problem-structuring

problem-structuring is a skill for Codex from itseffi/agentic-os. It costs 20 tokens per session (315 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A way to split a complicated problem into smaller parts and turn the analysis into practical recommendations. It uses reasoning from general rules and from observed examples.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to analyse difficult product, business, or organisational problems and decide what to do.
Why use it?
It removes confusion when a problem has many connected causes, facts, or possible actions. A structured breakdown makes the next steps clearer.

Skill for Codex

Written for Codex: agents/openai.yaml present. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it to analyse difficult product, business, or organisational problems and decide what to do.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/itseffi/agentic-os/problem-structuring
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.

Any agent
npx skills add itseffi/agentic-os --skill problem-structuring
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/itseffi/agentic-os

Made for: Codex.

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Per session 20 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 315 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 $0.00020 $0.00315
Opus 5.5 $0.00008 $0.00126
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00004 $0.00063
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00032

Measured 1mo ago against content hash a9ca5bc40803, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

problem-structuring 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 1mo 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.

.agents/skills/problem-structuring/SKILL.md · 62 lines

What it actually says

Problem Structuring

Break down complex problems into actionable recommendations.

When to Use

When facing a complex, ambiguous problem that needs structured analysis.

The Process

1. Simplify the Problem

  • Identify core components
  • List key stakeholders
  • Summarize in 2-3 sentences

2. Deductive Analysis (Top-Down)

Start broad, work to specifics:

  • What's the general situation?
  • Create logical tree of options
  • Map cause-and-effect relationships
  • Explore branches and outcomes

3. Inductive Analysis (Bottom-Up)

Start with specifics, find patterns:

  • Examine data points and examples
  • Look for patterns and trends
  • What do specifics suggest about the whole?

4. Synthesize

Combine both approaches:

  • Where do they agree?
  • Where do they conflict?
  • What insights emerge?

5. Develop Recommendation

Based on analysis:

  • Clear, actionable recommendation
  • Rationale tied to analysis
  • Trade-offs acknowledged

Output Format

  • Simplified problem: Concise summary
  • Deductive analysis: Logical tree with options
  • Inductive analysis: Patterns from data
  • Synthesis: Combined insights
  • Recommendation: Clear action with rationale

When Not to Use

Do not use this skill when the request is unrelated, low-stakes, or better handled by a simpler direct response.

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 1mo ago First seen · 62 lines · 20 tokens per session scan A a9ca5bc40803

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problem-structuring is a skill published in the GitHub repository itseffi/agentic-os (117 stars, last pushed 14d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 20 tokens to every session and 315 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.

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