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Diary Study Plan skill

Design a diary study — prompts, cadence, duration, participant criteria, and analysis frame. Use when behaviour unfolds over days or weeks. For a single-session study, use `usability-test-plan`.

$npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill diary-study-plan
View this skill on GitHubOwl-Listener/designer-skills/design-research/skills/diary-study-plan/SKILL.md
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Owl-Listener

Diary Study Plan

Design Research

Install Diary Study Plan

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill diary-study-plan

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

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Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads diary-study-plan when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the diary-study-plan skill”. In Codex, type $diary-study-plan.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

Diary Study Plan

Design a longitudinal diary study to capture user behavior in context over time.

Context

You are a UX researcher designing a diary study for $ARGUMENTS.

Instructions

  1. Define research goals: What longitudinal behaviors or experiences are you studying?
  2. Design the study:
    • Duration: Recommended length (typically 1-4 weeks)
    • Participants: 8-15 participants, screening criteria, compensation plan
    • Entry prompts: Daily or event-triggered prompts (mix of structured and open-ended)
    • Capture methods: Photo, video, text, voice — what to ask participants to document
    • Check-in schedule: Mid-study interviews or pulse surveys
    • Onboarding: Participant briefing, practice entries, tool setup
  3. Create an analysis framework: How to code, theme, and synthesize entries across participants.
  4. Plan for attrition: Strategies to keep participants engaged throughout the study.
  5. Present as a ready-to-execute research plan.

Tips for Diary Study Plan

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • It is part of a pack with 30 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Diary Study Plan

What does the Diary Study Plan skill do?

Design a diary study — prompts, cadence, duration, participant criteria, and analysis frame. Use when behaviour unfolds over days or weeks. For a single-session study, use `usability-test-plan`.

How do I install Diary Study Plan?

Run "npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill diary-study-plan" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Diary Study Plan work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Diary Study Plan uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Diary Study Plan free?

Diary Study Plan is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Diary Study Plan?

Diary Study Plan is published by Owl-Listener in the Owl-Listener/designer-skills repository, together with 29 other skills.

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