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Five Whys Drilling

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Iterative "Why?" questioning (5+ levels) to drill from surface phenomenon to actionable root cause. Each level verified against evidence.

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npx -y skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill five-whys-drilling --agent claude-code

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SKILL.md
---
name: five-whys-drilling
description: Iterative "Why?" questioning (5+ levels) to drill from surface phenomenon to actionable root cause. Each level verified against evidence.
execution: subagent
prompt: ./prompt.md
input: surface_phenomenon (string), context (string)
used-by: root-cause-drilling
---

# Five Whys Drilling

Iterative root cause analysis via successive "Why?" questions.

## Execution

Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent.

## Budget

One unit = one 5-Whys drilling pass.

Files in this skill

  • SKILL.md512 B
  • prompt.md1.2 KB

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