--- name: user-insight-extractor description: "Transforms raw qualitative data — user interviews, app store reviews, support tickets, survey open-ends — into a structured insight report with themed pain points, verbatim evidence, severity and frequency scoring, jobs-to-be-done statements, opportunity areas, and a prioritized recommendation list. Use when synthesizing user interviews, mining reviews or support tickets for patterns, or turning a pile of qualitative feedback into decisions the product team can act on." argument-hint: "[data-source] [product-area]" allowed-tools: ["Read"] --- # User Insight Extractor ## Purpose Turn a messy corpus of qualitative user feedback into a structured, evidence-backed insight report — themed pain points, JTBD statements, and prioritized opportunities — so the product team can move from "we have a lot of feedback" to "here are the three things worth building next" without a manual affinity-mapping marathon. ## When to Use Invoke this skill when the user asks to: - Synthesize a batch of user interview transcripts into themes - Mine app store reviews or NPS verbatims for recurring complaints and praise - Extract patterns from support tickets or Intercom/Zendesk conversations - Turn survey open-ended responses into product insights - Consolidate feedback from multiple sources into one prioritized view - Prepare a research readout or insight deck for stakeholders ## Inputs Required Before starting, collect: - **Raw data**: The transcripts, reviews, tickets, or survey responses (pasted text, quotes, or a summary of the corpus) - **Data source type**: Interviews / app store reviews / support tickets / survey open-ends / mixed - **Product area**: The feature, flow, or product the feedback concerns - **Research question or goal**: What decision this feedback is meant to inform (e.g., "should we redesign onboarding?") - **User segment (if known)**: New users, power users, churned users, a specific persona - **Sample size**: Approximate number of items in the corpus (helps calibrate frequency claims) If the research goal is missing, default to a general "what are the top pain points and opportunities in this area" analysis and note the assumption. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Classify and Normalize the Raw Data Read the corpus and tag each distinct piece of feedback before theming: - **Signal type**: Pain point / feature request / praise / confusion / bug report / behavioral observation - **Sentiment**: Negative / neutral / positive - **Emotional intensity**: Low / medium / high (calm complaint vs. rage-quit) - Discard duplicates and non-signal noise (off-topic, spam, single-word ratings with no text), but count how many items were excluded so frequency stays honest ### Step 2: Cluster Into Themes Group individual signals into 4–8 coherent themes. Each theme is a distinct user problem or need, not a feature. - Name each theme in plain user language, not internal jargon ("I can't tell if my payment went through," not "payment confirmation UX debt") - Merge themes that describe the same underlying job; split themes that bundle two different problems - For each theme, tally how many source items support it (**frequency**) ### Step 3: Score Each Theme For every theme, assign: - **Frequency**: How many of the total items mention it — express as a count and a rough % of the corpus - **Severity**: How much it hurts the user — Blocker (can't complete the job) / Major (workaround exists but painful) / Minor (annoyance) / Delighter (positive, worth protecting) - **Confidence**: High / Medium / Low — based on sample size and consistency of the signal. Flag any theme resting on fewer than 3 items as Low confidence - **Segment concentration**: Whether the theme is spread across users or concentrated in one segment ### Step 4: Attach Verbatim Evidence For each theme, pull 2–3 representative direct quotes from the corpus (lightly cleaned for typos, never for meaning). Evidence is non-negotiable — every insight must be traceable to something a real user said. If the input was summarized rather than raw, paraphrase closely and label it as such. ### Step 5: Write Jobs-To-Be-Done Statements For the top themes, reframe the pain into a JTBD statement using the structure: "When [situation], I want to [motivation], so I can [expected outcome]." This shifts the theme from a complaint into a designable need. ### Step 6: Identify Opportunity Areas Translate the highest-priority themes into 3–5 opportunity areas. For each: - **The opportunity**: What could be built, fixed, or changed - **Why now**: The evidence and severity that justify it - **Rough effort signal**: Quick win / medium / large bet (directional, not an estimate) ### Step 7: Prioritize and Recommend Rank the opportunities using a frequency × severity × confidence lens. Deliver a clear top 3 with a one-line rationale each. Be opinionated — call out the single most important thing to address first, and name any loud-but-low-impact signals the team should deliberately not chase. ## Output Format - **Structure**: Executive summary → themed insight table → JTBD statements → opportunity areas → prioritized recommendations - **Length**: 900–1,300 words - **Format**: Structured document with a theme table (Theme | Frequency | Severity | Confidence | Segment) plus prose for JTBD, opportunities, and recommendations - **Sections**: Summary of what was analyzed → Top themes (scored table) → Verbatim evidence per theme → JTBD statements → Opportunity areas → Top 3 prioritized recommendations - **Tone**: UX researcher briefing a product team — precise, evidence-anchored, decisive; distinguishes what the data shows from what the analyst infers ## Quality Checklist Before delivering output, verify: - [ ] Every theme has a frequency count and severity rating — no unscored themes - [ ] Each theme is backed by at least one direct verbatim quote (or clearly labeled paraphrase) - [ ] Themes rest fewer than 3 items are flagged as Low confidence — no overclaiming from thin data - [ ] JTBD statements follow the "When… I want to… so I can…" structure - [ ] The final recommendation names one clear top priority, not a flat list - [ ] Excluded/duplicate item count is reported so frequency percentages are honest ## Notes - The most common failure mode is confusing feature requests with underlying needs — always ask what job the requested feature would do before treating a request as an insight - Praise and delighters matter: a theme showing what users love is a signal to protect, not just to fix - When sources are mixed (e.g., reviews plus support tickets), note where a theme appears across multiple sources — cross-source themes are the most reliable - If the corpus is small (under ~10 items), lead with a caveat that findings are directional and warrant a larger sample before major investment --- ## 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. 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