Plan research
Know exactly what to research before anyone is recruited.
YouSales say customers want a mobile app. Plan the research.
Priya ShahSales
Three enterprise customers asked for a mobile app this week. Can we get it on the Q3 roadmap?
4 2
Tom KimProduct
Pulled the numbers from analytics.
Sessions by device Last 90 days
Mobile web 38%Desktop 62%
Priya Shah
Mostly finance teams. They’re out at client sites a lot.
Call notes.docx Not shared with you
YouSales say customers want a mobile app. Plan the research.
Research brief · mobile app
- PROVIDED38% of sessions are on mobile browsers (analytics, last 90 days).
- INFERREDThe real need may be capturing receipts on the go. A question to test, not a finding.
- UNKNOWNWhat customers meant when they asked sales for an app. The notes were not shared.
Your callApprove the plan before anyone is contacted.
Illustrative example. The labels: PROVIDEDYour data or research says soINFERREDA hunch, with how to test itUNKNOWNCan’t tell; says what would settle it
Say it your way
- “We decide on a mobile app next quarter. What research should we do first?”
- “Turn “users find settings confusing” into research questions.”
- “Survey or interviews to find out why trials don’t convert?”
It works through
- Decision
- Known
- Assumed
- Unknown
- Method
- Threshold
- You decide
You get back
- The decision
- Assumptions, ranked
- Questions and methods
- A plan to approve
Install in one command.
It loads by itself when a request like these comes in. Free and open source, no account.
Claude Code
unzip splitfire-research-brief.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/ Every project on this machine. Use .claude/skills/ inside a repository to share with your team.
Codex
unzip splitfire-research-brief.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/ Every project. Use .agents/skills/ inside a repository instead, then restart Codex.
Claude apps
On claude.ai or the desktop app, upload the .zip in your skills settings. One zip is one skill.