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problem-definition

refoundai/lenny-skills

Help users define problems clearly before jumping to solutions. Use when someone is scoping a new feature, validating a product idea, struggling to articulate what they're building, or falling into the "shiny object trap" with new technology.

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/refoundai/lenny-skills --skill problem-definition

SKILL.md

Help the user define problems clearly before jumping to solutions using frameworks from 91 product leaders.

Digitizing analog isn't enough Bret Taylor: "Why use this instead of the Yellow Pages? It was a digital version of something that had come before." Simply digitizing an analog predecessor often fails because it lacks a native reason to exist on the new platform. Ask "why should a customer give this the time of day?"

Jake Knapp + John Zeratsky: "This idea of getting unstuck and turning maybe some abstract ideas or some concepts that you've been discussing, turning that into a concrete prototype, something that you can look at and you can click around." Moving from abstract concepts to concrete prototypes is the fastest way to define and solve a problem.

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npx skills add https://github.com/refoundai/lenny-skills --skill problem-definition
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2026-02-01
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What is problem-definition?

Help users define problems clearly before jumping to solutions. Use when someone is scoping a new feature, validating a product idea, struggling to articulate what they're building, or falling into the "shiny object trap" with new technology. Source: refoundai/lenny-skills.

How do I install problem-definition?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/refoundai/lenny-skills --skill problem-definition Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/refoundai/lenny-skills