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Research The User

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Research The User skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Research The User is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: research-methods · Last updated: 2026-06-15

Use before or while designing when you need to understand users — their goals, context, mental models, and real behavior. Run discovery the right way (observe and ask about their life, not your idea) and pick the method that fits the question.

From the source SKILL.md

Design without research is design for yourself. The discipline is to learn what users actually do, think, and need — and to pick the right method for the question (NN/g's method-by-question map): generative research to discover the problem and the user, evaluative research to test a design.

What this skill does

Research The User is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/research-the-user/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Research The User Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 117,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/research-the-user
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/research-the-user/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/research-the-user/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/research-the-user/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/research-the-user/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\research-the-user\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Research The User Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/research-the-user/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Research The User skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Research The User skill?

Use Research The User when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the research methods area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Research The User" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Research The User skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Research The User is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/wastedcode/truecast/blob/HEAD/personas/ui-ux-designer/core/skills/research-the-user/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: wastedcode

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

wastedcode. (2026). Research The User [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/research-the-user/

BibTeX

@misc{research-the-user-2026,
  author    = {wastedcode},
  title     = {Research The User [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/research-the-user/}
}

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