Agent Skills: design-research

Conducts user experience research and analysis to inform design decisions. Use when user says "user research", "persona", "personas", "who are our users", "target audience", "customer segments", "design principles", "user needs", "pain points", "jobs to be done", "JTBD", "user interviews", "discussion guide", "research plan", "competitive analysis", "understand the users", "user data", "analytics review", "component research", "pattern audit", "accessibility requirements for [component]", or "how do others design [component type]". Reviews first-party and third-party user data, analyzes industry trends from UX and visual design perspectives, and plans user research studies. Also conducts component-level research: auditing existing patterns, accessibility requirements, interaction best practices, and content structure analysis to inform component design within an existing design system. Creates personas, customer segments, design principles, design roadmaps, research discussion guides, and component research audits. Do NOT use when already have approved personas, in implementation/coding phase, need visual mockups (use design-concepts), or designing components (use design-components).