{
  "protocol_schema": "nmd-vcell-formative-user-study/1.0",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-09",
  "state": "PROTOCOL_READY_EXTERNAL_PARTICIPANTS_NOT_YET_RUN",
  "target_participants": "5–8 independent researchers spanning computational biology, wet-lab muscle biology and data/review roles",
  "participant_count": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "task_id": "UX01",
      "prompt": "Distinguish the DMD disease workspace from the DMD gene record.",
      "success": "opens the intended disease or gene object and explains the distinction",
      "route": "/resource/search?q=DMD"
    },
    {
      "task_id": "UX02",
      "prompt": "Find what is known and unknown for PGAM5 in DMD.",
      "success": "finds broad gene context and does not infer a 21-candidate contract",
      "route": "/resource/search?q=PGAM5"
    },
    {
      "task_id": "UX03",
      "prompt": "Compare ZNF133 and ADAM10, then create two separate study arms.",
      "success": "both targets survive into MULTI_ARM_PANEL and combination evidence is not claimed",
      "route": "/resource/compare?genes=ZNF133,ADAM10"
    },
    {
      "task_id": "UX04",
      "prompt": "Trace one process-map edge to its source and claim ceiling.",
      "success": "names the relation type, evidence source and causal boundary",
      "route": "/resource/process/"
    },
    {
      "task_id": "UX05",
      "prompt": "Determine whether ADAM10 has a measured DMD outcome and identify the next executable step.",
      "success": "reports zero outcomes and opens the governed review/registration handoff",
      "route": "/resource/adam10-design-sensitivity/"
    }
  ],
  "measures": [
    "task completion",
    "time to completion in seconds",
    "wrong-object navigation",
    "claim-boundary error",
    "independent-unit error",
    "missing-evidence interpretation",
    "confidence 1–5",
    "free-text observation"
  ],
  "stopping_rule": "Run all five tasks per participant; do not count project-team technical acceptance as an independent participant.",
  "acceptance_targets": {
    "task_completion": ">=80%",
    "claim_boundary_critical_errors": 0,
    "median_time_seconds": "<=90 for UX01/UX02 and <=180 for UX03–UX05"
  },
  "session_template": "/resource/downloads/formative_user_study_sessions_blank.tsv",
  "observation_template": "/resource/downloads/formative_user_study_observations_blank.tsv"
}