problem-validation

problem-validation is a command for Claude Code from navraj007in/architecture-cowork-plugin. It costs 9 tokens per session (3,568 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A structured product-problem validation command that examines assumptions, risks, supporting evidence, and small experiments.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review user pains and market information, research evidence that the problem exists, compare existing solutions, and design lightweight validation experiments.
Why use it?
It helps determine whether a problem is real and worth solving before significant work is committed to a solution.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the architect plugin — 48 skills, 63 commands, 19 agents, 7 MCP servers shipped together

Good fit Use it to review user pains and market information, research evidence that the problem exists, compare existing solutions, and design lightweight validation experiments.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/navraj007in/architecture-cowork-plugin/problem-validation
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/navraj007in/architecture-cowork-plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install architect, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 48 skills, 63 commands, 19 agents, 7 MCP servers.

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README.md
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Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 3,568 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00009 $0.03568
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.01784
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00714
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00357

Measured 9d ago against content hash 0e4b501207f0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

problem-validation scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/problem-validation.md · 326 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 326 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/architect:problem-validation

Trigger

/architect:problem-validation

Purpose

Rigorously validate the problem space before committing to a solution. Produces a structured analysis of assumptions, risks, evidence, and lightweight validation experiments — the kind of diligence a good investor or advisor would expect.

Workflow

Step 1: Gather Context

Read in this order:

  1. architecture-output/_state.json — read first if it exists; provides compact personas (top pains per segment) and market_research (competitor weaknesses, market size, key insight) — use these instead of reading full markdown files
  2. intent.json — product vision, target users, problem statement
  3. architecture-output/deep-research.mdonly if _state.json.market_research is absent; if reading, Grep for "Executive Summary" and "Opportunity Gaps" sections only
  4. architecture-output/user-personas.mdonly if _state.json.personas is absent; if reading, Grep for "Pain points" and "Current workflow" sections only

Step 2: Research (if WebSearch available)

Search for:

  • Evidence that this problem exists at scale (forum complaints, support tickets, industry reports)
  • Existing solutions and their shortcomings (app store reviews, G2/Capterra reviews, Reddit threads)
  • Market signals (funding in adjacent spaces, acquisition activity, regulatory changes)
  • Counter-evidence — reasons this problem might NOT be worth solving

Tag all findings as [Verified] or [Inferred].

Step 3: Problem Statement

Write a crisp problem statement using this structure:

[Target user segment] struggles with [specific problem] because [root cause]. Currently they [workaround/status quo], which costs them [time/money/frustration metric]. This affects approximately [market size estimate] people/businesses.

Then provide:

  • Problem severity score (1-10) with justification
  • Problem frequency — how often users encounter this (daily/weekly/monthly/rarely)
  • Existing alternatives — what people do today (including "nothing")
  • Why now? — what has changed that makes this problem solvable or urgent now (technology shift, regulation, behavioral change)

Read the full file on GitHub · 326 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 326 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 0e4b501207f0

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problem-validation is a command published in the GitHub repository navraj007in/architecture-cowork-plugin (2 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 3,568 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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