Research Synthesis

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Synthesize user research into themes, insights, and recommendations. Use when you have interview transcripts, survey results, usability test notes, support tickets, or NPS responses that need to be distilled into patterns, user segments, and prioritized next steps.

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Synthesizes user research data into themes, insights, segments, and prioritized recommendations.

What it does
Takes interview transcripts, survey results, usability test notes, support tickets, or NPS/CSAT responses and distills them into a structured synthesis report. The output includes an executive summary, key themes with prevalence and supporting quotes, an insights-to-opportunities table, identified user segments, prioritized recommendations, open questions, and methodology notes. It also describes optional connector integrations for pulling feedback, validating findings with analytics, and publishing to a research repository.
When to use it
Use when you have raw user research material that needs to be distilled into patterns, user segments, and prioritized next steps. Suited to product or UX research synthesis after interviews, surveys, or usability tests.
Requirements
Instructions only; no scripts. Optional connectors for user feedback, product analytics, and knowledge base are described but not required.

/research-synthesis

If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md.

Synthesize user research data into actionable insights. See the user-research skill for research methods, interview guides, and analysis frameworks.

Usage

/research-synthesis $ARGUMENTS

What I Accept

  • Interview transcripts or notes
  • Survey results (CSV, pasted data)
  • Usability test recordings or notes
  • Support tickets or feedback
  • NPS/CSAT responses
  • App store reviews

Output

markdown
## Research Synthesis: [Study Name]**Method:** [Interviews / Survey / Usability Test] | **Participants:** [X]**Date:** [Date range] | **Researcher:** [Name]
### Executive Summary[3-4 sentence overview of key findings]
### Key Themes
#### Theme 1: [Name]**Prevalence:** [X of Y participants]**Summary:** [What this theme is about]**Supporting Evidence:**- "[Quote]" — P[X]- "[Quote]" — P[X]**Implication:** [What this means for the product]
#### Theme 2: [Name][Same format]
### Insights → Opportunities
| Insight | Opportunity | Impact | Effort ||---------|-------------|--------|--------|| [What we learned] | [What we could do] | High/Med/Low | High/Med/Low |
### User Segments Identified| Segment | Characteristics | Needs | Size ||---------|----------------|-------|------|| [Name] | [Description] | [Key needs] | [Rough %] |
### Recommendations1. **[High priority]** — [Why, based on which findings]2. **[Medium priority]** — [Why]3. **[Lower priority]** — [Why]
### Questions for Further Research- [What we still don't know]
### Methodology Notes[How the research was conducted, any limitations or biases to note]

If Connectors Available

If ~~user feedback is connected:

  • Pull support tickets, feature requests, and NPS responses to supplement research data
  • Cross-reference themes with real user complaints and requests

If ~~product analytics is connected:

  • Validate qualitative findings with usage data and behavioral metrics
  • Quantify the impact of identified pain points

If ~~knowledge base is connected:

  • Search for prior research studies and findings to compare against
  • Publish the synthesis to your research repository

Tips

  1. Include raw quotes — Direct participant quotes make insights credible and memorable.
  2. Separate observations from interpretations — "5 of 8 users clicked the wrong button" is an observation. "The button placement is confusing" is an interpretation.
  3. Quantify where possible — "Most users" is vague. "7 of 10 users" is specific.

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