# Usability Testing

> Planning and running usability tests, task design, participant recruitment, and analysis.

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

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# Usability Testing

## Planning
- 5 participants per round (catches ~85% of issues)
- 4-6 tasks per session (1 hour max)
- Mix task types: specific ('Find X') and open ('Explore the settings')

## Task Writing
- Scenario-based: 'Your friend recommended a restaurant. Find it and make a reservation.'
- No clues in the task: don't use the same words as the UI labels
- One clear success criteria per task

## During the Session
- 'Think aloud' protocol: ask users to verbalize their thinking
- Don't help, guide, or react to mistakes
- Take notes on: what they did, what they said, what they seemed to feel
- Record with permission (screen + face)

## Analysis
- Severity rating per issue: Critical (blocks task), Major (significant difficulty), Minor (minor friction)
- Rainbow spreadsheet: tasks × participants, color-coded by success/failure
- Top 5 findings with evidence and recommendations

## Reporting
- Executive summary: 3-5 key findings
- Per-finding: observation, impact, recommendation, evidence (video clip)
- Prioritized fix list