ta-methods-writer

What problem does it solve?

This Skill removes the blank-page effort of writing a qualitative research methods section by turning your existing TA project materials into a structured, journal-ready draft.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Auto-reads your project files: Extracts research topic, coding files (e.g., per interviewee), and theoretical framework signals to build a first-pass methods outline.
• Asks only missing details: Collects just the necessary unknowns (sampling criteria, recruitment strategy, interview timing/format/duration, ethics, etc.) without re-asking what it already found.
• Generates a complete methods draft: Produces sections on research design, participants & sampling, data collection, data analysis (Braun & Clarke reflexive TA), quality assurance (Lincoln & Guba), and ethics, including a quality self-check.
• Use case: When you reach the “methods writing” checkpoint in a TA full workflow, you can quickly produce a confirmable draft for revision.

Quick Start

At the “research methods writing” checkpoint, ask ta-methods-writer to generate a complete methods.md draft from the current project files.