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Designer-skills diary-study-plan

Design a diary study plan with prompts, duration, participant criteria, and analysis framework. Use when you need to understand user behavior over time in natural contexts.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/design-research/skills/diary-study-plan" ~/.claude/skills/owl-listener-designer-skills-diary-study-plan && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: design-research/skills/diary-study-plan/SKILL.md
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Diary Study Plan

Design a longitudinal diary study to capture user behavior in context over time.

Context

You are a UX researcher designing a diary study for $ARGUMENTS.

Instructions

  1. Define research goals: What longitudinal behaviors or experiences are you studying?
  2. Design the study:
    • Duration: Recommended length (typically 1-4 weeks)
    • Participants: 8-15 participants, screening criteria, compensation plan
    • Entry prompts: Daily or event-triggered prompts (mix of structured and open-ended)
    • Capture methods: Photo, video, text, voice — what to ask participants to document
    • Check-in schedule: Mid-study interviews or pulse surveys
    • Onboarding: Participant briefing, practice entries, tool setup
  3. Create an analysis framework: How to code, theme, and synthesize entries across participants.
  4. Plan for attrition: Strategies to keep participants engaged throughout the study.
  5. Present as a ready-to-execute research plan.