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research-synthesis

what it does

Synthesize user research into themes, insights, and recommendations. Use when you have interview transcripts, survey results, usability test notes, support tickets, or NPS responses that need to be distilled into patterns, user segments, and prioritized next steps.

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Answers from Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol · try 1 of 1

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“Group these support tickets and tell me what we should look at first.”

Source material given with the request

Notes app "Quillpad". Version 3.2 was released on September 9. T-401 Sep 2 Charged twice for the monthly plan. T-402 Sep 4 Would love a dark mode. T-403 Sep 5 Password reset email never arrives. T-404 Sep 10 Notes edited on iPad don't show up on my laptop (v3.2). T-405 Sep 10 Invoice shows the wrong company name. T-406 Sep 11 Edits made offline were lost when I reconnected. T-407 Sep 12 After the update I have duplicate copies of every notebook. T-408 Sep 12 Please add calendar integration. T-409 Sep 13 Since the update the sync spinner never stops. T-410 Sep 15 Want a refund on my annual plan. T-411 Sep 16 Shared notebook isn't updating for my teammate. T-412 Sep 17 Lost two days of edits on my phone.
with the skill
## Ticket groups (12 tickets, Sep 2-17) | Group | Tickets | Count | |---|---|---| | **Sync and data loss** | T-404, T-406, T-407, T-409, T-411, T-412 | 6 | | **Billing** | T-401, T-405, T-410 | 3 | | **Feature requests** | T-402 (dark mode), T-408 (calendar integration) | 2 | | **Account access** | T-403 (password reset email) | 1 | ## Look at first: sync and data loss **Evidence** - Half of all tickets are in this group, and all 6 were filed on or after Sep 10, the day after v3.2 shipped. - None of the 4 tickets before the release (Sep 2-5) mention sync. - Three tickets tie the problem to the update: T-404 names v3.2, and T-407 and T-409 say "after the update" or "since the update". - Two tickets report lost work: T-406 (offline edits lost) and T-412 (two days of edits lost). - T-411 shows it affects shared notebooks, so it can hit collaborators too. **Interpretation (not yet confirmed)** - A v3.2 sync regression is the likely common cause. The duplicate notebooks, the endless spinner, and the missing cross-device edits could all come from one fault.
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- T-406, T-411, and T-412 don't mention the version, so I'm linking them by timing only. T-412 in particular could involve edits made before Sep 9. **Suggested actions** 1. Have engineering check v3.2 sync changes against these 6 reports and look for a common root cause. 2. Contact the T-406 and T-412 users about recovering lost data. This is the most damaging and least reversible issue. 3. Consider a hotfix or rollback, and tell users to avoid offline editing until it's fixed. 4. Pull sync error rates and duplicate-notebook counts from analytics to see how widespread this is beyond the tickets. ## Then, in order 1. **T-401, double charge (Sep 2).** It's a single ticket, but it's a money error and is probably quick to fix. Refund it and check whether other customers were double-charged. T-405 (wrong company name on an invoice) is a similar billing-data fix. 2. **T-403, password reset email never arrives (Sep 5).** Only one report, but it locks the user out. Check email deliverability and spam logs, since a delivery problem would affect many users who never write in. 3. **T-410, annual plan refund.** This is a policy and support decision rather than a bug. Check whether the user is also affected by the sync issues, since that would explain the request. 4. **T-402 and T-408, feature requests.** Log them in the backlog. Neither is urgent, and there are only single requests, so there's no demand signal yet. ## Caveats - With 12 tickets, these counts show direction but aren't statistically meaningful. - I can't tell whether any tickets come from the same user, so "6 tickets" may mean fewer than 6 people. - Tickets only capture users who contacted support. Actual impact may be larger, so the analytics check matters.
without
# Ticket groups **1. Sync and data loss (likely tied to v3.2): 7 tickets** - T-404: iPad edits not showing on laptop (v3.2) - T-406: Offline edits lost on reconnect - T-407: Duplicate copies of every notebook after update - T-409: Sync spinner never stops since update - T-411: Shared notebook not updating for teammate - T-412: Lost two days of edits on phone That's six, not seven. The group has **6 tickets**: T-404, T-406, T-407, T-409, T-411, T-412. **2. Billing: 3 tickets** - T-401: Charged twice for monthly plan (Sep 2) - T-405: Invoice shows wrong company name - T-410: Refund request on annual plan **3. Account access: 1 ticket** - T-403: Password reset email never arrives (Sep 5)
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**4. Feature requests: 2 tickets** - T-402: Dark mode - T-408: Calendar integration ## What to look at first **The sync and data loss cluster.** Reasons: - **Timing:** Every ticket in it was filed on or after Sep 10, the day after v3.2 shipped. T-404, T-407, and T-409 explicitly mention the update. The others (T-406, T-411, T-412) don't name the version, but their timing and symptoms fit, so the link is probable rather than confirmed. - **Severity:** Users are permanently losing work (T-406, T-412). That is the most damaging and least recoverable kind of problem for a notes app, and it erodes trust quickly. - **Trend:** Six tickets in about a week, and the cluster is still growing (latest on Sep 17). **Suggested immediate steps:** 1. Try to reproduce on v3.2 with offline edits, multi-device sync, and shared notebooks. 2. Check whether a rollback or hotfix is feasible, and consider a status notice to users. 3. Advise affected users to back up or export their notes in the meantime. 4. Look into the duplicate notebooks (T-407) as a possible clue to the root cause, such as a sync conflict-resolution bug. ## Next in line - **Billing:** T-401 (double charge) and T-410 (refund) involve money and should be handled promptly by whoever owns billing. They look unrelated to the release. T-405 is lower urgency. - **Password reset (T-403):** Only one report, but it blocks access to the account. Worth a quick check of email delivery. It predates v3.2, so it's a separate issue. - **Feature requests:** Log them in the backlog. No urgency.

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The models

2 models

Claude Sonnet 5.5

made by Anthropic

claude-sonnet-5-5 · revision not reported by the provider

1 try per case · tested 1 Nov 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol

made by OpenAI

gpt-6.1-sol · revision not reported by the provider

1 try per case · tested 1 Nov 2026

The tasks

written by Carte Blanche
biased-feature-survey

“We surveyed users about what to build next. Write up the findings for the team.”

expense-interviews

“I ran six interviews about our expense app last week. Can you pull out the main themes and what we should do about them?”

export-usability-test

“Summarize what we learned from this usability test on report export.”

nps-verbatims

“Here are last month's NPS responses. What's our score, and what's driving it?”

support-ticket-spike

“Group these support tickets and tell me what we should look at first.”

Install

Download the .zip and unzip it. Put its files, in a folder named research-synthesis, here:

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