# Persona Creation

> User persona development, proto-personas, and avoiding persona fiction.

- Skill: `dragoon0x/persona-creation` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add dragoon0x/persona-creation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/dragoon0x/persona-creation/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: dragoon0x (https://skillmd.com/u/dragoon0x)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/dragoon0x/persona-creation

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# Persona Creation

## Persona Types

### Research-Based Personas
- Built from actual user research (interviews, surveys, analytics).
- Based on patterns across multiple users, not one person.
- Updated as you learn more.

### Proto-Personas
- Hypothesis-based, created before research.
- Used to align the team on assumptions.
- Must be validated (or invalidated) through research.

## Persona Components
- **Name and photo** (make them feel real, but don't use real people).
- **Context** (situation, not demographics).
- **Goals** (what they're trying to achieve).
- **Pain points** (what frustrates them today).
- **Behaviors** (how they currently solve the problem).
- **Quote** (something they might actually say).

## Anti-Patterns
- Personas based on demographics alone ("Sarah, 34, marketing manager" tells you nothing about behavior).
- Personas nobody references after creation.
- Too many personas (3-5 maximum for a product).
- Fictional personas presented as research-backed.
- Personas that confirm what the team already believes.