Find UX pains and opportunities fast through competitor scans, pattern research, and web search. Surfaces how others solve the same flow, common failure modes, and conventions users already expect. Use when the user says "research this UX", "how do others do X", "competitor scan", "find UX patterns", "what's the convention for Y", or before ideating a flow. Part of the Product Design set. Uses web search/fetch tools.
How to install design-research?
dkeken/codex-skills-alternative/design-research
$npx -y skills add dkeken/codex-skills-alternative --skill design-researchInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/dkeken/codex-skills-alternative" --skill "dkeken/codex-skills-alternative/design-research"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/dkeken/codex-skills-alternative" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/dkeken/codex-skills-alternative"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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