define-problem-statement SKILL.md skillA
define-problem-statement from product-on-purpose/pm-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add product-on-purpose/pm-skills/define-problem-statement@v2.1.0Pins v2.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- product-on-purpose/pm-skills
- Path
skills/define-problem-statement/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v2.1.0, committed Jun 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 25, 2026
- Size
- 3,728 bytes
- Repository stars
- 790
- License
- Apache-2.0
Creates a clear problem framing document with user impact, business context, and success criteria. Use when starting a new initiative, realigning a drifted project, or communicating up to leadership.
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
<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 --> # Problem Statement A problem statement is a concise document that frames the problem you're solving, articulates the impact on users and the business, and defines clear success criteria. It serves as the foundation for all subsequent product work by ensuring alignment on *what* problem to solve before jumping to *how* to solve it. ## When to Use - Starting a new initiative or project to establish shared understanding - Realigning a drifted project back to its original intent - Communicating up to leadership or stakeholders about priorities - Evaluating whether a proposed solution actually addresses the core problem - Onboarding new team members to provide context ## When NOT to Use - The problem is already agreed and engineering needs the spec -> use `deliver-prd` - You want to propose and compare solution approaches -> use `develop-solution-brief` - You are capturing customer motivation rather than a business problem -> use `define-jtbd-canvas` - The "problem" is really an unvalidated assumption -> frame it with `define-hypothesis` and test it before committing a team to it ## Instructions …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add product-on-purpose/pm-skills/define-problem-statement@sha256:494fbd95caeac81bThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2.1.0, 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 5 versions of this file, between Mar 25, 2026 and Jun 10, 2026, about one every 19 days.
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| v2.1.0 latest | 2026-06-10 | 152b175 | 3,728 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-06-10 | b8ccff6 | 3,131 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-05-20 | be1352b | 3,131 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-04-23 | 8ab0f81 | 3,125 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-03-25 | 0ab0a60 | 3,127 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3728 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
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Source
product-on-purpose/pm-skills · 790 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uxbbhdicremgiitv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=product-on-purpose/pm-skills/define-problem-statement GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/494fbd95caeac81bf3681f0c4598a01cda671757db98c85e5c3f6ba15e65479d
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