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Empathy map · IN SHORT

What do customers say?What do they actually do?

Map one customer group at one decision moment. The skill uses working sections based on Dave Gray's Empathy Map Canvas and marks whether each point comes from research or remains an assumption.

Empathy mapSKILL

Your brief

In an interview, a team leader says simplicity matters. During an observed trial, she postpones the decision until her colleagues have joined in. We do not yet know why.

Possible draft

Fictional example: choosing software

Saying: simplicity matters, source interview. Doing: waiting for colleagues, source observation. Concern about team support remains an assumption. Next research question: what happened during the last shared software decision?

Illustrative example

01 / THE FOUNDATION

You bring the context.The skill adds structure.

What you provide

  • Who you want to understand and the decision they need to make.
  • The moment when their need arises.
  • Customer conversations, observations and data, including sources and remaining unknowns.

What you get back

A customer picture in six working sections, gaps between words and behaviour, three to five insights and three practical next steps.

02 / SEE HOW IT WORKS

From an idea to a draft.

Illustrative exampleFictional example: choosing softwareRead the example

Your brief

In an interview, a team leader says simplicity matters. During an observed trial, she postpones the decision until her colleagues have joined in. We do not yet know why.

Possible draft

Saying: simplicity matters, source interview. Doing: waiting for colleagues, source observation. Concern about team support remains an assumption. Next research question: what happened during the last shared software decision?

This example shows the approach. It is not a client result or a guarantee of a particular outcome.

03 / GET STARTED

A repeatable approach.Your own context.

  1. Define the moment

    Describe the customer, what they need to do and when the need arises. Keep different customer groups separate.

  2. Add evidence labels

    Explore seeing, hearing, thinking and feeling, saying and doing, pain and gain. Label every point with its source or as an assumption.

  3. Turn gaps into research

    Find differences between statements and behaviour. Develop useful marketing or product actions and investigate the missing evidence.

04 / MAKE IT YOURS

Ready foryour work.

Take the instructions, add your own context and review the draft. You stay in control.

Full information

Empathy map

Download. Apply. Refine.

Download the skill (English)

File language: English

From download to use

  1. Save the ZIP file: ai-empathy-map-coach-skill-for-claude.zip.
  2. Using Claude? Follow the installation guide for your environment. Downloading alone does not activate the skill.
  3. Then provide your own brief and the context listed above. Review the output before using it.
Installation guide (Dutch)
Keep in mind
  • Behaviour does not directly reveal thoughts or feelings. Check interpretations with the people involved.
  • An empty section becomes a research question. The skill does not replace interviews or prove what an entire audience wants.
  • The six working sections adapt the canvas. The skill's MIT licence does not grant additional rights to third-party materials.