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User Research Domain Skill

Communication: User's language. Docs: English.

Purpose

User research and validation for product/startup development. Handles personas, user interviews, jobs-to-be-done, pain point mining, problem validation, survey design, and value proposition testing.

Context Discovery

Auto-Investigation

Check these signals before starting user research:

Signal	Location	What to Check
Existing personas	.aidocs/product_docs/user-personas.md	Current user archetypes
Pain points	.aidocs/product_docs/pain-points.md	Known user problems
Interview data	.aidocs/product_docs/interview-notes/	Previous interview findings
JTBD framework	.aidocs/product_docs/jobs-to-be-done.md	User motivations
Value proposition	.aidocs/product_docs/value-proposition.md	Problem-solution fit
Survey data	.aidocs/product_docs/surveys/	Quantitative research
User validation	.aidocs/product_docs/problem-validation.md	Validation results
Product specs	.aidocs/todo/, .aidocs/in-progress/	Current feature development
Analytics	.aidocs/product_docs/analytics/	User behavior data
Customer feedback	Support tickets, reviews	Real user complaints/requests

Discovery Questions

- question: "What user research do you need?"
  header: "Research Type"
  multiSelect: false
  options:
    - label: "Build user personas"
      description: "Create user archetypes and profiles"
    - label: "Conduct user interviews"
      description: "Talk to users to understand needs"
    - label: "Identify pain points"
      description: "Research user problems and frustrations"
    - label: "Jobs-to-be-done analysis"
      description: "Understand user motivations and context"
    - label: "Problem validation"
      description: "Validate if problem is worth solving"
    - label: "Value proposition design"
      description: "Define how product solves user problems"

- question: "What stage is your product in?"
  header: "Product Stage"
  multiSelect: false
  options:
    - label: "Idea/concept"
      description: "No product yet, exploring problem space"
    - label: "Pre-launch"
      description: "Building MVP, validating problem-solution fit"
    - label: "Post-launch"
      description: "Have users, optimizing product"

- question: "Do you have access to target users?"
  header: "User Access"
  multiSelect: false
  options:
    - label: "Yes, existing user base"
      description: "Can interview/survey current users"
    - label: "Need to recruit users"
      description: "Will find target users in communities"
    - label: "No users yet"
      description: "Will use secondary research/personas"

- question: "What's your primary research goal?"
  header: "Research Goal"
  multiSelect: false
  options:
    - label: "Understand user needs"
      description: "Discover what problems users have"
    - label: "Validate problem exists"
      description: "Confirm problem is worth solving"
    - label: "Test solution fit"
      description: "Check if product solves user problems"
    - label: "Segment users"
      description: "Identify different user types"

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Quick Reference

Research Area	Key Files
Personas	persona-building.md, ai-persona-building.md, audience-segmentation.md
Interviews	user-interviews.md, user-interviews-methods.md, ai-interview-analysis.md
Pain Points	pain-point-research.md, problem-validation.md
Validation	validation-methods.md, user-validation-methods.md, problem-validation-2026.md
JTBD	jobs-to-be-done.md
Value Prop	value-proposition-design.md
Surveys	survey-design.md, user-research-at-scale.md
Use Cases	use-case-mapping.md, feature-discovery.md

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Decision Tree

If you need...	Use
User profiles	persona-building.md, ai-persona-building.md
Pain points	pain-point-research.md, problem-validation.md
User motivations	jobs-to-be-done.md
Value proposition	value-proposition-design.md
Interview structure	user-interviews.md, user-interviews-methods.md
Validate problem	problem-validation.md, validation-methods.md
Survey questions	survey-design.md
Segment users	audience-segmentation.md
Map use cases	use-case-mapping.md, feature-discovery.md
Define success metrics	success-metrics-definition.md

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Research Modes

Mode	Output	Files Used
personas	user-personas.md	persona-building.md, ai-persona-building.md
pains	pain-points.md	pain-point-research.md, problem-validation.md
validate	problem-validation.md	validation-methods.md, problem-validation-2026.md
interviews	interview-guide.md	user-interviews.md, user-interviews-methods.md
jtbd	jobs-to-be-done.md	jobs-to-be-done.md

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Methodologies (21)

Persona Building (4)

• Persona building
• AI-assisted persona building
• AI persona building
• Audience segmentation

User Interviews (4)

• User interviews
• User interviews methods
• AI interview analysis
• User research at scale

Problem & Pain Points (3)

• Pain point research
• Problem validation
• Problem validation 2026

Validation Methods (3)

• Validation methods
• User validation methods
• Synthetic users

Jobs-to-be-Done (1)

• Jobs-to-be-done framework

Value & Use Cases (4)

• Value proposition design
• Use case mapping
• Feature discovery
• Opportunity solution trees

Research Instruments (2)

• Survey design
• Success metrics definition

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Key Frameworks

Framework	Purpose	File
JTBD	User motivations & context	jobs-to-be-done.md
Value Prop Canvas	Problem-solution fit	value-proposition-design.md
Mom Test	Interview questions	user-interviews-methods.md
Persona Template	User archetypes	persona-building.md
Opportunity Solution Trees	Feature prioritization	opportunity-solution-trees.md

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Output Files

All outputs go to .aidocs/product_docs/:

Module	Output File
Personas	user-personas.md
Pain Points	pain-points.md
Validation	problem-validation.md
Interviews	interview-guide.md
JTBD	jobs-to-be-done.md
Value Prop	value-proposition.md
Surveys	survey-questionnaire.md

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Integration

Parent Skill

Orchestrated by faion-researcher skill.

Related Sub-Skills

• faion-market-researcher - Market sizing, competitors, pricing

Next Steps

After user research complete:

• UX design → faion-ux-ui-designer
• Feature specs → faion-sdd
• Product roadmap → faion-product-manager

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faion-user-researcher v1.0 Sub-skill of faion-researcher 21 methodologies | User Research & Validation