What problem does it solve? Usability tests fail when task wording leaks the answer — leading phrasing, interface echo, or compound tasks produce "everyone succeeded" non-findings. This Skill turns research goals into realistic, unbiased task scenarios participants can actually perform. ## Core Features & Use Cases - 7-step goal-to-scenario chain: Traces every task from research goal through research question, user goal, and activity to a participant-facing scenario, keeping the full chain auditable. - 10-mistake lint pass: Checks every task against the classic task-writing failures — interface echo, embedded steps, hypothetical phrasing, compound tasks, missing data, feature priming, and more. - Quant vs qual forking: Adapts each task for quantitative studies (binary success states, identical wording) or qualitative studies (open-ended exploration, observation notes). - Use Case: You have a PRD for a new booking flow and a planned usability test. Use this Skill to convert the research questions into five participant task scenarios, lint them against the live interface, and produce a traceability table plus participant-facing cards. ## Quick Start Use the write-task-scenarios skill to draft and lint usability test tasks for our new checkout flow study.
