nw-five-whys-methodology SKILL.md skillA
nw-five-whys-methodology from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-five-whys-methodology@git:20260320.d98f3cbPins git:20260320.d98f3cb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-five-whys-methodology/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260320.d98f3cb, committed Mar 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 17, 2026
- Size
- 3,216 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
Toyota 5 Whys methodology with multi-causal branching, evidence requirements, and validation techniques.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Five Whys Methodology ## Philosophical Foundation Taiichi Ohno: "By repeating why five times, the nature of the problem as well as its solution becomes clear." Core tenets: scientific evidence-based investigation | address fundamental causes not symptoms | solve to prevent recurrence | use findings for Kaizen ## Multi-Causal Investigation Complex problems have multiple root causes. Investigate comprehensively: - **Parallel**: investigate all symptoms/conditions simultaneously - **Branch**: follow each cause through all five WHY levels - **Cross-cause**: ensure multiple causes don't contradict - **Comprehensive**: address all root causes, not just primary ## WHY Level Definitions ### WHY 1: Symptom Investigation What is immediately observable? Investigate all symptoms. Each branch continues independently. Document verifiable evidence per symptom. ``` WHY 1A: Path not found [Evidence: file exists but wrong context -- Windows vs WSL paths] WHY 1B: Permission denied [Evidence: user context mismatch between host and container] WHY 1C: Timing issues [Evidence: race conditions with file system operations] ``` ### WHY 2: Context Analysis …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-five-whys-methodology@sha256:f5c7c63ff379aa23The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260320.d98f3cb, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_5fwgr4bu7dlwyuh4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Mar 17, 2026 and Mar 20, 2026, about one every day.
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| git:20260320.d98f3cb latest | 2026-03-20 | d98f3cb | 3,216 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260318.e6a0e19 | 2026-03-18 | e6a0e19 | 3,194 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260317.1d16147 | 2026-03-17 | 1d16147 | 3,185 B | A | view |
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Source
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5fwgr4bu7dlwyuh4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-five-whys-methodology GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f5c7c63ff379aa23f0c26a9daecebcbbbc8a6952a830d1815908d011c40ee2c0
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