Create structured four-quadrant proto-personas from minimal input.
npx skills add https://github.com/argen/hornero --skill proto-persona-argen
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: proto-persona Source: https://github.com/argen/hornero/tree/main/roles/product-manager/skills/proto-persona Command: npx skills add https://github.com/argen/hornero --skill proto-persona-argen
When user research is limited, this Skill helps teams define a shared, hypothesis-shaped persona to scope a problem or align on a target user.
Use the proto-persona skill to generate a persona for your next product launch.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
To create a proto-persona without user research, you build a lightweight, hypothesis-driven profile from minimal input. This structured approach helps teams align on a target user for product scoping and early-stage discovery before conducting actual interviews.
A proto-persona is a lightweight, hypothesis-driven user profile used for product scoping when in-depth research is unavailable. You should use it during early-stage product discovery to establish a shared understanding of the target user and guide decision-making.
During proto-persona creation, you explicitly identify and tag assumptions made about the target user. This process ensures that hypotheses are documented for later validation, allowing teams to generate specific interview questions to test those assumptions.
Yes, you can generate interview questions to test proto-persona assumptions. After creating the structured persona and tagging its underlying hypotheses, the process outputs a targeted research plan designed to validate those specific assumptions through user discovery.
The limitation of hypothesis-driven personas is that they are based on minimal input rather than validated research. They are intended only for early-stage product alignment and must be followed by assumption validation to ensure accurate user understanding.
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