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problem-solving

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About problem-solving

A collection of problem-solving techniques for people facing a stuck point or growing complexity. It routes users to focused exercises such as inversion, pattern recognition, and testing ideas at extreme scales.

Key features

  1. 01Dispatches to a suitable technique
  2. 02Combines unrelated concepts
  3. 03Challenges underlying assumptions
  4. 04Finds patterns across domains
  5. 05Tests ideas at extreme scales
  6. 06Looks for simplification opportunities

Use cases

  1. 01Choose an approach when stuck
  2. 02Explore alternatives to assumptions
  3. 03Find recurring patterns across issues
  4. 04Assess behavior at production scale

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill problem-solving

After installing, type/problem-solvingin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filesABOUT.md

Details

From the project README

Problem-Solving Skills

A collection of techniques for breaking through stuck points and finding elegant solutions.

Available Sub-Skills

When Stuck (Dispatch)

Location: when-stuck/SKILL.md

Start here when stuck. Matches your stuck-type to the right technique. Quick dispatch table for routing to the appropriate sub-skill.

Collision-Zone Thinking

Location: collision-zone-thinking/SKILL.md

Force unrelated concepts together to discover emergent properties. "What if we treated X like Y?" Revolutionary insights come from deliberate metaphor-mixing.

Inversion Exercise

Location: inversion-exercise/SKILL.md

Flip every assumption and see what still works. "What if the opposite were true?" Exposes hidden constraints and alternative approaches.

Meta-Pattern Recognition

Location: meta-pattern-recognition/SKILL.md

Spot patterns appearing in 3+ domains to find universal principles. Extract abstract forms that apply across domains.

Scale Game

Location: scale-game/SKILL.md

Test at extremes (1000x bigger/smaller) to expose fundamental truths. What breaks? What survives? Extremes reveal what normal scales hide.

Simplification Cascades

Location: simplification-cascades/SKILL.md

Find one insight that eliminates multiple components. "If this is true, we don't need X, Y, or Z." Look for unifying principles.

When to Use

How You're StuckUse This
Don't know which techniquewhen-stuck
Need breakthrough innovationcollision-zone-thinking
Forced by assumptionsinversion-exercise
Same issue in different placesmeta-pattern-recognition
Unsure about production scalescale-game
Complexity spiralingsimplification-cascades

Quick Reference

Conventional solutions inadequate?  → collision-zone-thinking
"This must be done this way"?       → inversion-exercise
Same pattern 3+ places?             → meta-pattern-recognition
Will it work at scale?              → scale-game
Same thing implemented 5+ ways?     → simplification-cascades

Core Philosophy

"One powerful abstraction > ten clever hacks"

These techniques help you find the elegant solution that makes complexity unnecessary, rather than managing complexity through brute force.

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