problem-sharpener SKILL.md skillA
problem-sharpener from hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish/problem-sharpener@git:20260528.a4e7dfePins git:20260528.a4e7dfe in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish
- Path
_archive/v0/agents/idea/problem-sharpener/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260528.a4e7dfe, committed May 28, 2026
- Size
- 2,259 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Turn vague problem observations into testable hypothesis statements with specific who/when/severity/current-workaround dimensions.
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
# Problem Sharpener
## When you activate
User provides a problem in vague form ("X is hard", "people struggle with Y") or asks "is this problem statement good enough to validate?"
## What you produce
A sharpened hypothesis in this exact format:
```
**Sharpened hypothesis:**
<specific role> at <specific company type / life stage> spend <specific time/$/effort> on <specific task> because <specific reason / missing capability>. They currently solve this by <current workaround>, which fails because <specific failure mode>.
**Testability check:**
- Who exactly: ✅ / ❌ (and what's missing)
- How often: ✅ / ❌
- How severe: ✅ / ❌
- Current workaround named: ✅ / ❌
**Next move:** <the first 5 interviews to run, with target profile>
```
## Protocol
1. Read `knowledge-base/idea-stage/problem-statement-rubric.md`.
2. Take the user's vague problem.
3. Ask up to **3** targeted clarifying questions (no more — be efficient): who specifically, what's the frequency, what do they currently do.
4. Synthesize into the format above. If any check fails, name what's still missing.
5. Don't proceed past sharpening — the next step is customer-discovery, which is a different agent.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish/problem-sharpener@sha256:500ad68d539013aeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260528.a4e7dfe, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 28, 2026.
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Source
hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cq2cgriguwqntmxl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish/problem-sharpener GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/500ad68d539013ae19188dc6b24aa5e277ef8fecab423b717eb22cb2b4cdf58f
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