thinking-five-whys-plus
When a fault is localized and the proximate cause is known but the systemic root is not, chain evidence-linked whys with a counterfactual stop and a countermeasure.
Install / Use
npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-five-whys-plusInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
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Our assessment of thinking-five-whys-plus
thinking-five-whys-plus scores 85/100 on our quality scale, 2129th of 4,259 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 50%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 1,325 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so thinking-five-whys-plus is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
thinking-five-whys-plus compared with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| thinking-five-whys-plus (this skill)by tjboudreaux | 85 | 1.3k | 54d ago | SKILL.md |
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install thinking-five-whys-plus?
- Run
npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-five-whys-plus. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does thinking-five-whys-plus work with?
- It is written for Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is thinking-five-whys-plus safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is thinking-five-whys-plus still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so thinking-five-whys-plus is actively maintained.
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