five-whys-drilling

$npx mdskill add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/five-whys-drilling

Drills down to root cause via iterative 'Why?' questioning

  • Identifies and verifies surface phenomena's underlying causes.
  • Depends on context for informed drilling process.
  • Uses evidence-based reasoning at each level of questioning.
  • Provides actionable recommendations based on identified root causes.

SKILL.md

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---
name: five-whys-drilling
description: Iterative "Why?" questioning (5+ levels) to drill from surface phenomenon to actionable root cause. Each level verified against evidence.
execution: subagent
prompt: ./prompt.md
input: surface_phenomenon (string), context (string)
used-by: root-cause-drilling
---

# Five Whys Drilling

Iterative root cause analysis via successive "Why?" questions.

## Execution

Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent.

## Budget

One unit = one 5-Whys drilling pass.

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