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interview-script

Agent skill fromOwl-Listener/designer-skills

Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up. Use before running interviews. For analysing what comes back, use `summarize-interview`.

How to install interview-script

install interview-script
# 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/interview-script/

# into

~/.claude/skills/interview-script/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/interview-script/ (one project)

design-research/skills/interview-script/SKILL.md

MITFull file
1# Interview Script
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3Create a structured user interview script for qualitative research.
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5## Context
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7You are a senior UX researcher preparing an interview script for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (personas, research goals, product context), read them first.
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9## Domain Context
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11- User Interviews (Steve Portigal, Interviewing Users): Open-ended questions that reveal motivations, behaviors, and mental models.
12- Follow the funnel approach: broad context questions before specific feature questions.
13- Use JTBD probing: When did you last...? What were you trying to accomplish? What happened next?
14- Avoid leading questions, hypotheticals, and yes/no questions.
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16## Instructions
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181. **Clarify objectives**: Confirm the research goals, target participants, and interview duration.
192. **Create the script** with these sections:
20 - **Introduction** (2-3 min): Welcome, explain purpose, set expectations, get consent
21 - **Warm-up** (3-5 min): Easy context-setting questions about their background and role
22 - **Core exploration** (20-30 min): Deep-dive questions organized by research theme, with follow-up probes
23 - **Specific scenarios** (10-15 min): Walk-through of specific tasks or experiences
24 - **Wrap-up** (3-5 min): Summary, anything we missed, next steps, thank you
253. **Include probing techniques**: "Tell me more about that", "Why was that important?", "What happened next?"
264. **Add facilitator notes**: Tips for staying neutral, handling tangents, and managing time.
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