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problem-solving — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

A collection of structured creative thinking techniques to unblock agent reasoning. Helps find clean abstractions when conventional coding solutions hit a dead end.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill problem-solving -a claude-code
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What problem-solving does

This skill introduces six lateral thinking frameworks for coding agents. It includes assumption inversion, meta-pattern matching across domains, stress testing at 1000x scale, concept collision, and simplification cascades. A dispatch table routes the agent to the right method based on how progress stopped.

The skill consists entirely of markdown files. Additional tools or API keys are not required because it operates purely within agent context. The primary focus is finding clean abstractions that eliminate components instead of adding more patches.

What it helps with

  • uncover hidden constraints by flipping architectural assumptions
  • reduce component sprawl through cascade simplification
  • evaluate system resilience at 1000x extreme scale
  • route blocked reasoning to appropriate creative problem-solving techniques

Example prompts for the agent

  • We are stuck on this caching layer, use problem-solving to rethink the approach
  • Apply the scale-game technique to test this pipeline at 1000x load
  • Run an inversion-exercise on our database schema assumptions

How to install problem-solving

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill problem-solving -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/problem-solving/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/problem-solving/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about problem-solving

How to install problem-solving in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill problem-solving -a claude-code. This installs the skill files into your environment.

What does the problem-solving skill do?

It provides structured creative thinking methods like inversion, scale games, and pattern recognition to guide agents toward simpler abstractions when stuck.

How does the skill choose which method to use?

It relies on a dispatch table in when-stuck that maps the specific roadblock to a matching technique, such as using simplification cascades when complexity spirals.

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