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Problem Statement · getcrew44 | DecimalAI

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Problem Statement

getcrew44/problem-statement

Source getcrew44/crew44 ↗License MIT

Write a user-centered problem statement with who is blocked, what they are trying to do, why it matters, and how it feels.

SkillScore77Maintained

Automatic

Product Management pack

Last verified 8/23/2026

What it changes

Passed 17 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 12 of 22 without it.

Without skill55%

With skill77%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Uses first-person tags for the empathy breakdown.
Formats empathy components in first-person phrasing.
Structures the empathy narrative explicitly using first-person tags.

and 4 more in the full report

6 fixed11 passed either way4 still failing1 broke

Pass-rate lift: +23 pp
Tokens: +93%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -12%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/23/2026v117 of 22 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/getcrew44-problem-statement/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/getcrew44-problem-statement/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add getcrew44-problem-statement, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/getcrew44-problem-statement/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add getcrew44-problem-statement

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/getcrew44-problem-statement/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/getcrew44-problem-statement/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/getcrew44-problem-statement/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/getcrew44-problem-statement.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 6

Prompt

Take these narrative elements—Persona: Pediatric nurse practitioner; Desired outcome: update dosage logs accurately between shifts; Root cause: double-entry across incompatible paper logs and legacy EHR software; Emotional/practical impact: exhaustion and fear of medication errors—and construct a single-sentence Final Problem Statement.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Synthesizes provided narrative elements into a single sentence.	Passed	Passed
Uses the formula structure framing who needs a way to achieve an outcome because of a root cause resulting in impact.	Missed	Passed

case-13 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/23/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md237 linessingle file

Purpose

Articulate a problem from the user's perspective using an empathy-driven framework that captures who they are, what they're trying to do, what's blocking them, why, and how it makes them feel. Use this to align stakeholders on the problem before jumping to solutions, and to frame product work around user outcomes rather than feature requests.

This is not a requirements doc—it's a human-centered problem narrative that ensures you're solving a problem worth solving.

Key Concepts

The Problem Framing Framework

Based on Jobs-to-be-Done and empathy mapping, the framework structures problems as:

Problem Framing Narrative:

I am: [Describe the persona experiencing the problem]
Trying to: [Desired outcomes the persona cares about]
But: [Barriers preventing the outcomes]
Because: [Root cause of the problem]
Which makes me feel: [Emotional impact]

Context & Constraints:

[Geographic, technological, time-based, demographic factors]

Final Problem Statement:

[Single, concise, empathetic summary]

Why This Structure Works

Persona-centric: Forces you to see the problem through the user's eyes
Outcome-focused: "Trying to" emphasizes desired results, not tasks
Root cause analysis: "Because" pushes past symptoms to underlying issues
Emotional validation: "Makes me feel" humanizes the problem and builds empathy
Contextual: Constraints acknowledge real-world limitations

Anti-Patterns (What This Is NOT)

Not a solution in disguise: "The problem is we lack AI-powered analytics" = sneaking in a solution
Not a business problem: "Our revenue is down" isn't a user problem (it's a symptom)
Not a feature request: "Users need a dashboard" isn't a problem (what are they trying to do?)
Not generic: "Users want better UX" is too vague to be actionable

When to Use This

Kicking off discovery or problem validation work
Aligning stakeholders before solutioning
Socializing a problem with engineering, design, or exec teams

Track record

Benchmark

17 / 22

test cases passed, vs 12 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

getcrew44 / crew44

daemon/internal/presets/defaultcrew/skills/product/problem-statement/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1

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