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Find what is really causing the problem people pointed at
Paste the problems found in your work. Get each traced to a likely cause, plus notes that may name the wrong spot.
Problem root cause tracer is a free AI skill for the job "Lead and manage people". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Thinking: high
What it does
People are good at feeling that something is off and weaker at saying why. They point at the place where they felt it, which is rarely where it began. If you fix the place they pointed at, the problem often moves. This skill treats each note as a symptom. It reads the spot on its own, looks upstream for missing setup, context that lives only in your head, a weak premise, a poor order, or the wrong size or tone. It asks whether fixing only the spot would hold, groups problems that share a cause, and gives you one quick check for each top cause.
You give it
- The problem notes, ideally from "Good note sharpener"
- The work they are about (strongly better)
- A draft (optional)
You get
- Each problem with whether the spot holds up on its own
- Likely causes upstream, grouped, with a hold-test answer for each
- A list of notes that may name the wrong symptom
- A first quick check for each top cause, and what result would prove it
Use it when
- A group told you something is wrong and the obvious fix did not help.
- Several people say it feels off but disagree on why.
- You want to fix the cause once instead of patching three places.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Paste the notes. Add the work as well so the causes can point at real parts.
- Run the first check for the top cause before you rewrite anything.
- Bring the result to "Revision headline planner".