thematic-analysis

Develops themes from qualitative text under one named methodological school with coded evidence.

2|2|Updated Jun 21, 2026
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Skill: thematic-analysis
Source: https://github.com/BTreeMap/SKILLs/tree/main/thematic-analysis
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/BTreeMap/SKILLs --skill thematic-analysis-btreemap

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What problem does it solve? Qualitative analysis of feedback, tickets, reviews, and interviews often mixes incompatible methodological schools, producing themes that are really topic summaries, unjustified agreement statistics, and claims with no traceable evidence. This Skill enforces one coherent school end to end so every theme is a defensible claim backed by verbatim extracts and corpus-bounded counts. ## Core Features & Use Cases - School selection and enforcement: Choose among reflexive, codebook, template, framework matrix, rapid, and hybrid approaches, with the choice and its reason recorded and quality standards taken from the same school. - Bounded codebook workflow: Build a codebook of 20 to 40 codes with definitions, inclusion and exclusion cues, and examples, then code every unit against it. - Evidence-backed reporting: Report each theme as a one-sentence claim with verbatim extracts, unit identifiers, and counts scoped to the corpus, plus agreement figures only where the school calls for them. - Use Case: Given 500 support tickets, run a framework-matrix analysis that charts cases against codes, develops 5 to 14 themes, and delivers a report a product team can act on with an explicit adaptation disclosure. ## Quick Start Analyze the attached customer interview transcripts with thematic analysis and report the main themes with supporting quotes.

Frequently Asked Questions about thematic-analysis

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

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How do I find themes in qualitative data like interviews or feedback?

Select one methodological school first, then build a codebook of 20 to 40 codes, label every unit against it, and cluster codes into 5 to 14 themes. Each theme is reported as a one-sentence claim with verbatim extracts and counts from your corpus.

What is the difference between reflexive and codebook thematic analysis?

Reflexive thematic analysis treats coding as interpretive and rejects agreement statistics, suiting a single analyst exploring meaning. Codebook analysis requires multiple coders to apply labels consistently, with an agreement statistic and threshold declared before coding begins.

Which thematic analysis approach should I use for support tickets?

For feedback and ticket data, use the framework matrix as the base approach, rapid analysis under a deadline, or codebook when several coders must agree. The report must disclose that the procedure is an adaptation, since no validated method exists for this data.

Should I report inter-coder reliability in thematic analysis?

Only under the codebook or coding reliability school, where you fix the statistic and threshold before coding and double-code 10 to 25% of units. Reporting agreement figures alongside a reflexive procedure mixes incompatible schools and is treated as an error.

When is thematic analysis the wrong method to use?

When you are sorting items into a fixed label set, classify each item directly against that set with no codebook or themes. The framework matrix also fails on heterogeneous data, which must be split into per-topic matrices or routed to another school.