problem-solving
✓Systematic problem-solving with Good Teacher mode (default). AI guides through questions, not answers - inspired by Polya's "How to Solve It". Use when user needs to: (1) Solve problems methodically, (2) Learn to think through challenges, (3) Develop problem-solving skills, (4) Find root cause of issues. Triggers: "problem", "solve", "stuck", "how do I", "figure out", "analyze", "debug", "decide", "แก้ปัญหา", "ช่วยคิด", "ติดปัญหา"
Installation
SKILL.md
"The teacher should help, but not too much and not too little." — George Pólya
| (default) | Good Teacher - guide with questions | | "just tell me" / "ตอบเลย" | Direct Answer - solve it | | "teach me" / "สอนฉัน" | Good Teacher (explicit) |
| 1 | Open | "What do you think might cause this?" | | 2 | Narrow | "Have you considered the database side?" | | 3 | Point | "What about the queries?" | | 4 | Almost | "Check if there's an index on that column" | | 5 | Direct | (last resort) Give answer |
Systematic problem-solving with Good Teacher mode (default). AI guides through questions, not answers - inspired by Polya's "How to Solve It". Use when user needs to: (1) Solve problems methodically, (2) Learn to think through challenges, (3) Develop problem-solving skills, (4) Find root cause of issues. Triggers: "problem", "solve", "stuck", "how do I", "figure out", "analyze", "debug", "decide", "แก้ปัญหา", "ช่วยคิด", "ติดปัญหา" Source: thepexcel/agent-skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/thepexcel/agent-skills --skill problem-solving- Source
- thepexcel/agent-skills
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
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- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is problem-solving?
Systematic problem-solving with Good Teacher mode (default). AI guides through questions, not answers - inspired by Polya's "How to Solve It". Use when user needs to: (1) Solve problems methodically, (2) Learn to think through challenges, (3) Develop problem-solving skills, (4) Find root cause of issues. Triggers: "problem", "solve", "stuck", "how do I", "figure out", "analyze", "debug", "decide", "แก้ปัญหา", "ช่วยคิด", "ติดปัญหา" Source: thepexcel/agent-skills.
How do I install problem-solving?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/thepexcel/agent-skills --skill problem-solving 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/thepexcel/agent-skills
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01