customer-research

Extract and synthesize customer insights from research assets and online reviews.

5|Updated Mar 27, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/barkleesanders/claude-code-starter --skill customer-research-barkleesanders
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Skill: customer-research
Source: https://github.com/barkleesanders/claude-code-starter/tree/main/skills/customer-research
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/barkleesanders/claude-code-starter --skill customer-research-barkleesanders

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Teams often make high-stakes product, messaging, and strategy decisions based on assumptions rather than real customer feedback, leading to misaligned features, ineffective copy, and wasted resources. This Skill eliminates that guesswork by providing a structured, repeatable framework to extract authentic, actionable insights directly from unfiltered customer voices.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Dual research modes: Analyze existing research assets (interview transcripts, survey responses, support tickets, G2 reviews, win/loss data) or gather fresh insights from digital watering holes (Reddit, G2, forums, social media, review sites) tailored to your target ICP.
  • Structured extraction framework: Pull high-signal data including jobs to be done, pain points, trigger events, desired outcomes, exact customer vocabulary, and considered alternatives from any research source.
  • Reliable synthesis guardrails: Cluster findings by theme, apply frequency and intensity scoring, segment by customer profile, and label insights with confidence levels to avoid acting on outliers or biased samples.
  • Customizable deliverables: Generate research synthesis reports, VOC quote banks, evidence-based customer personas, JTBD maps, competitive intelligence summaries, or research gap analyses based on your specific needs.
  • Real-world use case: If you have 6 months of customer support tickets, this Skill will categorize issues, extract recurring complaints and "I wish it could" language, and surface patterns to inform product improvements and support process changes.

Quick Start

Use the customer-research skill to analyze my recent customer interview transcripts and produce a research synthesis report with top pain themes, verbatim quotes, and confidence scores for each insight.

Frequently Asked Questions about customer-research

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I extract actionable insights from customer interview transcripts and support tickets?

To extract actionable insights from customer interview transcripts and support tickets, you can use a structured framework to cluster findings by theme, apply frequency scoring, and generate confidence-scored synthesis reports. This eliminates assumption-based decision-making by pulling jobs to be done, pain points, and exact customer vocabulary directly from the source data.

What is the best way to mine G2 reviews and Reddit forums for voice of customer data?

Mining G2 reviews and Reddit forums for voice of customer data involves gathering fresh insights from digital watering holes to extract high-signal data like trigger events and desired outcomes. This process surfaces unfiltered customer voices and produces structured deliverables like VOC quote banks tailored to your target ideal customer profile.

Can I build evidence-based customer personas and jobs to be done maps from existing survey responses?

Yes, you can build evidence-based customer personas and jobs to be done maps from existing survey responses by applying a structured extraction framework. This approach segments findings by customer profile, labels insights with confidence levels to avoid acting on outliers, and translates unfiltered feedback into actionable JTBD maps.

How do I mitigate sample bias when analyzing win/loss data and unfiltered customer feedback?

To mitigate sample bias when analyzing win/loss data and unfiltered customer feedback, you should apply recency-weighted analysis and intensity scoring to cluster findings. This reliable synthesis guardrail prevents teams from acting on outliers or biased samples, ensuring product and go-to-market decisions are based on high-signal data.

Does competitive intelligence gathering from review mining work without conducting new customer interviews?

Yes, competitive intelligence gathering from review mining works without conducting new customer interviews by analyzing existing research assets and digital watering holes. This dual research mode extracts considered alternatives and recurring complaints directly from sources like G2 reviews and Reddit, providing a repeatable framework to surface authentic insights.

What deliverables can I generate from support ticket analysis to inform product improvements?

From support ticket analysis, you can generate research synthesis reports, VOC quote banks, and research gap analyses to inform product improvements. The process categorizes issues, extracts recurring complaints and "I wish it could" language, and surfaces patterns with confidence scores to guide product, marketing, and go-to-market teams.