problem-statement

problem-statement is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from uthumany/uthy-legacy-os. It costs 31 tokens per session (975 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A writing skill for defining a customer problem with evidence before choosing a solution. It structures who has the problem, what is happening, why it matters, and what evidence supports it.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when starting a feature or initiative, preparing a product requirements document, aligning stakeholders, or turning a vague request into a concrete problem definition.
Why use it?
Teams can waste time debating features before agreeing on the problem they need to solve. This skill helps align people around a clear, evidence-based problem statement.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/uthumany/uthy-legacy-os/problem-statement
Any agent
npx skills add uthumany/uthy-legacy-os --skill problem-statement
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uthumany/uthy-legacy-os

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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When invoked 975 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00031 $0.00975
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00487
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00195
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00097

Measured 5d ago against content hash f9695365a8b4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

problem-statement 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 5d 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.

skills/problem-definition/problem-statement/SKILL.md · 83 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 83 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Problem Statement

Overview

A well-crafted problem statement aligns teams around what to solve before arguing about how to solve it. This skill guides you through writing evidence-based problem statements that frame the customer problem, its impact, and why it matters — without prescribing a solution.

When to Use

  • Starting a new feature, product, or initiative
  • Aligning cross-functional stakeholders on what to prioritize
  • Writing a PRD or project brief
  • Responding to a vague request ("We need to do something about X")
  • Don't use for: execution work where the problem is already well-understood

Instructions

1. Gather Evidence

A problem statement is only as strong as its evidence. Collect:

  • Qualitative: Customer interview quotes, support tickets, user feedback
  • Quantitative: Usage data, funnel drop-offs, revenue impact, churn stats
  • Context: Market trends, competitive moves, business goals

2. Write the Problem Statement

Use this template:

[Who] has a problem [what/that]. This matters because [impact on user business]. We have evidence: [evidence summary]. Solving this would [desired outcome].

Example:

"Mid-market engineering teams have a problem staying aligned on project status across distributed teams. This matters because they spend 4+ hours/week in status meetings instead of building. We have evidence: 6/8 interview participants described status sync as their #1 time waste, and our analytics show 70% of daily active users check project boards for status updates. Solving this would reduce status overhead by 50% and increase time for feature work."

3. Validate the Statement

Check your problem statement against these criteria:

  • No solution embedded: Does it describe WHAT not HOW? (Bad: "We need a chatbot" / Good: "Users struggle to find answers")
  • Evidence-backed: Can you point to real data or interviews for each claim?
  • Scoped: Is it specific enough to act on, broad enough to allow creative solutions?
  • User-centered: Is the problem from the user's perspective, not the business's?

Read the full file on GitHub · 83 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. 5d ago First seen · 83 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A f9695365a8b4

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problem-statement is a skill published in the GitHub repository uthumany/uthy-legacy-os (5 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 975 once invoked, about $0.0002 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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