Agent skill

Problem Framing

Frame problems using JTBD Job Stories, HMW questions, and persona validation

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Problem Framing

skills CLI

$ npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install WellApp-ai/Well problem-framing --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing .claude/skills/problem-framing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "problem-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing into .claude/skills/problem-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "problem-framing", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install WellApp-ai/Well problem-framing --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing .agents/skills/problem-framing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "problem-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing into .agents/skills/problem-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "problem-framing", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install WellApp-ai/Well problem-framing --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing .cursor/skills/problem-framing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "problem-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing into .cursor/skills/problem-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "problem-framing", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git --path cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install WellApp-ai/Well problem-framing --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing .gemini/skills/problem-framing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "problem-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing into .gemini/skills/problem-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "problem-framing", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install WellApp-ai/Well problem-framing

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing .github/skills/problem-framing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "problem-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing into .github/skills/problem-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "problem-framing", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install WellApp-ai/Well problem-framing --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing .opencode/skills/problem-framing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "problem-framing" agent skill from https://github.com/WellApp-ai/Well/tree/main/cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing into .opencode/skills/problem-framing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "problem-framing", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: problem-framing
GitHub stars: 345
Token cost: ~733 tokens
SKILL.md length: 223 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 36
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Frame problems using JTBD Job Stories, HMW questions, and persona validation

Works in 4 steps: Job Story Definition → How Might We (HMW) Question → Persona Lookup (Notion MCP) → …
Tasks that involve User stories
SKILL.md covers When to Use, Instructions, Output Format and Invocation, plus 1 more section
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Problem Framing is an agent skill from WellApp-ai/Well. Frame problems using JTBD Job Stories, HMW questions, and persona validation

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories. It works with Notion. The repository describes itself as: No more Sundays on Finance. We build the infrastructure that retrieves, processes, and routes your financial and business data to your FinOps stack, so founders can ship, not… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve User stories

Example prompts

“/problem-framing”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Job Story Definition
How Might We (HMW) Question
Persona Lookup (Notion MCP)
Three Dimensions Check

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c740217. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Problem Framing loads about 733 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 23 tokens; SKILL.md has 223 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~23
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~733

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from WellApp-ai/Well at commit c740217, republished under its MIT licence (© WellApp-ai). 223 words, ~733 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/problem-framing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: problem-framing
description: Frame problems using JTBD Job Stories, HMW questions, and persona validation

Problem Framing Skill

Frame problems effectively using Jobs-to-be-Done, How Might We questions, and persona validation from Notion.

When to Use

At the start of DIVERGE loop (Ask mode)
When exploring a new feature or problem space
Before ideation to ensure clear problem definition

Instructions

Phase 1: Job Story Definition

Create a Job Story in this format:

When [situation/context],
I want to [motivation/action],
So I can [expected outcome/benefit].

Example:

When I'm managing multiple client workspaces,
I want to switch between them quickly,
So I can respond to urgent requests without losing context.

Phase 2: How Might We (HMW) Question

Reframe the problem as an opportunity question:

How might we [opportunity that addresses the job story]?

Guidelines:

Start broad, then narrow if needed
Avoid suggesting solutions in the question
Focus on the user's goal, not the feature

Example:

How might we help users navigate between workspaces seamlessly?

Phase 3: Persona Lookup (Notion MCP)

Fetch relevant personas from Notion database:

Search for personas database:

API-post-search with query "Personas" or "User Personas"

Query the database:

API-query-data-source with database_id from search results

Get persona details:

API-retrieve-a-page + API-get-block-children for each relevant persona

Extract these fields:

Name
Role / Job Title
Goals (what they want to achieve)
Pain Points (what frustrates them)
Context (environment, constraints)

Phase 4: Three Dimensions Check

Validate the problem addresses all three job dimensions:

Dimension	Question	Example
Functional	What task are they completing?	"Switch between workspaces"
Emotional	How do they want to feel?	"In control, not overwhelmed"
Social	How do they want to be perceived?	"Responsive, professional"

Output Format

After running this skill, output:

markdown

## Problem Framing

### Job Story
When [situation],
I want to [motivation],
So I can [outcome].

### How Might We
How might we [opportunity]?

### Relevant Personas

| Persona | Role | Goals | Pain Points |
|---------|------|-------|-------------|
| [Name] | [Role] | [Goals] | [Pain Points] |

### Three Dimensions

| Dimension | Definition |
|-----------|------------|
| Functional | [Task] |
| Emotional | [Feeling] |
| Social | [Perception] |

Invocation

Invoke manually with "use problem-framing skill" or follow Ask mode DIVERGE loop which references this skill's phases.

design-context - Run after problem-framing
competitor-scan - Research how others solve this problem

Files

Just SKILL.md in cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing of WellApp-ai/Well.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c740217

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Questions about Problem Framing

What does Problem Framing do?

Frame problems using JTBD Job Stories, HMW questions, and persona validation. Problem Framing is an agent skill from WellApp-ai/Well.

When should I use Problem Framing?

Problem Framing fits situations like: tasks that involve User stories.

How do I install Problem Framing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing in WellApp-ai/Well) into .claude/skills/problem-framing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Problem Framing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cursor-rules/skills/problem-framing in WellApp-ai/Well) into .agents/skills/problem-framing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Problem Framing in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add WellApp-ai/Well --skill problem-framing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/problem-framing, .gemini/skills/problem-framing, .github/skills/problem-framing and .opencode/skills/problem-framing in your project.

What does Problem Framing need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Problem Framing is instructions for the agent only.

Does Problem Framing access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Problem Framing safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Problem Framing use?

Problem Framing is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Problem Framing use?

About 733 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Problem Framing?

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Who maintains Problem Framing?

WellApp-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in WellApp-ai/Well, which has 345 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: WellApp-ai/Well on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Problem Framing

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Problem Framing Skill

When to Use

Instructions

Phase 1: Job Story Definition

Phase 2: How Might We (HMW) Question

Phase 3: Persona Lookup (Notion MCP)

Phase 4: Three Dimensions Check

Output Format

Invocation

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Files

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