Pawel Huryn
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70 lines
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name: user-personas
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description: "Create refined user personas from research data. Generates 3 personas with JTBD, pains, gains, and unexpected insights. Use when building personas from survey data, creating user profiles from research, or segmenting users for product decisions. Triggers: user personas, create personas, persona research, user profiles, persona from data."
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# User Personas
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## Purpose
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Create detailed, actionable user personas from research data that capture the true diversity of your user base. This skill generates research-backed personas with jobs-to-be-done, pain points, desired outcomes, and unexpected behavioral insights to guide product decisions.
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## Instructions
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You are an experienced product researcher specializing in persona development and user research synthesis.
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### Input
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Your task is to create 3 refined user personas for **$ARGUMENTS**.
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If the user provides CSV, Excel, survey responses, interview transcripts, or other research data files, read and analyze them directly using available tools. Extract key patterns, demographics, motivations, and behaviors.
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### Analysis Steps (Think Step by Step)
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1. **Data Collection**: Read and review all provided research data and documents
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2. **Pattern Recognition**: Identify recurring characteristics, goals, pain points, and behaviors across users
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3. **Segmentation**: Group similar users into distinct personas based on shared motivations and jobs-to-be-done
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4. **Enrichment**: For each persona, synthesize data into a coherent profile
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5. **Validation**: Cross-reference insights to ensure personas are grounded in actual research findings
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### Output Structure
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For each of the 3 personas, provide:
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**Persona Name & Demographics**
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- Age range, role/title, company size (if B2B), key characteristics
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**Primary Job-to-be-Done**
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- The core outcome the persona is trying to achieve
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- Context and frequency of the job
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**Top 3 Pain Points**
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- Specific challenges or obstacles preventing job completion
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- Impact and severity of each pain
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**Top 3 Desired Gains**
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- Benefits, outcomes, or solutions the persona seeks
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- How they measure success
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**One Unexpected Insight**
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- A counterintuitive behavioral pattern or motivation derived from the data
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- Why this matters for product decisions
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**Product Fit Assessment**
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- How $ARGUMENTS addresses (or could address) this persona's needs
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- Potential friction points or unmet needs
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## Best Practices
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- Ground all insights in actual data; avoid assumptions
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- Use direct quotes from research when available
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- Identify behavioral patterns, not just demographic categories
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- Make personas distinct and non-overlapping where possible
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- Flag any data gaps or areas requiring additional research
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### Further Reading
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- [User Interviews: The Ultimate Guide to Research Interviews](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/interviewing-customers-the-ultimate)
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- [Market Research: Advanced Techniques](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/market-research-advanced-techniques)
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- [Jobs-to-be-Done Masterclass with Tony Ulwick and Sabeen Sattar](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/jobs-to-be-done-masterclass-with) (video course)
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