Feedback sources included**: Which channels are represented (support, NPS, sales calls, in-app, reviews, churn surveys) - **Product area / scope**: Whole product or a specific feature/surface area - **Customer segments**: How to slice (plan tier, company size, industry, new vs. tenured) — and any segment to weight more heavily - **Strategic context**: Current company priorities or themes the roadmap is organized around - **Volume context**: Approximate total customer base or ticket volume, so frequency can be read as a percentage - **Output use**: Roadmap input, exec report, or sprint planning — to calibrate depth and framing If segments or volume context are missing, analyze across all feedback and flag where segment data would change the ranking. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Theme Clustering Group every piece of feedback into themes rather than treating each item individually. - Cluster by **underlying need**, not surface wording ("can't find the export button" and "exports take too long" may both be one *Export friction* theme, or two — decide based on root cause, not phrasing) - Aim for 6–12 themes; more than 15 means clusters are too granular, fewer than 5 means they're too broad - For each theme, capture: a clear name, a one-line definition, and 2–3 representative verbatim quotes - Tag each theme as **Bug / Usability / Missing capability / Performance / Pricing-or-packaging / Onboarding / Other** ### Step 2: Frequency & Severity Scoring Score each theme on two independent axes — this is what separates loud-but-minor from quiet-but-critical. **Frequency (1–5)**: How many distinct customers or tickets raised it, ideally as a % of volume. - 5 = raised by >20% of feedback; 1 = isolated (1–2 mentions) **Severity (1–5)**: How much it hurts the customer when it occurs. - 5 = blocks core workflow / cited as a churn reason; 1 = minor annoyance or cosmetic Plot every theme on a Frequency × Severity grid and label its quadrant: - **Critical (high freq, high sev)**: Fix now - **Targeted (low freq, high sev)**: High-value but niche — often retention drivers - **Polish (high freq, low sev)**: Cheap wins that lift satisfaction broadly - **Monitor (low freq, low sev)**: Watch, don't act ### Step 3: Segment & Trend Analysis - For each high-priority theme, note which segments raise it most (e.g., "85% of these came from Enterprise accounts") - Flag any theme concentrated in a high-value segment — these punch above their raw frequency - If timestamps or recency are available, mark themes as **rising / steady / declining** - Cross-reference complaints with usage signals: is a complained-about feature heavily used (high-stakes) or barely touched (possibly an onboarding/discovery problem, not a feature problem)? ### Step 4: Root-Cause Analysis For each Critical and Targeted theme, go past the symptom. - State the **surface complaint** vs. the **likely root cause** (a request for a feature is often a workaround for an unmet job-to-be-done) - Classify the cause: product gap / discoverability gap / performance / expectation mismatch / documentation - Note when multiple themes share one root cause — fixing it resolves several complaints at once (highest-leverage work) ### Step 5: Ranked Priority List Produce the top 8–10 priorities, ranked by a blend of severity, frequency, segment value, and root-cause leverage. For each: 1. **Priority name** and quadrant 2. **The evidence**: frequency %, severity, segment skew 3. **Root cause** and recommended response (fix / build / clarify / monitor) 4. **Estimated effort signal**: Quick win / Medium / Large initiative 5. **Expected outcome**: what metric should move (churn, CSAT, activation, ticket volume) ### Step 6: Closing the Loop Define how to communicate back — feedback loops only work when customers see action. - Which themes warrant a **direct reply** to the customers who raised them (high-severity, named accounts) - Which warrant a **public update** (changelog, roadmap note, release announcement) - A short message template for each tier acknowledging the input and stating what's happening - A cadence recommendation for re-running this analysis (monthly for support trends, quarterly for roadmap) ## Output Format - **Structure**: Themes table → Frequency × Severity grid (described as a labeled quadrant breakdown) → segment/trend notes → root-cause analysis → ranked top 8–10 priority list → closing-the-loop plan - **Length**: 1,000–1,400 words - **Format**: Structured document with one table for themes and one for the ranked priorities; bulleted analysis between them - **Sections**: Theme Clusters → Frequency & Severity Map → Segment & Trends → Root Causes → Ranked Priorities → Closing the Loop - **Tone**: Product insights lead — evidence-first, decisive, willing to recommend *not* building something ## Quality Checklist Before delivering output, verify: - [ ] Every piece of input feedback maps to a theme — nothing is left uncategorized - [ ] Each theme has a frequency score, a severity score, and a quadrant label - [ ] At least one theme is recommended as "monitor / don't build" — not everything is a priority - [ ] The ranked priority list is 8–10 items ordered by a stated rationale, not by raw frequency alone - [ ] Root-cause analysis distinguishes surface complaint from underlying cause for every Critical theme - [ ] The closing-the-loop section includes at least one usable message template ## Notes - The most common failure mode is ranking by volume — a feature requested 50 times by free users may matter less than a churn driver mentioned 5 times by enterprise accounts. Always weight by segment value. - When feedback is a feature request, treat the request as a hypothesis about a job-to-be-done, not a spec. The right build is often different from what was asked for. - Themes that share a single root cause are the highest-leverage work in the report — surface them explicitly. - This analysis is most valuable run on a fixed cadence; recommend the user save the theme structure so trends can be compared period over period. --- ## How to use this skill This file is a Claude Code skill in [Anthropic's standard format](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/skills) — markdown with YAML frontmatter at the top. **Installing in Claude Code:** - `~/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads in every session anywhere on your machine (recommended for skills you'll use across multiple projects) - `/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads only when working in that project (recommended for project-specific skills) Restart Claude Code or open a new session to register. **Using in Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other AI tools:** 1. Drag this file into a new chat, or copy and paste its contents 2. 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