songjiun10-collab/senior-thinking-skills/clarify-the-real-problem
Claude Code and agent skill by songjiun10-collab/senior-thinking-skills
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Checking that the SKILL.md file is still in the repository.
Dig out the actual goal behind a request before building anything. Use when a request is ambiguous, when the literal ask smells like an X-Y problem (they asked for a solution, not a problem), or when a wrong interpretation would waste significant work. Also use when the user says "still thinking about it", "what's the best way to do this?", or hands over a vague one-liner that implies hours of work.
Install
npx vskill@latest install songjiun10-collab/senior-thinking-skills/clarify-the-real-problemSKILL.md
Clarify the Real Problem (router)
This skill is tuned per model. Pick the file that matches the model actually running, and apply it in full — the questions to ask are the same everywhere, but how literally to read the request, and how much to surface versus resolve silently, differs by tier.
| Model | File | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | opus-5-5.md | |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | fable-5-1.md | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | sonnet-5.md | |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | sonnet-5-5.md | |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | haiku-5-5.md | |
| OpenAI GPT-6 Astra | gpt-6-astra.md | |
| OpenAI GPT-6 Sol | gpt-6-sol.md | |
| OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol | gpt-6-1-sol.md | |
| OpenAI GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna.md |
Read the file matching the model actually running before applying this skill.
Running a model not listed above (an older generation, a different model family entirely)? sonnet-5.md carries the fullest general-purpose version of the underlying procedure — read that one rather than skipping this skill.
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingclarify-the-real-problem/SKILL.md
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