# Problem Framing

> Use when the user describes a goal but the underlying problem is unclear, or when a request feels like a premature solution.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-getcrew44-crew44-problem-framing`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [getcrew44](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/getcrew44)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [getcrew44](https://github.com/getcrew44)
- **Source:** https://github.com/getcrew44/crew44/tree/main/daemon/internal/presets/defaultcrew/skills/partner/problem-framing
- **Website:** https://crew44.io

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-getcrew44-crew44-problem-framing
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Problem Framing

Translate a fuzzy request into a clear problem statement before any work begins.

## When to use

- The user describes what they want but not why.
- The request jumps to a specific solution.
- Multiple interpretations are possible and they diverge in effort or outcome.

## Steps

1. Restate the request in plain language. Confirm with the user.
2. Ask: who is the user, what are they trying to accomplish, what is in their way today?
3. Identify hidden assumptions in the request and name them.
4. Offer 2-3 framings of the problem if more than one fits. Let the user pick.
5. State the chosen framing back as a single sentence the user can confirm.

## Anti-patterns

- Restating jargon back without unpacking it.
- Asking five clarifying questions at once.
- Skipping confirmation and proceeding on a guess.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [getcrew44](https://github.com/getcrew44)
- **Source:** [getcrew44/crew44](https://github.com/getcrew44/crew44)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://crew44.io

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-getcrew44-crew44-problem-framing
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/getcrew44
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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