Agent skill

Synthesis Frameworks

by slgoodrich in slgoodrich/agents

Research synthesis frameworks including affinity mapping, thematic analysis, and insight generation.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Synthesis Frameworks

skills CLI
$ npx skills add slgoodrich/agents --skill synthesis-frameworks -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install slgoodrich/agents synthesis-frameworks --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/slgoodrich/agents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ai-pm-copilot/skills/synthesis-frameworks .claude/skills/synthesis-frameworks && 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
synthesis-frameworks
GitHub stars
138
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,524 words
Files
12 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Research synthesis frameworks including affinity mapping, thematic analysis, and insight generation.

  • Works in 5 steps: Immersion: Consume all raw data without… → Extraction: Identify individual… → Grouping: Find patterns through affinity… → …
  • Synthesizing interview data
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, Core Synthesis Methods and Insight Quality, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Synthesis Frameworks is an agent skill from slgoodrich/agents. Research synthesis frameworks including affinity mapping, thematic analysis, and insight generation. Use when synthesizing interview data, identifying patterns across research, extracting actionable insights, or building personas from findings. Trigger on: 'synthesize my research', 'what themes emerged from interviews', 'affinity mapping', 'turn research into insights', 'build a persona from this data'.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 13 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `assets/affinity-mapping-guide.md`, `assets/executive-summary-template.md` and `assets/insight-card-template.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User research. The repository describes itself as: AI PM Workflows for Claude Code.

When your agent uses it

  • Synthesizing interview data
  • Identifying patterns across research
  • Extracting actionable insights
  • Building personas from findings

Example prompts

  • “synthesize my research”
  • “what themes emerged from interviews”
  • “affinity mapping”
  • “/synthesis-frameworks”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Immersion: Consume all raw data without judgment
  2. Extraction: Identify individual observations atomically
  3. Grouping: Find patterns through affinity mapping
  4. Insight Generation: Ask "so what?" and connect to implications
  5. Communication: Share findings in actionable formats

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3b5835b. 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

Synthesis Frameworks loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~19k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,524 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~107
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~19k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,524 words (~3,295 tokens).

“Frameworks for synthesizing qualitative research data to identify patterns, extract insights, and drive product decisions.”

— opening of SKILL.md by slgoodrich, Custom licence
name
synthesis-frameworks

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 11 other files (references, assets) in plugins/ai-pm-copilot/skills/synthesis-frameworks of slgoodrich/agents.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/affinity-mapping-guide.md
  • assets/executive-summary-template.md
  • assets/insight-card-template.md
  • assets/persona-template.md
  • assets/research-report-template.md
  • assets/synthesis-process-template.md
  • references/insight-quality-guide.md
  • references/jtbd-synthesis-guide.md
  • references/pattern-identification-guide.md
  • references/synthesis-workshop-guide.md
  • references/thematic-analysis-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3b5835b

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Questions about Synthesis Frameworks

What does Synthesis Frameworks do?

Research synthesis frameworks including affinity mapping, thematic analysis, and insight generation. Synthesis Frameworks is an agent skill from slgoodrich/agents. Research synthesis frameworks including affinity mapping, thematic analysis, and insight generation.

When should I use Synthesis Frameworks?

Synthesis Frameworks fits situations like: synthesizing interview data; identifying patterns across research; extracting actionable insights; building personas from findings.

How do I install Synthesis Frameworks in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add slgoodrich/agents --skill synthesis-frameworks -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ai-pm-copilot/skills/synthesis-frameworks in slgoodrich/agents) into .claude/skills/synthesis-frameworks in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Synthesis Frameworks in Codex?

Run `npx skills add slgoodrich/agents --skill synthesis-frameworks -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ai-pm-copilot/skills/synthesis-frameworks in slgoodrich/agents) into .agents/skills/synthesis-frameworks in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Synthesis Frameworks 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 slgoodrich/agents --skill synthesis-frameworks -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/synthesis-frameworks, .gemini/skills/synthesis-frameworks, .github/skills/synthesis-frameworks and .opencode/skills/synthesis-frameworks in your project.

What does Synthesis Frameworks need to run?

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

Does Synthesis Frameworks 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 Synthesis Frameworks 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 Synthesis Frameworks use?

Synthesis Frameworks has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Synthesis Frameworks use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 15k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Synthesis Frameworks?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Synthesis Frameworks: User Research Cookiy (cookiy-ai/user-research-skill, 1.6k stars), Fable Domain (Sahir619/fable-method, 2.3k stars), Produck Feedback To Build (tryproduck/produck-skills, 510 stars) and MITRE Problem Framing Canvas (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Synthesis Frameworks?

slgoodrich (a GitHub user) maintains it in slgoodrich/agents, which has 138 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 10, 2026.

Source: slgoodrich/agents on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.