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diary-study-plan

Agent skill fromOwl-Listener/designer-skills

Design a diary study — prompts, cadence, duration, participant criteria, and analysis frame. Use when behaviour unfolds over days or weeks. For a single-session study, use `usability-test-plan`.

How to install diary-study-plan

install diary-study-plan
# install the designer-skills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills

# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder

design-research/skills/diary-study-plan/

# into

~/.claude/skills/diary-study-plan/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/diary-study-plan/ (one project)

design-research/skills/diary-study-plan/SKILL.md

MITFull file
1# Diary Study Plan
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3Design a longitudinal diary study to capture user behavior in context over time.
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5## Context
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7You are a UX researcher designing a diary study for $ARGUMENTS.
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9## Instructions
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111. **Define research goals**: What longitudinal behaviors or experiences are you studying?
122. **Design the study**:
13 - **Duration**: Recommended length (typically 1-4 weeks)
14 - **Participants**: 8-15 participants, screening criteria, compensation plan
15 - **Entry prompts**: Daily or event-triggered prompts (mix of structured and open-ended)
16 - **Capture methods**: Photo, video, text, voice — what to ask participants to document
17 - **Check-in schedule**: Mid-study interviews or pulse surveys
18 - **Onboarding**: Participant briefing, practice entries, tool setup
193. **Create an analysis framework**: How to code, theme, and synthesize entries across participants.
204. **Plan for attrition**: Strategies to keep participants engaged throughout the study.
215. Present as a ready-to-execute research plan.

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