problem-framing

problem-framing is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from WellApp-ai/Well. It costs 19 tokens per session (697 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A problem-definition workflow that turns a situation into a Job Story, a How Might We question, and a matching user persona.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it at the start of product discovery to frame the user’s context and motivation, generate an opportunity question, and look up relevant personas in Notion.
Why use it?
It helps teams clarify who has a problem, what they are trying to accomplish, and what outcome they expect before designing a solution.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/wellapp-ai/well/problem-framing
Any agent
npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 19 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 697 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

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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 $0.00019 $0.00697
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00349
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00139
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00070

Measured 4d ago against content hash c52ec36a59cd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

problem-framing 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 4d ago.

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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.

cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing/SKILL.md · 127 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 127 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Problem Framing Skill

Frame problems effectively using Jobs-to-be-Done, How Might We questions, and persona validation from Notion.

When to Use

  • At the start of DIVERGE loop (Ask mode)
  • When exploring a new feature or problem space
  • Before ideation to ensure clear problem definition

Instructions

Phase 1: Job Story Definition

Create a Job Story in this format:

When [situation/context],
I want to [motivation/action],
So I can [expected outcome/benefit].

Example:

When I'm managing multiple client workspaces,
I want to switch between them quickly,
So I can respond to urgent requests without losing context.

Phase 2: How Might We (HMW) Question

Reframe the problem as an opportunity question:

How might we [opportunity that addresses the job story]?

Guidelines:

  • Start broad, then narrow if needed
  • Avoid suggesting solutions in the question
  • Focus on the user's goal, not the feature

Example:

How might we help users navigate between workspaces seamlessly?

Phase 3: Persona Lookup (Notion MCP)

Fetch relevant personas from Notion database:

  1. Search for personas database:

    API-post-search with query "Personas" or "User Personas"
    
  2. Query the database:

    API-query-data-source with database_id from search results
    
  3. Get persona details:

    API-retrieve-a-page + API-get-block-children for each relevant persona
    

Extract these fields:

  • Name
  • Role / Job Title
  • Goals (what they want to achieve)
  • Pain Points (what frustrates them)
  • Context (environment, constraints)

Phase 4: Three Dimensions Check

Validate the problem addresses all three job dimensions:

Dimension Question Example
Functional What task are they completing? "Switch between workspaces"
Emotional How do they want to feel? "In control, not overwhelmed"
Social How do they want to be perceived? "Responsive, professional"

Read the full file on GitHub · 127 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. 4d ago First seen · 127 lines · 19 tokens per session scan A c52ec36a59cd

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problem-framing is a skill published in the GitHub repository WellApp-ai/Well (340 stars, last pushed 27d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 19 tokens to every session and 697 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.

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