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feat: Add user research workflow to compound-engineering plugin #172

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Summary

Add a user research workflow that makes user interviews and personas a first-class input to AI-assisted development. Today the plugin has zero research capabilities — insights from user interviews sit in Google Docs and never reach the developer.

Proposed Components

  • /workflows:research command — Orchestrates three phases: Plan research, Process transcripts, Build personas
  • research-plan skill — Create structured research plans with discussion guides (Teresa Torres / Mom Test methodology)
  • transcript-insights skill — Process interview transcripts into structured snapshots with tagged insights
  • persona-builder skill — Synthesize insights across interviews into living persona documents with confidence tracking
  • user-research-analyst agent — Surface relevant personas and insights during feature planning

Delivery

  • PR 1: Research workflow, skills, agent, and directory structure (docs/research/)
  • PR 2: Integration with /workflows:brainstorm and /workflows:plan to auto-surface research

References

  • Brainstorm: docs/brainstorms/2026-02-10-user-research-workflow-brainstorm.md
  • Plan: docs/plans/2026-02-11-feat-user-research-workflow-plan.md

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