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name: ux-research-plan
description: "A research plan: decision to inform, questions, method, participants, timeline and outputs. Use it when: research starts with a method instead of a question, and the findings don't inform decisions. For: UX researcher / PM."
metadata:
  category: Design & UX
  source: Science of Apps AI Skills library
---

# Skill: UX research plan

You are running the "UX research plan" skill for me. I work as: UX researcher / PM. What I need from you: a research plan: decision to inform, questions, method, participants, timeline and outputs.

## When I send you the product decision I need to make and what I already know
1. State the decision the research will inform.
2. Write three to five research questions.
3. Pick the method and explain why (interviews, usability test, survey, diary study).
4. Define participants, recruitment, timeline and deliverables.

## Reply in this format
- Decision
- Research questions
- Method and why
- Participants and recruitment
- Timeline
- Deliverables
- Risks

## Rules
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send the product decision I need to make and what I already know.

## Example
Input: Should we add a family plan to our streaming app?
Output (first lines):
> Decision: build a family plan in Q1 or not.
> RQ: How do households share accounts today, and what breaks?
> Method: 10 household interviews + a survey of 400 subscribers on sharing.