Skills tagged: problem-solving

• systematic-debugging - Systematic 4-phase root cause debugging process

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  ★ 0 · Updated 2026-09-22

  A four-phase debugging process to investigate and identify root causes before attempting code fixes.

  ⚙ Investigate bug root causes⚙ Reproduce issues consistently⚙ Trace upstream data flow
• elon - General Elon Musk AI mentor

  mentorfirst-principlesproblem-solvingengineering

  ★ 34 · Updated 2026-09-20

  Provides strategic guidance, honest feedback, and first-principles thinking for problem solving and software engineering.

  ⚙ Reason from first principles⚙ Query live web data⚙ Challenge user assumptions
• optimizer-mindset - Optimizer Mindset for Best-Option Decision Making

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  ★ 1 · Updated 2026-09-19

  Treats user queries as optimization problems by identifying core objectives, finding binding constraints, scoring options, and recommending the single best choice.

  ⚙ Identify core objectives and binding constraints⚙ Decompose problems into key decision variables⚙ Enumerate and quantitatively score candidate options
• decision-clarity - Decision Clarity

  decision-makingproblem-solvingfirst-principlessimplification

  ★ 60 · Updated 2026-09-19

  Improves decision quality by clarifying problems, exposing hidden assumptions, reasoning from facts, reducing complexity, and providing clear next steps.

  ⚙ Clarify real problems⚙ Expose hidden assumptions⚙ Reduce issues to fundamental facts
• claude-creativity - Claude Creativity mode for generating breakthrough ideas

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  ★ 32 · Updated 2026-09-17

  Generates non-obvious breakthrough ideas using structured creative techniques based on configurable intensity and output styles.

  ⚙ Detect intensity level⚙ Select creative techniques⚙ Generate breakthrough ideas
• world-model-method - World-Model Method for Planning and Task Execution

  world-modelplanningdecision-makingproblem-solving

  ★ 48 · Updated 2026-09-15

  A working mode that defines explicit goals, predicts candidate consequences via abstract models, and optimizes plans before generating concrete output.

  ⚙ Define objectives and cost functions⚙ Build abstract task models⚙ Predict approach consequences
• mckinsey-bcg-consulting - McKinsey and BCG consulting method router

  consultingmckinseybcgproblem-solving

  ★ 60 · Updated 2026-09-15

  Coordinates McKinsey and BCG consulting frameworks to support problem solving, strategy, communication, and execution.

  ⚙ Classify user business requests⚙ Select relevant child skills⚙ Load required skill files
• Collision-Zone Thinking - Force unrelated concepts together to discover emergent properties

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  ★ 43 · Updated 2026-09-11

  Forces unrelated concepts from different domains to collide to discover emergent properties and generate novel solutions.

  ⚙ Combine unrelated concepts⚙ Explore emergent properties⚙ Test metaphor boundaries
• Inversion Exercise - Flip core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints.

  inversionproblem-solvingmental-models

  ★ 1 · Updated 2026-09-10

  Flips core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints and alternative approaches when stuck on unquestioned assumptions.

  ⚙ List core assumptions⚙ Invert assumptions systematically⚙ Explore implications
• Inversion Exercise - Flip core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints.

  inversionproblem-solvingmental-modelsassumptions

  ★ 19 · Updated 2026-09-10

  Flips core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints and alternative approaches when stuck on unquestioned assumptions.

  ⚙ List core assumptions⚙ Invert assumptions systematically⚙ Explore implications of inversions
• deep-dive - Clarify requirements via recursive questioning

  deep-diverequirements-clarificationproblem-solvingtechnical-investigation

  ★ 57 · Updated 2026-09-09

  Recursively asks user questions to clarify ambiguous requirements, eliminate assumptions, and improve quality and reliability.

  ⚙ Analyze user requests⚙ Investigate codebase with Explore subagent⚙ Display current understanding state
• reasoning-first-principles - First principles reasoning and 5-step optimization

  first-principlesreasoningoptimizationproblem-solving

  ★ 18 · Updated 2026-09-09

  Applies first principles reasoning, the Idiot Index, and a 5-step optimization process to solve problems and evaluate requirements.

  ⚙ Deconstruct problems to core principles⚙ Calculate Idiot Index ratio⚙ Question and evaluate assumptions
• pua - Exhaustive Problem-Solving Methodology

  debuggingproblem-solvingverificationmethodology

  ★ 11 · Updated 2026-06-30

  Systematic debugging methodology forcing exhaustive search and proactive verification before escalating

  ⚙ search error messages⚙ read source files⚙ execute commands
• diagnose - Startup problem diagnostic router

  startupdiagnosticsproblem-solvingstrategy

  ★ 290 · Updated 2026-06-30

  Routes founders to the right startup framework by analyzing five failure modes and misdiagnosis patterns.

  ⚙ identify problem type⚙ diagnose failure mode⚙ route to framework
• systematic-debugging - Systematic Debugging for Technical Issues

  debuggingroot-cause-analysisproblem-solvingsoftware-testing

  ★ 0 · Updated 2026-06-15

  Apply systematic root cause investigation before fixing bugs

  ⚙ read error messages⚙ reproduce issues⚙ check recent changes
• systematic-debugging - Systematic Debugging for Technical Issues

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  ★ 28 · Updated 2026-06-15

  Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes

  ⚙ read error messages⚙ reproduce bugs⚙ check recent changes
• decision-navigator - Guide users to concrete decisions

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  ★ 22,817 · Updated 2026-06-15

  Guide stuck or overwhelmed users through targeted branching questions until they reach concrete next steps

  ⚙ acknowledge user situation⚙ ask clarifying question⚙ extract user information
• FirstPrinciples - First Principles Analysis

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  ★ 602 · Updated 2026-05-09

  Deconstruct problems to fundamental truths and rebuild solutions from irreducible facts

  ⚙ deconstruct problem into parts⚙ challenge assumptions systematically⚙ rebuild solution from fundamentals
• scientific-brainstorming - Scientific Research Brainstorming Partner

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  ★ 91 · Updated 2026-05-09

  Conversational ideation partner for generating novel research ideas and exploring interdisciplinary connections

  ⚙ generate research ideas⚙ ask open questions⚙ explore interdisciplinary connections
• analogical-reasoning - Apply analogical reasoning for creative problem-solving

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  ★ 816 · Updated 2026-03-20

  Transfer knowledge from familiar domains to unfamiliar ones through structural similarity mapping

  ⚙ understand target domain⚙ generate source analogies⚙ map structural elements

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