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drill-five-whys from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/drill-five-whys@git:20260923.cbc38aaPins git:20260923.cbc38aa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Apache-2.0
Iteratively ask why, evidence-checking each causal step, to move from symptom toward root cause.
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What the file says
# drill-five-whys ## Purpose Iteratively ask why, checking evidence at each causal step, to move from symptom toward root cause. ## Input contract ```yaml required: [symptom_statement, causal_evidence] optional: [initial_cause, max_depth] constraints: [each why answer must explain the preceding statement and cite evidence or uncertainty] ``` ## Procedure 1. Normalize the symptom as an observable effect. 2. Ask why the effect occurs and record the proposed cause. 3. Test the cause against evidence before asking the next why. 4. Stop at a controllable root, an evidence boundary, or a documented unresolved branch. ## Output contract ```yaml produces: [why_chain, root_cause_candidate, evidence_gaps] delta_fields: [findings, assumption_updates, uncertainties] ``` ## Quality gates - Each link is directional and evidence-checked; stopping reason is explicit. ## Failure and counterexamples Do not force exactly five levels or accept circular answers as root causes. ## Provenance map - `deep-insight/five-whys-drilling`: resolved.
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How to install
mdr add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/drill-five-whys@sha256:dc1e9385cc1209bfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.cbc38aa, 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.
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Source
yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine · 508 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main
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