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Agent skill

Interview Script

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Interview Script

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill interview-script -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills interview-script --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/design-research/skills/interview-script .claude/skills/interview-script && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
interview-script
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~660 tokens
SKILL.md length
332 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up.

  • Works in 5 steps: Clarify objectives: Confirm the research… → Create the script with these sections → Include probing techniques: "Tell me… → …
  • Tasks that involve User research
  • SKILL.md covers Context, Domain Context, Instructions and Question Quality Guardrails, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Interview Script is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up. Use before running interviews. For analysing what comes back, use summarize-interview.

Its SKILL.md is about 660 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User research. The repository describes itself as: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve User research

Example prompts

  • “/interview-script”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Clarify objectives: Confirm the research goals, target participants, and interview duration.
  2. Create the script with these sections
  3. Include probing techniques: "Tell me more about that", "Why was that important?", "What happened next?"
  4. Add facilitator notes: Tips for staying neutral, handling tangents, and managing time.
  5. Think step by step. Present the script in a ready-to-use format.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Interview Script loads about 660 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 332 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~660

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 332 words, ~660 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/interview-script/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
interview-script
description
Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up. Use before running interviews. For analysing what comes back, use `summarize-interview`.

Interview Script

Create a structured user interview script for qualitative research.

Context

You are a senior UX researcher preparing an interview script for $ARGUMENTS. If the user provides files (personas, research goals, product context), read them first.

Domain Context

  • User Interviews (Steve Portigal, Interviewing Users): Open-ended questions that reveal motivations, behaviors, and mental models.
  • Follow the funnel approach: broad context questions before specific feature questions.
  • Use JTBD probing: When did you last...? What were you trying to accomplish? What happened next?
  • Avoid leading questions, hypotheticals, and yes/no questions.

Instructions

  1. Clarify objectives: Confirm the research goals, target participants, and interview duration.
  2. Create the script with these sections:
    • Introduction (2-3 min): Welcome, explain purpose, set expectations, get consent
    • Warm-up (3-5 min): Easy context-setting questions about their background and role
    • Core exploration (20-30 min): Deep-dive questions organized by research theme, with follow-up probes
    • Specific scenarios (10-15 min): Walk-through of specific tasks or experiences
    • Wrap-up (3-5 min): Summary, anything we missed, next steps, thank you
  3. Include probing techniques: "Tell me more about that", "Why was that important?", "What happened next?"
  4. Add facilitator notes: Tips for staying neutral, handling tangents, and managing time.
  5. Think step by step. Present the script in a ready-to-use format.

Question Quality Guardrails

Ensure all questions are non-leading. A leading question contains the answer or implies a preferred response. Replace any question that assumes sentiment, behaviour, or outcome.

Leading (avoid)Non-leading (use)
"Was that frustrating?""How did you feel about that?"
"Did you find it easy?""How easy or difficult was that for you?"
"Did you like the feature?""What did you notice about that feature, if anything?"
"Would you use this?""How would you use this in your work, if at all?"

Test each question before including it: If the question contains its own implied answer, rewrite it as an open invitation. If the question can be answered with yes or no, extend it ("...and why?").

Further Reading

  • Interviewing Users — Steve Portigal
  • Just Enough Research — Erika Hall

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Files

Just SKILL.md in design-research/skills/interview-script of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Interview Script

What does Interview Script do?

Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up. Interview Script is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Write a structured interview guide — warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up.

When should I use Interview Script?

Interview Script fits situations like: tasks that involve User research.

How do I install Interview Script in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill interview-script -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (design-research/skills/interview-script in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/interview-script in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Interview Script in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill interview-script -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (design-research/skills/interview-script in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/interview-script in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Interview Script in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill interview-script -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/interview-script, .gemini/skills/interview-script, .github/skills/interview-script and .opencode/skills/interview-script in your project.

What does Interview Script need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Interview Script is instructions for the agent only.

Does Interview Script access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Interview Script safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Interview Script use?

Interview Script is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Interview Script use?

About 660 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Interview Script?

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Who maintains Interview Script?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,854 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

Source: Owl-Listener/designer-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.